Category: Speaking
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Speaking and Chairing: IADS and SocialMediaInfluence
In a busy and extremely interesting week I was privileged to be invited to the conference of the International Association of Departments Stores (IADS.org). Frederik Nieuwenhuys (Director at FredHopper.com) and I gave the opening keynote and were invited to stay for the remainder of the conference. A really stimulating and convivial two days. The event…
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Speaking: Digital Shorts in Brighton
Had a great evening in Brighton delivering my Digital Shorts presentation on future trends, epiphenomenology and ‘magic’…The event was not without incident, but it was without projector and screen, meaning that I gave the presentation on a blackboard rustled up from the cafe downstairs. Shows that ‘making do’ is the post-Web2.0 mantra 😉 Write-up on…
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Digital Shorts slide deck available
I had a really great evening in Manchester last week, presenting the Digital Shorts evening.The evening was further notable since it was the first time I’ve had a live ‘twittering’ of a presentation (more details on my blog posting). In the meantime here’s the slide deck, along with a reminder that I’ll be giving this…
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Digital Trends – a presentation to the eConsultancy Alumni network
On Thursday evening I spoke at the inaugural meeting of the eConsultancy ‘alumni’ network. This network is for people who’ve studied on the eConsultancy Masters programmes, or the Graduate Academy. I’ve been pleased to work with both of these groups and so it was a pleasure to see some familiar faces in the crowd (although…
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Speaking at ACSEL’s Paris conference: “économie numérique du e-commerce au réseaux sociaux”
ACSEL, now L’Association de l’économie Numérique, is France’s leading body representing eCommerce, multichannel and distance selling (Vente a Direct – VAD) working via digital channels (hence the name change to ‘numerique’).On Tuesday January 20th they held a conference on eCommerce and social media, with representatives from across Europe looking at the adoption and commercial aspects…
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Speaking at Bazaarvoice’s Social Commerce Summit London
Bazaarvoice’s Social Commerce Summit London I was pleased to be asked to speak at Bazaarvoice’s Social Commerce Summit in London. A characterful, fun and engaging day, held at The Magic Circle’s premises near Euston. The slides from the session are available on my SlideShare.
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Chairing session at The Walpole Luxury eBusiness Forum – “Luxury Online – Upside in a Cold Climate”
I was pleased to be invited to an ‘in conversation’ and Chairing session at The Walpole’s Luxury eBusiness Forum, held at the RAC on 8 October. The Walpole British Luxury Some great speakers and an interesting and engaged delegate list. As ever, the real value was in the 1:1 conversations over coffee. The take-away for…
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Breakfast Briefing: Clearwater Corporate Finance
I was invited to speak at a breakfast briefing hosted by Clearwater Corporate Finance by Jackie Naghten on “What makes a successful online business”. The presentation was to a group of Clearwater’s clients and contacts in the private equity space – either investors, investment managers or entrepreneurs (pre- and post-funding). Given the short time and…
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Chairing: IAB ‘Ask the Experts’ event on Loyalty and Cashback
I was invited by the IAB to chair their ATE session on “Affiliate Marketing: Loyalty and Cashback” on Wednesday 24th.I know from my recent speaking on Affiliates that the changing landscape as a result of the rise of cashback sites has created some controversy and concern, and equally from a retail perspective there’re questions as…
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Presentation to the London College of Fashion’s faculty
I was pleased to accept an invitation from Dr Julia Gaimster to address the Faculty at the London College of Fashion on the topic of the impact of ecommerce and recent internet developments in customers’ approaches to buying fashion. In an hour’s session on 19 September 2008 we covered competitive positioning in a digital age,…