Krishna De (Biz Growth News dot com) gives us her perspectives on the way businesses can adopt social media.
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VLOG 20: Future Focus Dublin – Krishna De
June 16, 2009 · 2 Comments
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VLOG 19: Future Focus Dublin – Ronan Lyons on the Irish Economy
June 16, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Following on from Edinburgh, we catch up with Ronan Lyons and get his perspective on the Irish economy and how the government may be able to intervene to ease the pinch of the recession on mid market businesses.
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Tagged: #futurefocus, blogging, business, dublin, edinburgh, facebook, ireland, london, manchester, mid market, network, social media, twitter
Future Focus Edinburgh – Live Case Study: The Balmoral
June 11, 2009 · 1 Comment
We move to the beautiful city of Edinburgh today to the wonderfully decorated Hub in the city center. Today’s Live Case Study comes from The Balmoral hotel chain – find out more about them here: http://www.thebalmoralhotel.com/
Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh
The Rocco Forte Collection’s Balmoral is a luxury hotel in the true sense of the word. With its majestic clock tower, the hotel is a unique and contemporary luxury five-star property in the very heart of Edinburgh. While many Edinburgh hotels claim to have Edinburgh’s landmarks on their doorstep, few can say their doorstep is a landmark. Located on Princes Street, in Edinburgh’s main shopping area and next to Waverley Station, The Balmoral is close to the leading luxury department stores and within walking distance of many Edinburgh attractions.
David Hennery from The Balmoral mentioned this afternoon “Every time you interact with a customer is a ‘moment of truth’ when you succeed or fail” – and motivating staff in these difficult times is a tough job, as well as continuously finding investment whilst maintaining customer service.
As today’s case study they came to Future Focus with their own set of challenges, and so we want your help to solve these issues.
Here are there main challenges:
- Maintaining and enhancing service delivery
- Maintaining or leading Market Position
- Employing technology that meets business travelers needs
- Embracing Social Media to communicate with customers
Big challenges require even bigger ideas, so we want to hear yours, submit them as comments here, and follow the conversation on twitter.
Categories: Event Update · Live Case Study
Tagged: #futurefocus, blogging, business strategy, economy, edinburgh, future focus, IBM, london, recession, social media, social media marketing, technology, teleconferencing, telegraph, twitter, UK Business
Presentation Materials From Future Focus – Coming Thursday
June 8, 2009 · Leave a Comment
After a great day on Thursday, many of you have been asking us for the presentations from the day, to continue learning from all the great insights from the day. Just wanted to post you all a short note to say that these will be going online on Thursday (11th June). We will pop them up on slideshare so you can find them there, here on the blog or on the Telegraph Business Club Website
As we look forward to tomorrow in Manchester, we want to know your thoughts on the programm so far. Did you attend in London, what were your thoughts on the presentations from the day? what were your key learnings? What did you take away?
Let us know by commenting on any of the content from the day here on the blog, check out the VLOG to see all the videos from London, or join the conversation on Linkedin or on the Facebook Page.
Don’t forget you can also follow all the action from Future Focus in Manchester and Edinburgh this week by following the #futurefocus hashtag or the @FutureFocus twitter feed.
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Tagged: #futurefocus, blogging, business strategy, economy, future focus, IBM, london, recession, Richard Farleigh, social media, telegraph, twitter, UK Business
VLOG 8 -Future Focus London – Looking Back On London
June 5, 2009 · Leave a Comment
As we draw activities to a close in London and look forward to Manchester and Edinburgh for the next week of Future Focus we chat to Dr James Bellini, Futurologist and Chairman of the Future Focus conferences.
With over 300 delegates in London debating and learning about becoming “future proof companies”, Future Focus London has sparked a lot of debate, and that will continue in the coming weeks as the conferences head for Manchester, Edinburgh and Dublin.
For more information about the conferences and to register – check out www.telegraphbusinessclub.co.uk/futurefocus
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Tagged: #futurefocus, blogging, business, corporate, IBM, london, recession, social media, UK Business
VLOG 6 – Future Focus London – Richard Farleigh
June 4, 2009 · Leave a Comment
In our second conversation with investor extraordinaire Richard Farleigh (formerly of Dragons Den fame) we talk to him about his views on the future of global economy, and on how taking risks can sometimes blossom or backfire.
