Comments for Simon's blog (the personal one) http://simonberry.net People, places and ICT Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on About by Ann Longley http://simonberry.net/2008/03/about/#comment-78 Ann Longley Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://simonberry.net/?p=75#comment-78 Hi Simon We met at the LIFD screening of Us NOw - I was on the panel and you told me about Cola Life afterwards. I wanted you to know I'm writing a thought piece about corporate reputation in the digital age and I'm using Cola Life as an integreted case study. I'll send you the report when done. Think the work that you have done is brilliant. Congratulations on your success. May it long continue! With best wishes, Ann Hi Simon
We met at the LIFD screening of Us NOw – I was on the panel and you told me about Cola Life afterwards. I wanted you to know I’m writing a thought piece about corporate reputation in the digital age and I’m using Cola Life as an integreted case study. I’ll send you the report when done. Think the work that you have done is brilliant. Congratulations on your success. May it long continue!
With best wishes,
Ann

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]]> Comment on Using Coca Cola’s Distribution Muscle by Simon http://simonberry.net/2008/05/using-coca-cola/#comment-54 Simon Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:52:25 +0000 http://simonberry.net/?p=41#comment-54 Hello Lainerys. Thanks for your comment. You can get an auto-translation of the ColaLife website and blog by using Google Translate. This is the site in Spanish: http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fcolalife.org&sl=auto&tl=es&history_state0= This is site in Italian: http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fcolalife.org&sl=auto&tl=it&history_state0= Hello Lainerys. Thanks for your comment.
You can get an auto-translation of the ColaLife website and blog by using Google Translate.
This is the site in Spanish:
http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fcolalife.org&sl=auto&tl=es&history_state0=
This is site in Italian:
http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fcolalife.org&sl=auto&tl=it&history_state0=

]]> Comment on Using Coca Cola’s Distribution Muscle by Lainerys Limonta http://simonberry.net/2008/05/using-coca-cola/#comment-53 Lainerys Limonta Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:22:38 +0000 http://simonberry.net/?p=41#comment-53 Hello my names is Lainerys, I am Master Company Comunication student and I have a possibility to speak whit a Coca Cola's manager for this situation, because we are working for them in a sostenability proget. I need early yuor answer to improve my idea, Thank.... Lainerys Hello my names is Lainerys, I am Master Company Comunication student and I have a possibility to speak whit a Coca Cola’s manager for this situation, because we are working for them in a sostenability proget.
I need early yuor answer to improve my idea,
Thank….
Lainerys

]]> Comment on Meet Adrian Ristow by Sarah Hermitage http://simonberry.net/2008/07/meet-adrian-ris/#comment-11 Sarah Hermitage Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:20:15 +0000 http://simonberry.net/?p=20#comment-11 Could you help with an e mail address for Adian Ristow please? I wish to contact him regarding an invetsment confernce he attended in Arusha Tanzania in 2007. Kind regards, Sarah Hermitage. Could you help with an e mail address for Adian Ristow please?
I wish to contact him regarding an invetsment confernce he attended in Arusha Tanzania in 2007.
Kind regards,
Sarah Hermitage.

]]> Comment on About by Blair Thomson http://simonberry.net/2008/03/about/#comment-77 Blair Thomson Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://simonberry.net/?p=75#comment-77 Thanks for your reply, Simon. Although you are not the person I was seeking, you are someone with whom I could well be in touch. As you will see from my Facebook entry, I am heavily involved in Third Sector activities as Chair of the Cornwall Voluntary Sector Forum and serve on several related organisations including the Rural Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Partnership, the Cornwall Economic Forum and the Cornwall Climate Change Action Committee. I'm also Chair of the Cornwall Strategic Partnership, which includes trying to drive forward environmental and regeneration initiatives, and serve on local, regional and national EU Convergence ESF and ERDF committees. If you think I can be of any assistance please don't hesitate to contact me. Thanks for your reply, Simon. Although you are not the person I was seeking, you are someone with whom I could well be in touch. As you will see from my Facebook entry, I am heavily involved in Third Sector activities as Chair of the Cornwall Voluntary Sector Forum and serve on several related organisations including the Rural Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Partnership, the Cornwall Economic Forum and the Cornwall Climate Change Action Committee. I’m also Chair of the Cornwall Strategic Partnership, which includes trying to drive forward environmental and regeneration initiatives, and serve on local, regional and national EU Convergence ESF and ERDF committees. If you think I can be of any assistance please don’t hesitate to contact me.

