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Post of the Month – Oct ’08 – Winner
I'm delighted to announce that the winner (by a whisker) of Post of the Month for October 2008 is Jonathan MacDonald with his excellent rant . Well done Jonathan – you get the reflected glory of props from your blogging peers and to join Dino in the Think Tank Hall of Fame (and to 'wear'…
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Think Tank – October 08 – The Vote
Time to vote for your favourite out of our short-list of great posts from the past month. Some real goodies this month. Thanks to Stuart, Gavin, Brett, Eaon, James, David for your nominations (and Rob for the Wham slide). Remember this is about recognising great writing and thinking so please spread the word to encourage…
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The Origins of The Conversation
Good presentation from Tom Himpe talking about the domain that sits somewhere between product innovation and marketing, and the evolution within marketing from message-centric to product-centric, from "creating talk value despite the average nature of products & services, towards creating talk value that is embedded in the products and services". I recommend you go read…
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Think Tank Nominations – October 08
After a successful inaugral Post of the Month, it's time to open nominations for the best post for the month of October. To remind you, this is about recognising the good writing and thinking so please nominate your own favourite posts from the past month by leaving a comment on this post with a link…
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Post Of The Month – Winner
I'm happy to announce that (after a closely fought contest) the winner of our inaugral post of the month is Dino, with his excellent post on Gestures and Communication. Well done Dino – you get props from your blogging peers and to 'wear' the Think Tank badge if you so wish. We had a decent…
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Blog Action Day ’08
Blog Action Day, the annual nonprofit event that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day, is upon us again. On October 15th, thousands of bloggers will be posting about this year's subject – poverty. Their aim is to raise awareness and trigger global discussion – last year over…
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Think Tank – September 08 – The Vote
OK. Time to vote for your favourite out of our short-list of great posts for the last month. Thanks to James, Gavin, David and Samantha for your nominations (and many others for your support). Remember this about recognising great writing and thinking so please feel free to help by posting, tweeting and generally encouraging as…
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Think Tank Nominations – September 08
I got some really positive feedback when I suggested resurrecting a 'post of the month' so here it is – a call for nominations for the inaugral one. To remind you, this is about recognising the good writing, the great thinking, the best posts from the past month.You can nominate your own favourites by leaving…
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Think Tank
Yonks ago Russell used to do a thing called Post of the Month – people nominating what they thought were the best posts of the past month and then opening it up for a vote. He stopped doing it sometime ago and I kind of miss it not being around. It would always throw up…
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Seasteading
"Buy land. They've stopped making it." Mark Twain Here's an interesting diversion. If all the news about the current turmoil in financial markets is getting you down, perhaps you might consider really getting away from it all and going and living out at sea. The idea might not be as far removed from reality as…