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Tagged: #futurefocus, blogging, business strategy, communications, economy, future focus, IBM, london, recession, Richard Farleigh, social media
VLOG 5 – Future Focus London – Euan Semple
June 4, 2009 · Leave a Comment
We are privileged to have Future Communications Specialist Euan Semple speaking across the Future Focus Events. For those of you who are not able to make it to a conference over then next couple of weeks, we caught up with him at the London conference today!
Euan gives us some thoughts on how to avoid the easy mistake of leaping into social media too quickly, but encourages SME’s to get educated about these topics, otherwise they could find themselves being left behind.
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VLOG 3 – Welcome to Future Focus London
June 4, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Welcome to Future Focus 09 – Kicking off in London’s Westminster Central Hall, we chat to Dave Sumner Smith from Telegraph Business Club, about why they have partered with IBM to bring together these events, we also hear from delegates as they look forward to the days events.
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Tagged: #futurefocus, #ibmff09, blogging, business strategy, economy, future focus, IBM, london, mid market, recession, Richard Farleigh, social media, strategy, telegraph, twitter, UK Business
The Countdown To London Has Begun – And We Want You
May 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment
We Want You!
London Calling
We are just under 1 week away from the first of the Future Focus event’s, kicking off next Thursday (4th June) in London’s Westminster Central Hall. To sign up head over to the London Registration Site to sign up to attend, the event is FREE but places are LIMITED.
Become a Guest Blogger
If you are attending the Future Focus events, not just in London but at any of the conferences, and are keen on blogging, twittering and all things digital we would love to hear from you. Get in touch by emailing us, outlining what aspect of the events you would blog about (Economic Realities, Communications or Technology) and whether you would be able to write blogs from the event.
We would love to have you either feature as a guest blogger here at The Future Focus Blog or on your own blogs. Plus we will be filming live at the events, and if you would like to interview a speaker or delegate then please get in touch – our on site team can facilitate a wide range of production, so just let us know!
In the mean time, head over to the Facebook Page or join the LinkedIn Group to get involved with the conversation – or drop us your thoughts on twitter (@futurefocus).
Hope to see you in London next week!
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Tagged: #ibmff09, blogger, blogging, facebook, future focus 09, linkedin, london, social media, social media marketing, twitter
VLOG 2: Dr. James Bellini – A Future Proof Company
May 18, 2009 · 2 Comments
I wonder if Dr James Bellini puts ‘futurologist’ as the occupation in his passport? It sounds like a rather strange role, but he’s obviously well connected and certainly talks a lot of sense.
James’ objective, he explains, is to make businesses ‘future proof’. That means they have taken account of the changes that are going to happen and factored them into their strategic planning, rather than reacting when the changes have already taken place.
Far too many businesses fail to spend time thinking about the future, according to James. The majority make their ‘big decisions’ largely on gut feel. Not surprisingly, many of those big decisions turn out to be big mistakes.
Wiser organisations keep up with the trends regarding things that are going to take place 3-5 years down the line, he maintains. By investing time into thinking about the future, they are positioning themselves to take advantage of the changes.
One major global bank, he reveals, is planning to invest in new generation video conferencing. Not only will it make the bank more ‘green’, but also slash its global travel costs.
Major changes such as this are a ‘must’ for 70-80% of businesses, he says. A decade from now, James suggests, companies will own far less fixed assets and will use much less office space. Mobile technologies, remote working and collaboration will soon become the business norm.
Recession is a great time of opportunity for businesses, he maintains. Wise business professionals use the time to revisit the business fundamentals and think about their future path. Those that fail to seize the opportunities of change will probably go to the wall.
Dr James Bellini sounds like the ideal chairman for the Future Focus conferences in June. And there will be the chance for delegates to talk with him afterwards, which will round off each event perfectly. Must remember to ask him what it says in his passport!
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