Category: "Personal"
Nov
29
OK. I understand that people need to make a living, and to do that they employ marketing techniques to get their particular brand or message across.
But... I've just read an article from a recent tradeshow magazine that purported to be a useful… more »
Dec
07
In our house we're starting to gear up for Christmas big style... presents, decorations, food, wine, carol service preparation .... Phew!
The Christmas Linebacker pops up each year to remind us, rather forcibly, that these are all trimmings - and pre… more »
Nov
05
If you're around in the Derby area during the evening of Monday 12th November, come and join us at The Brunswick Inn, Railway Terrace, Derby, DE1 2RU
This will be a great opportunity to chat with people from across the institutional and corporate… more »
Sep
25
A video of Lee in full flood at the Cubana tapas bar in Sheffield.
It's too late to catch him now in the UK, as he is flying out, with his family, to Argentina this week to live and work with the growing Church in Jujuy.
But watch this, and think of… more »
Jul
05
You'd think, given the immense problems seen with capitalism over the past few years, that more people would be up in arms about how our corporate institutions deal with people.
I won't pretend to understand very much about how capitalism works, or… more »
Jun
28
It's been a long time since my last post (although it looks like I must do that more often, given the number of times it's been read!)
Life has been a little busy around here. Buying a house and changing jobs at the same time!
Yes, that's right...… more »
Feb
07
Last week, I started thinking about my personal "elevator pitch".
The short version is currently: I work at the interface of people, organisations and technology - challenging the status quo, and pushing for improvements in all three.
But that nee… more »
Jan
28
Elevator pitch:
... a short summary used to quickly and simply define a product, service, or organization and its value proposition. The name "elevator pitch" reflects the idea that it should be possible to deliver the summary in the time span of an… more »
Dec
08
I've started getting a number of queries from web marketing companies (who will remain nameless!) wanting to pay me to put links into my posts.
The conversation normally goes like this:
Marketing company: Hi there, we'd like to pay you $x if you'll… more »
Nov
18
There are times when I wonder about the whole purpose and rationale of the work I do. Where does it fit into the grand scheme of things? What real benefit am I bringing to humanity?
Big questions.
Often, they're very hard to answer. Especially when… more »
