Last week, I spoke to the BCS about how, without good communications, IT departments risk missing opportunities to inform people of their true value and can contribute to misunderstandings and negative perceptions of the department.
For those who missed it, I summarized my notes for Tech Talk in this week’s Isle of Man Examiner, on sale [...]
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The British Computer Society Isle of Man section’s next event is our Christmas Quiz Night. It happens in the Prospect in Douglas on 5th December at 6 pm.
It’s open to members and non-members and teams will be sorted out on the night. You need to book in advance by emailing publicity06@isleofman-bcs.org
See you there!
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I’m delighted to announce that due to our success in winning a bunch of new clients, Strive’s Isle of Man office is expanding. We are looking for two communications professionals to join our team to serve both Manx and UK-based clients. Here’s what we’re looking for:
Senior Consultant
With at least five years’ experience and a degree [...]
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Yesterday was Day One of the Fox’s Lair event here in the Isle of Man. We had six companies (some of the UK, some from the island, one from Canada) pitching for the necessary funds to take their businesses to the next step (a la Dragons Den). We brought in some venture capitalists and corporate [...]
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Here’s a question for you. How come, when over the past four weeks, nine sites have linked to Strive Notes, our rank on Technorati has not changed, it still shows 73 links from 26 blogs. Of those nine sites, five are new linkers, yet the overall stats don’t change. I don’t understand?
Anyway, I’d like to [...]
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Yesterday was a sad day for all of us who work in the UK media industry. After 41 years the Press Gazette has stopped publishing. There had been hope that an industry consortium would buy this excellent trade magazine from the administrator, but the deal fell through earlier this week.
A few days ago, the Gazette’s Martin [...]
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Congratulations or commiserations to everyone involved in the Isle of Man elections yesterday (depending on how your candidate did). And, I hope all you American Strivers are recovering well from their turkey overdose yesterday. Enjoy this week’s top 5:
1. How to articles are always good. Here Stuart Brown has some good advice on how to write [...]
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Thank you to everyone who came out to the BCS event last night at the Hilton in Douglas (except my stalker who could have stayed at home).
It was my pleasure to spend some time discussing how communication can help IT departments build positive relationships across the organisation. About 30 people came along and a lively Q&A session [...]
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A reminder. Tonight at the Hilton in Douglas the British Computer Society Isle of Man Section is hosting a seminar on how to communicate the true value of the IT department to everyone in the organisation. The speaker is yours truly. There is no charge for admission and everyone is welcome. Finger buffet is served [...]
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In this week’s Isle of Man Examiner, the Pink Page’s Tech Talk column looks at the value of domain names. With the sex.com domain recently selling for £7.3 million, it’s clear that Isle of Man companies need to think about their domains as part of a portoflio of intellectual assets. Don’t think because you’ve registered [...]
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In the PR biz you need to write persuasive copy to grab the attention of editors, reporters and all readers in general. We can borrow some of the tried and true tactics used by our cousins in the advertising profession. Here’s a list of the top ten most attention grabbing words used in advertising copy. Use [...]
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Yes, I’m a day late once again. Sorry about that…pressures of work don’t you know! But I’ve taken the time to read through all my bookmarked stories this morning and have come up this week’s list. Happy reading…
1. Have you heard of Hypertextual Distraction Disorder (HDD)? Itjournalist explains how hyperlinks affect the way we read and [...]
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I was at a dinner the other night and met a charming fellow who holds a very senior position in an IT services company. I was chatting away, as you do, about the work we’ve been doing over the past couple of weeks and the clients we’ve been working with. Then he said, “You have [...]
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In this week’s Examiner, Tech Talk, featured in the pink pages, looks at two how two companies forged a strong alliance to transform a classic customer/vendor agreement into a special relationship.
For 3C, a subsidiary of Central Software and Link Recruitment something special transpired that resulted in a innovative product unique to the Isle of Man. Buy your copy [...]
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I was moving stuff around the office and came across my copy of John Naisbitt’s Megatrends, published in 1982. His predictions, seen with hindsight, make pretty interesting reading. Here’s a summary of some of his predictions, (and my feedback):
The shift from a post-industrial to an information society in which information becomes a major resource and [...]
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Today’s executives recognise the crucial role that IT plays in the success of any organization. But without effective communications planning, the IT department risks missing opportunities to inform people of their true value and may even contribute to misunderstandings and negative perceptions of the IT function.
The BCS’s Isle of Man section is running a [...]
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I have to admit, this week has been manic and I’ve not been able to do as much reading as I’d like. But still, I’ve found five great posts! Here they are:
1. Josh Hallet warns of the danger of Snake Oil Salesmen in the social media realm with his Shaking out things post.
2. Stephen Davies is throwing out his ideas on [...]
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The Press Gazette is reporting that Johnston Press, publishers of the Isle of Man Examiner and its sister publications, is planning on rolling out a multi-media news room model originally developed at the Lancashire Evening Post.
Apparantly they’ve had a huge boost in website traffic and the newspaper sales have really strengthened. So now the publisher hopes to [...]
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Just yesterday I was saying to an associate, “…a little scepticism is usually a good thing in a journalist.” We were discussing how some reporters fail to exhibit the cynicism that usually comes with the profession.
Then just this morning, I found Cynical IT Guy, Business 2.0’s IT guy on the way tech really works. It’s [...]
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The quarterly state of the blogosphere report from Technorati is out. There are now more than 57 million blogsites online, and the blogosphere is doubling in size approximately every 230 days. Today Strive Notes is ranked at about the 126,000 (last week we were at 97,000 but things change all the time).
Getting heard above the noise takes [...]
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In this week’s Tech Talk, my weekly column in the Isle of Man Examiner, I look at the annual CIO Survey from Harvey Nash, the global recruitment and IT outsourcing service provider. It had some interesting findings that, put into the Isle of Man context, reveal the distinctiveness of our technology industry. Pick up your [...]
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1. Competence and reputation. How long have the consultants been in business? How big is the firm? What are their annual billings? What type of accounts do they have? Do they have samples of their work?
2. Experience. Who are their current clients? Past clients? How many clients do they have, and for how long have they served [...]
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Is it just me?! Does anyone think now is the time for Edelman to be issuing a report on the trustworthiness of bloggers?
Brand Republic is reporting the findings of an Edelman study conducted in the Asia-Pacific region. No doubt the research is sound and the report, fascinating.
Maybe it is just me, but I think the [...]
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Brand Republic is reporting that the Isle of Man TT race is to get its first rebranding in more than 10 years. Manx designer Pete Jones has designed a logo using the Manx national flag colours of red and yellow and the three-legged Triskelion from the Isle of Man coat of arms. I look forward [...]
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Welcome to the first ‘top 5′ of November. We’ve had a tremendous quantity of interesting blogging over the past week. It’s been hard to narrow my faves to just five, but here goes…
1. Telegraph blogger Shane Richmond does a great job of explaining why it’s important for mainstream media journalists to get blogging.
2. Josh Hallet [...]
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This made me giggle. You know that cold feeling you get in the pit of your stomach when you realised that you’ll be without an Internet connection for a couple of hours?
Imagine what it was like for the participants of the recent United Nations Internet Summit when, after several hours, the technicians working on ironing [...]
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Here, in reverse order, are the five most viewed postings from October 2006 (just in case you missed them first time around).
5. October 6th: this week’s top 5 takes humour and mixes in some thoughtful debate. Then adds a pinch of sound advice.
4. Behind the spin highlights a UK magazine for and written by PR students.
3. All Business 2.0 journalists [...]
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