20 march 2013, 12.19am - Lord Mayor of Perth

there was a talk on leadership today.
they started the talk with this video - TEDxToronto - Drew Dudley "Leading with Lollipops. 
cool story.
the speakers liked to make us talk to each other.
"discuss X with the person sitting next to you. i'll give you 5 minutes."
and the whole theater would be filled with conversation.

also, there was a Singaporean guy who blatantly hit on the female speaker.
she asked what the qualities of a good leader were, and he yelled, "good-looking" while pointing at her.
then he tried to hit on her at the end of the talk, but she (and everyone) ignored him.

the main highlight was when the Lord Mayor of Perth, Lisa Scaffidi, came to give a speech.

she spoke like an American sometimes. example: "there will be people who won't like what you're doing. get. ov~er it" with the sassy hand gesture.

here are the notes i took down from her speech:
-personal brand
 -attitude
-flexible
-compel people to never want to disappoint you because they want to uphold your values
-due diligence
-set your boundaries, goals
-be consistent
-build relationships
-be okay with criticism
-don't be a fence-sitter, have some opinion
-courage of conviction