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business networking

Microsoft’s Online Services presentation to @NEBytes

August 25, 2010

Introduction As per my recent post about Onyx & Cloud computing, I’m interested in business opportunities in the Cloud space, rather than the more technical stuff. I guess I’m interested from the business-technical angle. I’ve recently been investigating what Microsoft is up to, and below is my presentation to the NE Bytes massive on the [...]

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SCL entry into IWCYC Challenge

May 6, 2010
This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Re-boot

Introduction The Entrepreneurs Forum is a network local to the North East of England, designed to help entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship. They run a website called ‘If we can, you can’, and thereby a yearly challenge to find the most dynamic entrepreneurs in the Region. I’ve noticed that there are regular business competitions locally (e.g. in [...]

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SCL 2.0

March 26, 2010
This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series Re-boot

Introduction This post is the first in a series about how I’m re-booting Souter Consulting Limited. The posts in this series hopefully show at the top right when you read this – automagically! Relaunching the business I’ve recently had a couple of meetings where the feedback has caused me to think about how SCL presents [...]

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Belated write-up of TaaD event – ‘Social media: beyond the hype’

November 20, 2009
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A recap of this event, with photos and the presentations (where possible). Intro “Your Honour, being conscious that it’s a while since the ‘Social media: beyond the hype’ event at the end of October, I’d like to plead in mitigation that I’ve had a couple of bouts of ‘flu since then, and a broadband cut-off [...]

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Social Media for Accountants – the real thing

October 16, 2009

Intro To recap: Proposed by RMT, to present at DFK UK & Ireland Annual Conference. This year, it was held in Troon, right next to the golf course. Schoolboy error on my part meant that I forgot to pack my clubs and go up early enough to get a round in – doh! The presentation [...]

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Byte Night 09 – the sleepover @ The BALTIC

October 6, 2009

A write-up of the combined exploits of Byte Night 09 North East. At last it has arrived! I have to admit to being a bit apprehensive before the event. I had done some prep – as documented here and here. But I was a bit in the dark about what was happen, so really wanted [...]

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Byte Night #3

September 28, 2009

The latest enthralling instalment of my preparations for Byte Night in NewcastleGateshead on October 2nd. Tent & dry run Somewhat embarrasingly, when I tried out the tent & sleeping bag on Friday night, I managed an hour or so and felt a bit odd, so came in to a nice warm bed. Mmm, perhaps sleeping [...]

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Byte Night update #2

September 23, 2009

Hello folks, I’m thrilled to be able to say that (at the time of writing) I’ve nearly reached 2/3rds of my initial fund-raising target of £500. I’ve also got some cheques coming in, so the fund-raising continues! :-D I’m really happy about this, but am keen to collect as much money as possible. [The widget [...]

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Excellent Social Media case studies by Ron Ploof

September 21, 2009

High recommended reading to see how large companies are using Social Media. Enjoy! Social Media and PR The Ranger Station Fire Johnson & Johnson does New Media Johnson &Johnson Case Study – Social Media Technorati Tags: social media,pr,business,useful,fascinating,case studies,lessons learned This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike license.

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Presentation: Social Media for Accountants

September 17, 2009

Mega quick post (that I may well update) to capture any comments you goodly people might have about this preso. The story is that I have been invited to speak at the DFK UK & Ireland Annual Conference on the 2 October at the Marine Hotel in Troon (www.barcelo-hotels.co.uk/marine-hotel/) This is my draft presentation to [...]

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