Web 2.0 & social media platforms & services for travel, tourism, MICE, destinations and B2B
Web 2.0 platforms, digital signage concepts, social media marketing, mobile services, online marketing & analytics training and branding 2.0 concepts for tourism, meeting venues, hospitality, leisure, destinations, business travel , care and B2B. Lowering ICT costs while enhancing online marketing and branding effectivity.
Mar 05, 2010
Collaboration 2.0
Colloboration solution built in Plone that combines collaboration software and social media into a very powerful solution!
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Feb 04, 2010
The decline of the traditional meeting (part 6) and the rise of new meeting formats: ‘unconferences’
New formats and methods for meetings are becoming more popular as an alternative to the traditional meeting methods. The term "unconference" is used to describe a wide range of gatherings that try to avoid one or more aspects of a conventional meeting. 6th article in series about the changing meeting industry
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Jan 22, 2010
The end of meetings (part 5 ) and the rise of of web 2.0 and social media
Part 5 of series of articles about the end of the traditional meeting. Virtual meeting and collaboration tools will provide an alternate meeting platform replacing face-to-face meetings in some situations.
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Jan 15, 2010
End of meetings part 4: Web- and videoconferencing, webinars and collaboration software
Also web- and videoconferencing is fast changing from a solution for large organisations to a very effective way to reach small business owners and individuals as well. Today anyone can turn their computer and web cam into a conferencing station.
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Jan 13, 2010
End of meetings (part 3): the credit crisis urges the meeting industry to innovate
The meeting industry has been hit hard by the credit crisis. In 2009 especially meetings outside of the organisation have suffered from cancellations and "no travel / no meetings" policies introduced by organisations.
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Jan 02, 2010
The end of meetings (Part 2) - the last process to be re-designed
The premise is that we actually often dislike to go to meetings (and very often also the places where they take place). However, meetings are where everything important happens. So we have to attend. And what do we do during meetings? We flip open our laptops and fire up our mobiles to read the latest mails, do status updates on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. If not fall asleep that is....
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Dec 31, 2009
The end of meetings as we knew them - part 1
This is the first part of a series of articles in which we will explore the underlying trends and drivers that could shape the industry over the next decade and will centre on understanding the impact this will have on business models, meeting formats and meeting venues.
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Nov 20, 2009
Mobile in 2010 according to Gartner
A not so impressive Gartner list of top 10 consumer mobile applications for 2012 (yes NOT 2010!). Misses mobile social media applications, SMS?
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Nov 17, 2009
Google Wave as back-channel?
Nice article about the possibility that Google Wave will surpass Twiyter as back-chat for conferences.
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Nov 16, 2009
Will 2009 be the year when MICE changed forever?
Will this year will be remembered as the year when a lot of things changed in MICE (meetings, incentives, conference, events) ?
Which parts of the area will change most? Are you already looking at new ways to deal with the post-2009 era ?
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