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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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvhzuSfhx4U This week I had the pleasure of speaking at Jeff Pulver’s #140conf meet-up in LA. It was held in the Comedy Store on Sunset Blvd (which is why I start by kissing the stage floor to honor the Comedy Gods). The event was remarkable because of the great information that was shared but even […]

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvhzuSfhx4U This week I had the pleasure of speaking at Jeff Pulver’s #140conf meet-up in LA. It was held in the Comedy Store on Sunset Blvd (which is why I start by kissing the stage floor to honor the Comedy Gods). The event was remarkable because of the great information that was shared but even …

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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv82i03tvUM I got a chance to sit down with Chris Brogan at SXSW but the sound in the blogger’s lounge was so crazy loud you can barely hear a thing.  So here’s a transcription (and the video if you want to try to hear us). Chris is always gracious with his time and he shared great …

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The launch of Twitter’s own advertising platform, Promotional Tweets, is risky for several reasons. Firstly, the monetization of these platforms, while inevitable, goes against the very attributes that made these new social platforms so compelling – people could connect free from advertising and its ulterior motives. Secondly, as with any new business model, there is …

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View more presentations from Simon Mainwaring. Here are my slides from Connect Now in Sydney today. The topic is: “How Non-profits think like For Profits”. I’m sharing these here because I want the seminar to be a creative exchange rather than a lecture. To that end I’ve collected a lot of examples of best practices in the social …

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