Category: Europe

  • Contemporary suits Ferrero

    One of the people I encountered in Barcelona during this past week, where I chaired the New Media in Marketing and Communications Strategy conference (about which a post soon), was Guillaume du Gardier, pictured in a photo I took on…

  • A politician’s arrogance or ignorance

    Here’s an extraordinary tale from Robin Wauters of a prominent politician’s cavalier attitude to public funds and contempt for people’s opinions. As described by Robin, the story is about Belgian Minister of Defence Pieter De Crem, pictured above, whose recent…

  • Getting social in Barcelona

    A pre crack-of-dawn flight from Gatwick tomorrow will take me to Barcelona, Spain, and the New Media in Marketing & Communications Strategy conference that starts tomorrow Wednesday November 26 and runs through the end of Thursday November 27. The event…

  • Survey highlights employee expectations from social networking in the European workplace

    A new survey on social networking in the workplace, released today by AT&T, shows strong evidence that enabling employees to use social networking tools as part of everyday working life leads to an increase in employee efficiency. “Enterprise 2.0,” a…

  • FIR Interview: Martin Silman, AT&T, on Corporate Social Networking in Europe

    A major survey released today by AT&T shows that the use of social networking tools as part of everyday working life has led to an increase in efficiency. “Enterprise 2.0,” a pan-European survey of more than 2,500 people in five…