Simon Mainwaring

We First provides consulting and training to help companies tell the story of their good work in ways that build their business

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This week Facebook announced their “modern messaging system,” setting off a flurry of blogosphere exchanges as to whether Facebook will trump Gmail. Mark Zuckerberg denied that it was intended to “kill email” framing his offering as inclusive, but here’s three reasons I believe Facebook messaging has the potential to succeed email. 1. TEMPERATURE: Facebook is […]

This week Facebook announced their “modern messaging system,” setting off a flurry of blogosphere exchanges as to whether Facebook will trump Gmail. Mark Zuckerberg denied that it was intended to “kill email” framing his offering as inclusive, but here’s three reasons I believe Facebook messaging has the potential to succeed email. 1. TEMPERATURE: Facebook is …

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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s-_B2chN5w I recently had the great privilege of participating in a public forum on how media – including social media – can be used to forge cultural bridges. Our hosts, the Levantine Center, just released this video of the discussion, and in light of the continued debate over the proposed mosque five blocks from Ground …

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I woke up this morning and read this post by Robert Kuttner in Huffington Post. I think his opening points are spot on. He tells us that Wall Street and BP demonstrate the same problem. In both cases, a powerful, politically protected industry invented something that could not easily be repaired when it broke. We …

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It looks like Mark Zuckerberg will continue to be everyone’s favorite punching bag this week. I’ve written earlier as to why I believe the issue is much larger than Zuckerberg or Facebook, and Robert Scoble did a great piece yesterday reminding us exactly what Mark has already achieved – to his benefit and ours – …

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I’m really excited to be speaking at the Cannes International Advertising Festival this year and wanted to share some of the seminars that I’m looking forward to. I’ll give a snapshot of what each is about so that you get a sense of what issues the industry is addressing. Plus, if you’re going, this should be …

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Jeff Jarvis wrote a great post yesterday about Facebook, privacy and the theme of his upcoming book – publicness. I can’t wait to read it – seriously, Jeff, write fast – as it provides much-needed clarity around the web’s hottest issue: privacy. Critical to his post was the distinction between the ‘private’ public (that’s the one …

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