]]> Comment on The Best of 2008 by Steve Bridger http://simonberry.net/2009/01/2008-summing-up/#comment-2 Steve Bridger Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:25:47 +0000 http://simonberry.net/?p=7#comment-2 What a year, eh? Bet you didn't see half of that coming :-) Thanks for sharing... and especially for pointing me to Stephen's post (Insight #2). Here's to even more impact in 2009! What a year, eh? Bet you didn’t see half of that coming :-)
Thanks for sharing… and especially for pointing me to Stephen’s post (Insight #2).
Here’s to even more impact in 2009!

]]> Comment on All change, all change by Megan Griffith Gray http://simonberry.net/2008/11/all-change-all-change/#comment-8 Megan Griffith Gray Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:50:15 +0000 http://simonberry.net/?p=8#comment-8 Best of luck Simon! Best of luck Simon!

]]> Comment on Is Elluminate the answer? by Simon http://simonberry.net/2008/01/is-elluminate-the-answer/#comment-108 Simon Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://simonberry.net/?p=104#comment-108 Here are a few suggestions on our use of Elluminate which came out of the session on 11/11/08. 1 It's all in the preparation - going in an hour before to prepare no longer works as everyone is already gathering and you get distracted - I think we (those who have received and prepared slides for the session) need to go in the day before (without the participants there) and build the presentation together then. Then one person saves it and it's that that goes up 30 mins before the session 2 Welcome screen Having something to do and an explanation when people arrive is important too I think 3 Page of links for each session? What about putting links to all the key materials on a website (blog) so that people who haven't downloaded them can go off and get them. This blog page could also have the links to the videos and any other useful resources. I could mock something up between now and the next session to deom this if that would help. 4 Break out rooms 1. I think people need to go off to breakout rooms with very clear tasks and things to come back to the plenary with specific things eg one burning question, three concerns, or whatever 5 Break out rooms 2. I think we need a 'default' screen for each break out room - this could also carry the DTA logo (to remind people!). 6 Break out rooms 3. Exit from the breakout rooms. There is a feature that allows a moderator to send a message into ALL rooms. Perhaps we could use this to warn people that time is running out. 7 Next session set-up May be a way forward is to treat the set-up of the next session as an informal training sesion for moderators - getting the next whteboard set up while exchanging hints and tips at the same time. 8 Profile And finally, maybe we could get people to log on early to set up their profiles - we'd put instructions on the 'welcome' whiteboard. 9 Smooth hand-over between moderators and participants We can't expect participants to do this but as moderators it's really good if we can 'handover' when we finish speaking eg 'Vicki, over to you'. We were doing this towards the end. 10 Minor stuff Moderators - put people's hands down for them if they don't Sort people in the participants list as follows: 1) sort by raised hands 2) moderators NOT at the top Here are a few suggestions on our use of Elluminate which came out of the session on 11/11/08.
1 It’s all in the preparation
- going in an hour before to prepare no longer works as everyone is already gathering and you get distracted
- I think we (those who have received and prepared slides for the session) need to go in the day before (without the participants there) and build the presentation together then. Then one person saves it and it’s that that goes up 30 mins before the session
2 Welcome screen
Having something to do and an explanation when people arrive is important too I think
3 Page of links for each session?
What about putting links to all the key materials on a website (blog) so that people who haven’t downloaded them can go off and get them. This blog page could also have the links to the videos and any other useful resources. I could mock something up between now and the next session to deom this if that would help.
4 Break out rooms 1. I think people need to go off to breakout rooms with very clear tasks and things to come back to the plenary with specific things eg one burning question, three concerns, or whatever
5 Break out rooms 2.
I think we need a ‘default’ screen for each break out room – this could also carry the DTA logo (to remind people!).
6 Break out rooms 3.
Exit from the breakout rooms. There is a feature that allows a moderator to send a message into ALL rooms. Perhaps we could use this to warn people that time is running out.
7 Next session set-up
May be a way forward is to treat the set-up of the next session as an informal training sesion for moderators – getting the next whteboard set up while exchanging hints and tips at the same time.
8 Profile
And finally, maybe we could get people to log on early to set up their profiles – we’d put instructions on the ‘welcome’ whiteboard.
9 Smooth hand-over between moderators and participants
We can’t expect participants to do this but as moderators it’s really good if we can ‘handover’ when we finish speaking eg ‘Vicki, over to you’. We were doing this towards the end.
10 Minor stuff
Moderators – put people’s hands down for them if they don’t
Sort people in the participants list as follows: 1) sort by raised hands 2) moderators NOT at the top

]]> Comment on All change, all change by Daniel Heery http://simonberry.net/2008/11/all-change-all-change/#comment-7 Daniel Heery Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:54:28 +0000 http://simonberry.net/?p=8#comment-7 Hi Simon Good luck with the new job, you'll be sorely missed! Daniel Hi Simon
Good luck with the new job, you’ll be sorely missed!
Daniel

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