Preparation is the key to a successful presentation. We asked Mike Moran to share the secrets of preparation before presenting at the conference.

Physical events are losing out against Virtual events – is that so? We asked this question Sean MacNiven, Head of Web Services, SAP, who had presented in Amsterdam at the Enterprise Social 2.0 conference.

January 26 in Diemen, Netherlands, we hosted our monthly meetup “The Future of Web 2.0″, hashtag #thefutureofweb , with special guests Ellen Petry Leanse – Google USA and Adam Wallace from Roger Smith Hotel.

A presentation is not the dry transfer of concepts from one to many. It is transmission. It requires your physical concentration and your presence of mind, as well as a combination of skills and attitudes. The first thing to note is that everyone is different, and everyone has the same chance to be good. I [...]

Speaking in public is a fundamentally different exercise than private conversation. No one is born knowing how to do it…

Innovating in today’s world is no longer only about having the brightest people or the biggest R&D budget. It’s also about harnessing the power of communities and industry eco-systems – enabling customers, vendors and partners to co-create. 2 years ago, SWIFT created such a community, swiftcommunity.net where the financial community debates, networks, and shares best-practice [...]

Gary Vaynerchuk presentation at Le Web triggered several sensitive points that have to do with conferences. See here video interview by Irina Kremin, KGS, about Events 2.0

Larry Chiang started his presentation at the Gravity Summit in New York, November 2009, with presenting his goal – to be the audience ROI at this event. And each of us has learned something. My takeaways: 1. You can buy access to the biggest bloggers just by providing them beer and food. His advice: hosting [...]

Linda Stone, the high-tech blogger and consultant, in her presentation at Picnic Amsterdam, surprised everyone with her speak on Email Apnea and Continuous Partial Attention And its all comes down to the issue we have at this moment: over-consumption. We are multi-tasking and over-consuming information, food, debt, etc. Using technology is becoming a big part [...]

Strategic Business Summit for Tip Fortune corporations in Amsterdam, January 27&28 2010: Enterprise Social 2.0: Rip or ROI? Learn to profit from Social Media