Likeminds. Bringing people together? A resounding Yes!

Posted by Chris in Blog, Events, Social networks, comment, general, opinion on March 4, 2010

Like 350 others I was lucky enough to attend Likeminds 2010 in Exeter, Devon last Friday.

Much has been written about it the day; from the speakers, the attendees and the atmosphere, and most it has been very positive.

There has even been a minor backlash at all those who seemed to infiltrate the twitter stream with the ubiquitous #likeminds hashtag. But isn’t that the point. Did I miss something? Isn’t the very essence of why we all went was to meet ‘Likeminded’ people who all want to understand, learn and develop their communication skills – for themselves, for their clients, and for their organisations?

How many events have you been to where you’re still Read more…

Trey Pennington: Interview

Posted by Chris in Social networks, Top Class Interviews, innovators and leaders on February 3, 2010

For those of you who haven’t met, engaged or spoken with Trey he’s one of the nicest guys in marketing today. Thankfully he’s also a leader in social media and without doubt an expert, innovator and source of great knowledge. He describes himself thus “ A Marketing pro, speaker, author, dreamer. Add it all up and you have a partner who’s relentless in making sure your marketing connects with the hearts in your marketplace.”

Here follows an interview with Trey which includes some great insight into his mind, knowledge and advice. Read more…

The people I want to meet up with this year

Posted by Chris in My Views & Thoughts, general, innovators and leaders, opinion on January 28, 2010

As we’re into the new year and everyone is full of lists or predictions of what they want to achieve I thought I’d take a different slant and look at  people I want to spend more time working with, meet, engage & collaborate in social media and marketing; or at least hold a really decent conversation with across 2010. You can click on each name to find out more for yourself (twitter name at the end of each as well)

Here’s my list Read more…

living in 2009…how technology has changed us!

Posted by Chris in My Views & Thoughts, Uncategorized, opinion, what's new on October 16, 2009

Hilarious….but true

Living in 2009

YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2009 when…

1. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave.
2 You haven’t played solitaire with real cards in years.
3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 3.
4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.
5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don’t have e-mail addresses.
6. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries.
7. Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the screen.
8. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn’t have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it.
10. You get up in the morning and go on line before getting your coffee.
11. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. : )
12 You’re reading this and nodding and laughing.
13. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward this message.
14. You are too busy to notice there was no #9 on this list.
15. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn’t a #9 on this list

AND NOW YOU ARE LAUGHING at yourself.

Go on, forward this to your friends. You know you want to.

Its the size of the blog that matters right???… WRONG

Posted by tigerfish10 in Blog, My Views & Thoughts, opinion on May 3, 2009

You know how it goes, you spend a lot of time on the web, keeping up with news/views and comment. This always leads you to blogs. media sites et all…but why oh why do so many on line journalists (that’s all of us my friends – this is 2009, we ALL publish now) have to write a million words per article.

A million words may well be an exaggeration, but based on some of my experiences this week I’m not that far away. I kid you not that some word counts have broken the back (and my spirit) of over 4000 words. Does anyone Read more…