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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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiHwFBQwLow SM: Hi I’m Simon Mainwaring, and today I have the pleasure of sitting here with Guy Kawasaki, who’s tenth book, Enchantment, was a real revelation to me because what he did was to personalize and explain how brands need to humanize themselves in new ways in order to become an enchanting brand. Guy, thanks […]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiHwFBQwLow SM: Hi I’m Simon Mainwaring, and today I have the pleasure of sitting here with Guy Kawasaki, who’s tenth book, Enchantment, was a real revelation to me because what he did was to personalize and explain how brands need to humanize themselves in new ways in order to become an enchanting brand. Guy, thanks …

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iCAREweCARE combines two of the most powerful forces for social change today – social media and a new generation of inspiring social entrepreneurs. Founded by 17-year old, Priyanka Jain, iCAREweCARE is the first student-led non-profit to leverage social technology for social good. Their mission is to create a globally aware, socially responsible, and action oriented …

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Most of us are familiar with the concept of sustainable development, but we usually think of it as exclusively related to the environmental movement. But if companies hope to build a thriving world that can sustain their business success, we need to deepen the meaning of sustainability to include both the concept of lasting and enduring …

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Corporations, consumers, and citizens must begin acting in concert to create a powerful third pillar of social transformation if we hope to meet the social challenges we currently face with equal force. This begins with corporations that choose to alter how they practice capitalism in two ways to serve the greater good. The first way …

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When you approach the daunting task of using social technology to scale social change, it’s easy to see the challenges as insurmountable. While they are significant, what you can dismiss right away are a set of limiting beliefs or myths about imagined obstacles to building a better world. Here’s a few myths I encountered in …

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As the business marketplace moves closer towards being a comprehensive social experience, the onus falls upon brands to be more defined in terms of what they stand for, their core values and how they communicate them to their community of customers.  While that may sound simple it’s very complicated to execute. Here’s why: In a …

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