JESS3 / The State of The Internet from Jesse Thomas on Vimeo.

I attended a briefing held by the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) called Directing Tomorrow Today: The Essential Director’s Update. For me this is a must attend event, as there is a wealth of quality information provided on current issues relating to the essential process of quality company directorship.
There is an enormous amount of [...]

This Youtube video preview of Wave by the Google development team runs for around 80 minutes
Google has made no secret that it has been pursuing the highly defended corporate end of town for email communications.  Google has yet to succeed into the corporate sector, despite the widespread use of gmail and Google Docs by many [...]

WebForward-4284, originally uploaded by CeBIT Australia.
Cebit 2009 Webforward was a great conference covering the future of the web, search, mobility, usability and much more. It was a delight to have the opportunity to chair the conference, and in particular Stream 2.
For those that attended and want a recap of Stream 2, please take a look [...]

There has been a lot of comment in recent times about the levels of executive remuneration particularly in relation to companies that are underperforming. 
Taking a step back, we should understand the origins of the nature of directorship and ask a good simple clean and hard question: is this in line with the original intent?
As companies [...]

 
Cebit 2009 in Sydney is shaping up to be the best yet, with a fantastic program of events, and excellent speakers.
I am delighted to be attending again, and in particular to be chairing the two days of Webforward. The agenda for Webforward ensures that everyone with an interest in the web is covered. There is a [...]

There are many ways you can use Twitter for business advantage (as opposed to just interest). There is a right way and wrong way to do this – blatant self promotion isn’t entertaining or interesting for followers, so you need to add value with your tweets. 

Research – to keep up to date with new information, [...]

I recently gave a presentation to business people who have never used Twitter on what it is, and how to use it. Enjoy!
Twitter For Business By Justin Davies Emergination
 
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Recently many people have been asking how to harness the power of social networking in a business context. An example of how to do it right is a group called Next Director, a group for emerging and current company directors to share information, founded by Michael Field. I asked him about his experience in creating [...]