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Technology to support innovation

June 21, 2010

Intro A post about my interest in tools to support idea gathering and the innovation process. Part of a growing series [ok, so I'll make it part of a series when I do the next post ;-)]. Definition As ever, Wikipedia provides a decent definition: Innovation is a change in the thought process for doing [...]

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Enterprise 2.0 – so what are your next steps?

May 20, 2010
This entry is part 4 of 3 in the series Enterprise 2.0 series

Introduction Part 4 in a series about the impact that Web 2.0 could make on the organisation / business. In this post, I’ll attempt to synthesise some ideas about what is going on, and what it all means for you. Ok, so here it goes re my thoughts I think there is an upcoming and [...]

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Meet my mentees – Asad and Emilie

May 19, 2010

Introduction I’ve been doing some informal mentoring with a couple of students at Newcastle University, so here’s a bit more information about them. The post is in the form of bullet points, as I’m rather rushed at the mo’. Asad Imam Asad is originally from India – more in fo about him on his LinkedIn [...]

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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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Aurora Training partners with Souter Consulting to deliver social media strategy workshops

May 5, 2010

Organisations wishing to kick off their social media efforts – but not knowing where to start – can look to Aurora Training & Souter Consulting to give them a led up!

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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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Update on WP hack

September 6, 2009

Intro For those of you who follow me via my @souterconsults account, you will have seen me have a paddy on this Friday last. That’s because my WP instance got hacked. Meh :$ So, I thought it would be useful to update anyone interested with a quick run-down, as it sets the scene for any [...]

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Please help me raise money for Action for Children #bytenight

August 10, 2009

I’ve decided to take part in Byte Night, a rather good Tech Industry fund-raiser, probably because I’ve seen photos of Jenny Agutter in Computing each year, and think it might be a good laugh. Speak it softly, but I’m sort of looking forward to donning a whole load of technical gear, as my interest in [...]

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Digital Transport event feedback

July 9, 2009

I recently helped organise the “Where do you think You’re going” event that was held by Newcastle University at Hoults Yard. This post is a quick bulleted list of my feedback, and also a highlight of material from James Burke. Thoughts Content Eclectic and genuinely thought-provoking Presenters were clearly experts in their fields [well, from [...]

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Barcamp North East 2 feedback #bcne2

June 5, 2009

This post is about my experience at the Barcamp held immediately after Thinking Digital, at the Centurion Bar in central Newcastle upon Tyne. I didn’t know what to expect from the day, but I thought it would be interesting to go along and test-drive the whole experience. I had a nebulous idea that Barcamps were [...]

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