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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I had the great privilege last weekend of participating in TEDxSF speaking on the topic of ‘Me First to We First Living.’ I wanted to post it with you in the hope that you would share it with your community to help get the We First message out there. Shifting the thinking and behavior behind […]

I had the great privilege last weekend of participating in TEDxSF speaking on the topic of ‘Me First to We First Living.’ I wanted to post it with you in the hope that you would share it with your community to help get the We First message out there. Shifting the thinking and behavior behind …

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Each day more eyeballs and advertising spend migrates online, intersecting with social media and technologies that place new expectations on a brand. The social revolution currently under way is as profound as the digital revolution that transformed the marketplace fifteen years ago. As such, brands that bear the pain of change and rise to the …

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One of the great inspirations for writing We First was the meaningful work being done by non-profits. The goal of the book was to help explain the most effective ways to leverage social technology to aid their community building, fund-raising and awareness campaigns whether you’re a foundation, NGO, or small charity. Central to its thesis …

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Three years ago, Kevin Kelly (author of What Technology Wants) wrote a very insightful post entitled 1000 True Fans. He explained how, for true influence, an artist doesn’t need one million followers. All he or she needs is 1000 loyal fans. The same of true of any movement for change. Today marks one week until …

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For the past three years I have examined how brands and consumers practice capitalism, with the goal of helping our consumer society become a perpetual motor of prosperity for all. When I first began, I had no idea how much inquiry was being done in this area. But I quickly I discovered that many respected …

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We First is not an idea anyone can own. It exists in the collective and serves as a platform to celebrate every brand, advertising agency, social entrepreneur, non-profit and concerned citizen that chooses to serve the interests of others as well as themselves. With that in mind, here is an explanation of the inspiration behind …

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