Category: Professional Development

  • The IPA is listening

    I’ve always thought of the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) as a bit of a disconnected professional body, one that’s not quite in step with the realities of what’s happening in the professional trenches, as it were, regarding social…

  • Your blog is your CV

    We call it a CV in the UK but it’s a good start to Robert Scoble’s 18+ tips in If you are laid off, here’s how to socially network. 1. Your blog is your resume. You need one and it…

  • Adding the AdHocnium hat

    Forming alliances with like-minded smart people is one of the most exciting aspects of this new-ish tech-influenced world of disruptive change in how people communicate and connect with others. What I find especially thrilling is when an alliance of such…

  • Social media takeaways from Barcelona

    Barcelona in late November: a colder place than I expected it to be when I arrived last Wednesday, my first visit since 2006 to this Spanish city on the Mediterranean coast. The climate might have been cold but the buzz…

  • 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…