Archive for the ‘Events’ Category

Don’t just stand there Do something!!!

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009Last week I was in Wales and met up with my old friend Dave Hieatt the co-founder of the extraordinary company HowiesI say extraordinary, as David and is wife Claire built the company with a belief and point of view ...

No Straight lines: an advanced living course for the networked society

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009My good friend Euan Semple was interviewed at guruonlineIn this exclusive interview, social media expert Euan Semple breaks social media down into easy to understand terms and explains not only why every business should at least have a look at ...

Travelling Geeks in Cambridge

Friday, July 10th, 2009The Travelling Geeks came to Cambridge today, hosted by the EEIA -  founded by Jeff Saperstein and Renee Blodgettwho are:Howard RheingoldJD LasicaTom ForemskiMeghan AshaCraig NewmarkSarah LacySusan BrattonAyelet NoffRobert ScobleSky SchuylerIts a bit like the Magnificent 7 - but there ...

Reboot asks: can public service start-ups transform Britain?

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009Paul Miler says YES WE CAN.We’re still just at the beginning of understanding the relationship between government and the ways that digital technologies can help deliver public goods – sometimes through government itself and sometimes through new lightweight public service ...

There are more keys on my piano Mr McCain

Friday, October 17th, 2008 I do say that Americans have looked long and hard at the candidates this past month and are now minded to conclude, in the fine phrase used by Garrison Keillor of a speech he heard the young Kennedy give long ago, that Obama ...

The 1st Agency Summit – Sopwell House

Monday, March 10th, 2008Last night I kicked off this 3 day event with a small address about how advertising faces perhaps some of its greatest challenges to survive in the digital age.I mentioned Esther Dyson and Bill Gates who observed...

The advertising agency of the future: Or the day the music died. Welcome to the iMedia Summit

Sunday, February 24th, 2008A long long time I can still remember how the music used to make me smile and I if I had my chance that I could make those people dance and maybe they'd be happy for a ...

From Participatory Culture to Participatory Democracy

Thursday, February 8th, 2007On February 24th, MIT Comparative Media Studies will host a conference in collaboration with Harvard?s Berkman Center for Internet and Society and the Information Society Project at Yale Law School. The one-day event will be held at MIT, ...

Replay the ‘Media Mashups’ Forum debate

Thursday, February 8th, 2007I was part of the discussion at The School of Journalism at the University of Lanchashire on Can Big Media Brands Survive and Thirve in a Wired World? on Tuesday evening.You can watch the conversation here

You shall go the ball…

Monday, January 8th, 2007well at least 10,000 of you.... Geez!The question this year is: Which technologies can Hollywood throw its resources behind to generate the next wave of profits? After all, DVD growth has slowed, radio is struggling to find new ...

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