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JDNEST-Podcast- The Never Ending Startup
JDNEST Ep 1- The Never Ending Startup- Startup Journey and Stories
JDNEST EP 2: Pathways and Circularity- Startup Journey and Stories
JDNEST Ep3- Special Interview with Leonie Cutts- CCS Corporation- Startup Journey and Stories
JDNEST Ep4- Curiosity and Professor Julius Sumner Miller- Startup Journey and Stories
JDNEST Ep5- Special Interview with Ryan Muir- Echidna Strip- Startup Journey and Stories
JDNEST EP6- Ingenuity and Dick Dusseldorp- Engineer turns Entrepreneur- Startup Journey and Stories
JDNEST Ep 7- Special interview with Avril Dunn-EI Platform-Startup Journey and Stories
JDNEST Ep 8- The White Shoe Brigade meets Silicon Valley -The Skase-Bond Era- Startup Journey and Stories
JDSLAB Ep 1- Podcast Introduction- Dr Jon’s Self Publishing Laboratory
JDSLAB Podcast Episode 1- Self-publisher’s laboratory-Dr Jon Drane
JDSLAB Podcast Episode 2 Entrepreneurship in Self-Publishing
Read Article- Entrepreneurship in Self-publishing
JDSLAB Podcast Ep3- The Science of Self-publishing-
JDSLAB Podcast Ep 4-Formulas for success in self-publishing
JDSLAB podcast Ep 5- The Never Ending Startup -The circular business entrepreneur
JDSLAB Episode 6- My Audience of One- Finding your audience- Keith Urban’s Story
JDSLAB Episode 7- Listening to Books- The rise of audiobooks
JDSLAB Podcast Ep 8- Learning My Authentic Journey through Missy Higgin’s Story
JDSLAB Podcast Episode 9: A Self-publishing Journey- Interview Kate Slatter
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Activating dead city areas- City Dormancy Studies
Webinars
The Literature Map: Organising your literature search
How to Create a Literature Map
How to Create a Literature Map
How to Create a Literature Map
Research Skills Webinars
How to project manage research projects
PhD Bootcamps
Case Study Creation
Content Analysis and Management
Internships
Ever Young Podcast training internships for creative arts students/mentors
Higher Degree Research Training Programme
Advisory
Expert Triage: Expert witness assessment complex legal cases
City Growth Dynamics
Building Defects – Forensic Analysis
How to Create a Literature Map
Site Incubator- For Start Up Property Developers
Design and Construct Systems
City Research
Publications
City Development Processes- Publications- Dr Jon Drane
Night economy research in city centres gains traction
Night Time Economy Strategy Research by Dr Jonathan Drane
Newcastle City Night Time Economy Strategy Study 2021
Newcastle Night Economy Study 2021
List of studies and workshops
ANZ Night Economy Forum Explores ‘The Sleeping City’
ANZ Night Economy Forum June 2019
How well do you know your night time economy?
Creating a Night Economy: Plan, design or develop?
Internships for Night Economy Night Owl Project 2020-21
The Defects Dilemma: Understanding Property Developer Structures and Systems.
Solving dangerous defects in apartments.
Building Defects – A Delivery Model
Building Defects An Enablement Model
Defects a Builder’s View
Chronology of Building Defects
2018 Building Regulatory Reform Summit
Building Regulatory Reform Summit-Dr Drane on Industry Decay
The State of Contemporary Property Development Structures
City Whispering- Bringing Dead City Areas to Life
Newcastle Revitalisation Programme – City Walk Through
The Outer West Collection By Dr Jonathan Drane
The Outer West of Sydney- Measuring Growth & Change
Dormancy and Revitalisation in the Outer West of Sydney 2017
Study of Dormancy and Proliferation in Outer West Centres – Sydney Basin
Precinct Activation Concept Paper for Outer West Dormancy Research Project
Workshop to Define Outer West Dormancy Research October 2017
Case Study- The Cinderella City
Proliferation of Tall Buildings in the Cityscape (2009)
Property Development and the Growth of Cities (2015)
Case Study- The Palmer St Precinct
Models of the Property Development Process
Ranking of Megacities by Their Growth Dynamic
Corporate Strategy and Spatial Needs (1990-2000)
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