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Goodbye – it’s been real (or should that be virtual)?

Photo: cjsimmons After eight wonderful years, iKnowHow is calling it a day, kicking off its trainers and walking off into the sunset (while owner Jemima Gibbons looks forward to no longer having to talk about herself as a separate entity ☺). It’s been a fabulous time. Made more so by the amazing people who I’ve […]

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Story-telling at the London 2012 Olympic Games

Alex Balfour, Head of New Media, London 2012, is talking about how his organisation is preparing to use social media in the run-up to the London Olympics. 14:40: London 2012’s digital mission is to create products and services that: 1. Help the business meet its objectives efficiently and cost effectively 2. Aspire to be best […]

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“It used to be Revenge of The Nerds, now it’s The Brady Bunch”

Back from lunch at Social Media Influence and I’m live-blogging here for the rest of the afternoon. The streams have merged for the next two sessions so we’re not just focusing on external or internal social comms, but across the two. Next up: performance with purpose: the promise of pepsico. (Please refresh the page for […]

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In pursuit of happiness

Towards a greener planet? I loved the opener to Matthew Taylor’s annual lecture at the RSA last night: “At the heart of our public debates about the future of the human race is the [Reggie Perrin-like] question ‘can we go on like this?’” That set the tone for an hour of deep, communal, navel-gazing. But, […]

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Clear blue water

I hate to mention politics but… No, don’t worry – I’m not going to talk about The Election or ask whether any major UK party is a viable contender for government right now (because that would be a long and cheerless blog post), I’ve actually been thinking about politics with a very small ‘p’ – […]

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A beach with wifi

Can’t quite believe I started blogging here about leadership, work and Web 2.0 way back in June last year, trying to suss out exactly what I’d be putting in the book I was supposed to be writing. Well, I’m chuffed to say that the book is done, dusted and about to become reality – December […]

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Happy birthday Aung San Suu Kyi!

Aung San Suu Kyi’s birthday 2008: http://www.flickr.com/photos/toastyoneuk/ Beneath London’s Strand, in one of the brick lined tunnels that used to enable boats to dock and goods to be unloaded in order to serve the grand houses, offices and hotels above, Burmese campaigner, Khun Saing, is talking about his love and respect for a woman 6,000 […]

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Passion

Your space or mine?

Steve Lawson’s mum is on Twitter and she loves it. “I showed her my Twitter page. I showed her people we knew who were already on Twitter. I said you can now see what I’m up to and make funny comments about it and I’ll know what you’re up to. She said that’s fantastic, what […]

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Planet Rock

It’s nearly a month since the launch of Audioboo and Mark Rock is quietly pleased with progress. This morning the social audio network was name-checked by Chris Moyles on his Radio One show. Tony Blackburn, Stephen Fry and the BBC’s Technology correspondent, Rory Cellan-Jones are all fans. Corporate clients include The BBC, ITV and The […]

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Bush in social networking ban shocker!

I was intrigued, amused and not particularly surprised to read John Naughton’s report in The Guardian about the IT system used by the Bush Administration at the White House. So, Bush’s team used a six year old version of Windows, then? Hmm. Naughton’s source was an article for the Washington Post entitled “Staff Finds White […]