The 20th of May 2004 marked a special day for Camtu Pham, the founder and Managing Director of CleverLink Internet & Technology Services and Food For My Brain International. The Hon. David Campbell MP (Minister for Regional Development, Minister for the Illawarra and Minister for Small Business), formally launched Aim High Fly Fast: How to Create a Wonderful World for Yourself and Others for author Camtu Pham at the University of Wollongong.

• A SNAPSHOT OF THE LAUNCH
• WHAT AIM HIGH FLY FAST IS ABOUT
• HOW MUCH IS THE BOOK AND WHERE CAN I BUY IT?
• IS AIM HIGH FLY FAST AN AUSTRALIAN PUBLICATION?
• SPEECHES AND SONG AT THE LAUNCH
• PHOTO GALLERY OF THE LAUNCH
• NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ON THE LAUNCH

Other related links

• Camtu aims high in life (UoW Editorial)
• Launch Announcement (CleverLink & FFMY editorial)
• Launch Announcement (ASA editorial)

A SNAPSHOT OF THE LAUNCH

About 100 people gathered at the University of Wollongong on 20 May 2004 to share the special event with Camtu Pham, author of Aim High Fly Fast. Most guests, including family members, are from the Wollongong region while others travelled from Canberra and Sydney. Among the guests were Camtu’s work colleagues, representatives of small and large business, academics, friends, family as well as community leaders. All were especially invited to attend the launch, which meant that even though there were a large number of guests, the event held a feeling of intimacy and shared good will.

The venue was beautifully decorated in orange and black – the colours of the book cover – and the catering was superbly provided by the UniCentre with both savouries and sweets, coffee, tea, juice and champagne. The song selected to mark this special occasion was ‘Climb Every Mountain’ – a strong theme of the book – performed by Connie Booker to Han Pham’s accompaniment on the keyboard.

The Master of Ceremonies was Mark Matthews from ABC 97.3 FM, and the main speaker to launch the book was The Hon. David Campbell MP. Besides Camtu’s speech, which described her journey while writing this book, and her aims in doing so, we were also very fortunate to have Certified Speaking Professional, Rob Salisbury, provide a glowing endorsement of the book and elaborate why everyone should have a copy of Aim High for their success library. The speakers, who were obviously confident in Camtu and her publication, as well as their roles in the launch, balanced the formal part of the proceedings with humorous asides.

A representative from The Fred Hollows Foundation, Kelly Holcroft, was present on the day to witness the launch, to support Camtu and to acknowledge her contribution toward achieving the vision of the Foundation. If you don’t already know, 20% of all sales of Aim High Fly Fast will be donated to the Fred Hollows Foundation . With every 5-8 books sold, we are helping one person to have their eyesight restored.

The proceedings of the launch were as follows:

If there is one thing to be mentioned and to be remembered about this special occasion, it is not that Camtu Pham has already achieved her goal in publishing this book; it was her public announcement that she would like to become a best-selling authors and to help at least 1000 people to have their eyesight restored through the Fred Hollows Foundation. Camtu does not take the public announcement of goals lightly. However, she has a strong belief that with the support of her network, and of God, there will be no doubt that one-day this goal will be achieved. Using an analogy from nature, she said that publishing this book was like planting a seed: She is now waiting for it to blossom with sales. With the natural law of the universe and confidence in her book, Camtu said she believes that Aim High Fly Fast will provide many harvests, and go a long way towards helping readers fast track their success while at the same time restoring the eyesight of many, many people.

You can find more about the Aim High Fly Fast on this Web page. Photos and speeches from the launch are also enclosed for your enjoyment.

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WHAT AIM HIGH FLY FAST IS ABOUT

Aim High Fly Fast: How to Create a Wonderful World for Yourself and Others was written by Camtu N. Pham – a successful business owner, international speaker and university lecturer in Management and E-Business. Without speaking a word of English, Camtu migrated to Australia from Vietnam in 1984 with her family. Her persistence, positive attitude and motivation to succeed have helped her to overcome major obstacles and achieve many significant goals in her life. In Aim High Fly Fast, Camtu reveals the strategies and techniques that she used to reach her current level of success.

A valuable resource for anyone wanting to achieve personal or business success – from high-flying executives to those struggling with daily life – this book offers practical advice and fuel for the brain. Through this book, Camtu will inspire readers to discover their strengths, overcome weaknesses, increase self-esteem, and create and maintain satisfying relationships and discusses tools and techniques that can fast-track their success.

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HOW MUCH IS THE BOOK AND WHERE CAN I BUY IT?

Aim High Fly Fast is available for sale at $25.00 at any of the following locations:

1. Our Office (Suite 7, 104 Railway St, Corrimal, NSW Australia) 1300 36 42 43 or http://www.foodformybrain.com
2. Uni Bookshop (Northfields Ave, Wollongong) 02 4221 8050 or http://unishop.uow.edu.au/books/newrelease/
3. Pauline Books and Media (150 Castlereagh Street, Sydney) 02 9264 8630 or http://www.paulinebooks.com.au/
4. Dymocks Wollongong (Crown Central - Wollongong) 02 4227 1775

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IS AIM HIGH FLY FAST AN AUSTRALIAN PUBLICATION?

Yes. Absolutely! Aim High Fly Fast was written in Wollongong, which is on the South Coast of NSW, Australia. Furthermore, the publication of the book utilised only local talent in its editing and design, and a local artist was commissioned to produce all of cartoons used to emphasise the main points. Camtu Pham, the book’s author, decided that to pursue her dream she wanted to use the resources of the Illawarra as much as possible.

“The Illawarra is full of talented people in all areas of professional life and it was rewarding for me to find that I could prepare all elements of my book here,” Ms Pham said. “All of the graphic design work, the total look of the book and preparation for publishing was done here in the Illawarra. We should be proud of the depth of experience that can be sourced here.”

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