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=VenVRs_Gywk Yesterday I had the real pleasure of visiting Patagonia HQ in Ventura, California. It’s a brand that I, and many others, have admired for so long because of the powerful alignment between their core values and how they run their business and make their products. To better understand how they achieve this, I asked […]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VenVRs_Gywk Yesterday I had the real pleasure of visiting Patagonia HQ in Ventura, California. It’s a brand that I, and many others, have admired for so long because of the powerful alignment between their core values and how they run their business and make their products. To better understand how they achieve this, I asked …

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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjCRcdK9AkA I recently had the pleasure of catching up with a blogger I greatly admire, Valerie Maltoni (@conversationage), and she shared some of her invaluable insights into effective social strategy and the art of conversation between brands and consumers. SM: Valeria, can you explain to us what you do in and around the art of …

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As the business marketplace continues to integrate social technology, it’s tempting to say that the arrival of social media is as revolutionary as the digital revolution was ten years ago. It’s also tempting to think that social media agencies will rob traditional media companies, whether they are advertising agencies or PR firms, of a large …

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Many academics, authors and bloggers are taking a hard look at the practice of capitalism with a view to a more sustainable future that ensures prosperity for more people both here in the United States and around the developing world. This necessarily involves an examination of the private sector and the relationship between brands and …

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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-nWKaCZBjQ Visit www.wefirstbook.com Hi, I’m Simon Mainwaring. Thanks for your time and your support of my blog. Over the last two years we’ve been looking at a few really important questions. How does the economy recover? How does your company keep growing? How do we improve the lives of millions of people suffering around the …

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The New York Times featured an article this week on Barnes & Noble’s use of a special iPhone app that allowed Brooklyn Decker, Esquire’s sexiest woman alive, to appear in the store aisles. Ms. Decker wasn’t actually there but by using GPS technology developed by GoldRun customers could see her in various poses in over …

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