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News Review: Jenson Button F1 World Champion

18.10.2009

Another year another British winner of the F1 World Championship – amazing considering the talent there is in the sport already & the global pool of drivers competing just to enter it.  And can you think of a more exciting year of F1?  I can’t.  Just amazing – teams & drivers pushing themselves to an extraordinary [...]

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News Review: Self learning goes viral

11.10.2009

Ratings agency Fitch released a depressing forecast for house prices this week and it has significant negative consequences (at least in the short term) for wholesale mortgage finance (RMBS’s or Residential Mortgage Backed Securities).  It got a lot of coverage in the press and has got a lot of discussion going.  My view (shared by [...]

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Here comes everybody

11.10.2009

Great lecture on social networking/media – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_0FgRKsqqU very impressive intellectual presentation by Clay Shirky. Some great quotes:  - ’it seems to me that life has gotten to the point where the effects of the internet are now becoming broadly social enough that there is a general awareness that the internet isn’t a decoration on contemporary society it’s [...]

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News Review: Force jobless to work

04.10.2009

By Martin Skinner A quick rundown of the weekends news for you … Force jobless to work Brilliant idea and about time it got implemented – those out of work are currently easily tempted to stay out of work by excess support and centrally planned get-to-work schemes.  As government spending has to contract this is [...]

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Great books to read

29.09.2009

Know Me, Like Me, Follow Me: What Online Social Networking Means for You and Your Business by Penny Power  If you think simply having a presence in social media will help you grow your business, you are wrong. Online networks are the new model for creating connections, so you’d better start by ditching your old ways of [...]

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Contribution Currency

24.09.2009

Success is the by-product By Penny Power, Know me, like me, follow me – awesome book, buy it! [MS] The most critical aspect of being a citizen in the world of social networks will be your ability to contribute to others.  Success is the by-product – the result of being a team player.  If you [...]

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The Next Big Thing…Tribe

24.09.2009

The Next Thing: Leadership by Seth Godin   (from his blog) A great article going back almost a year now.  Provided courtesy of Chris Gale (we worked together for nearly 10 years through different businesses) - his main business is now http://www.blossomyears.co.uk/ Social medias growth in the last three years, though, gives marketers an inkling that there [...]

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Tacitus – Peace

24.09.2009

Tacitus’ famous warning to the Romans: “They made a desert and called it peace.”

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RESI 09 Review

21.09.2009

Some of my notes & soundbites from the recent, excellent Property Week RESI 09 conference.  It was a surprisingly upbeat event particularly in the opening session and the speakers were excellent. John White – Chairman, Persimmon, House Builder: The house building industry has reduced its headcount by 40-50% as a result of the credit crunch House [...]

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Is social media just a fad?

25.08.2009

For some excellent statistics etc watch the Erik Qualman videos below ….

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