Death of the Politics of Austerity

Austerity

So France has elected a Socialist government and Greece hasn't voted for anything. Importantly, all the rhetoric around the European polls are focused on fighting against the politics of austerity.  The problem with this is that voting against austerity measures mean that Greece is less likely to meet the revenue raising requirements which will prevent ...

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Updates, blog posts and general excitement about the new job

It's been a while since I have had a chance to blog here, but that's been because I've been flat out moving back to Oz and getting settled at 1000heads. I'm now happily ensconced in the Sydney office and have at least temporary accommodation with possibly the best view in Sydney - the image at ...

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New job for JJ – and a move back to Oz

1000heads

So now the processes are all in motion, I'm at last able to publicly share my news about my next challenge! :) I'm joining the word of mouth marketing firm 1000heads as its Chief Operating Officer in Australia.  And I start in just a few weeks.  So I'm madly tying up loose ends here in London ...

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HiBROW is live!

hibrow.tv

I'm very excited and proud to announce that HiBROW - the company for which I am Chief Operating Officer - is live today.  It's been a fabulous ride for the past year, bringing Don Boyd's vision into reality, and I'm thrilled with the quality of what we've created.  HiBROW is all original and new filmed ...

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Welcome to 2012

I've had a fantastic time in Singapore and Australia over the Christmas-New Year period but am now back to work in London.  I have a lot of news I can't share just yet but stay tuned... the next 6 weeks are very exciting times all round.

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Online Information Conference seminar

Thanks to all who came to my session at the Online Information Conference and Exhibition this morning, when I presented on social media for business process improvement. The slides are available for download to all who would like a copy.

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National Freelancers’ Day

National Freelancers

On this day, designed to be a celebration of the contribution of freelancers to the UK economy, I'd like to share my own perspective of the life of a freelancer. As is my wont, I am going to be blunt. There are enough commentators out there who laud the freelance life for its flexibility, its creative ...

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FT Innovate Liveblog

I'm at the FT Innovate 2011 Conference at the Andaz hotel here in Liverpool Street, London, and we are starting shortly with a keynote from Martha Lane Fox.  I'll be liveblogging various segments during the day and am happy to pose questions on your behalf so please tweet me @joannejacobs, or comment here and I'll ...

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My News Day events in Sweden, October 2011

Joanne at My News Day

I seem to have spent most of the last few weeks away.  But I have been working most of the time.  I recently presented at the My News Day events for the company My News Desk in Sweden - three days of events in three cities - a great achievement for the firm, and fabulously ...

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Ada Lovelace Day Post

I have been lax in getting involved properly with Ada Lovelace Day today, partly because there is so much else going on at the moment too, but I want to focus my attention for this year's tribute to women in tech on a perhaps little known techie educator (though still a TED alumnus), AnnMarie Thomas. ...

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