Work | It’s a Team Thing

Over the last few weeks I have been doing a heck of a lot research through blogs, books and some nice papers about the importance of branding. Not just personal branding for employees but also for entrepreneurs and especially in this time of crisis for employers.
I realise that sometimes the whole thing about positioning yourself [...]

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Work | Power of Partnership

Last weekend I was at a dinner party where the host had invited a number of well connected and inspirational members of the Afro Caribbean community here in London. We celebrated new friendships and possible future partnerships in a time of what is rightly deemed a challenging time. Whilst going around the room in celebration [...]

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Enterprise | Recession Strategies

With or without the excessive and voyeuristic media reporting we are going to be facing some challenging times ahead. Here are my top three strategies to ensure my ventures stay afloat.
#1 - develop and maintain at least five income streams.
am aiming for seven by the end of march, they include
- speaking
- coaching
- training
- merchandise
- consulting
- [...]

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Youth | Media Studies

At the risk of upsetting my colleagues in education for those students who wish to go into TV don’t take media studies! My colleagues in the industry suggest that you do journalism, history, english lanuage or literature and network like hell but dont do media studies. It is a false premise in a market which [...]

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Enterprise | Making Your Mark

On the weekend I was proud to be part of an event hosted by Justin of JayMedia  Productions to celebrate youth enterprise in Croydon. J is the one in the black tshirt. Oh and did I mention that he is 15 and did it with minimal funding. A soldier. Oh and the other guys in [...]

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Networking | Is it Better to Give or Receive?

 
(Image source: Getty Images)
When I first started out networking in earnest many of the great connectors who I wanted to model their behaviour alway suggested “give, give and keep on giving”. I would go out to events and continuously meet and connect people with others finding out what others wanted to do. I would spend [...]

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Productivity | My Office

Acer Aspire One: Notebook
Moleskine Journal
Apple iPhone (Skype, IM and other quick email) 
Nokia E61 (Business Phone)
(Not pictured in this are my camera and Stabilo Bionic pen)
It’s amazing that these items in my manbag are all I really need to conduct my  business. I can be at home, on a train in a coffee shop or a [...]

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Networking | I Am a Mover and Shaker

Today I found out that the Voice newspaper, one of the leading publications for Afro Caribbeans in the UK, has listed me as one of their Movers and Shakers for 2009.  This is nice accolade and it comes both as a blessing – nice nod to work done in the community – and a burden [...]

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Youth | Hey Josh

Last year I had the pleasure of meeting Josh Shipp in the flesh. Known as one of the best teen speakers in the US (until I get there) and we had connected online through a mutual youth advocate of ours DK (check him out at MediaSnackers) and last year we all got to have a [...]

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Networking | Online Networking

I must say I have been very impressed with how easy it is to touch base with people that you may have just read about or seen online with the use of many of our social networking tools.
This last week I managed to touch base with a communications expert in the US whose work I [...]

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