Scott Gavin

I’ve posted over at the Whatever Company blog about the social collation and annotation of learning resources. I talk about how I’ve been using web 2.0 tools to prepare for teaching and packaging course content for learners. I even did a bit of wizardry in Keynote in an attempt to visualise what on …

Good, inspiring presentation from http://www.trendsspotting.com

The New Entrepreneur: Research Review

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…I find myself agreeing with this excerpt from http://beyondgrowth.net/social-criticism/social-media-moving-towards-a-brave-new-world/ .
Twitter is a Little Bit Distracting
One place where thousands of people have taken this to heart is the social network known as Twitter.  Twitter is a social media site where users can post short, 140 character messages known as tweets that their friends can receive notifications …

I was recently asked what are some of my top business benefits of implementing Enterprise 2.0 tools.  Here are three.
1. Personal Information/Knowledge Management
Until recently how did individuals inside an organization manage their own information and knowledge?  Well without having access to an official KM tool (which most don’t) they use email, their C:\drive and in …

Whatever Company have released a new whitepaper with participation from Sun Microsystems on Enterprise 2.0 titled ‘Using Enterprise 2.0 to prepare for recovery’. My name is even at the end as a UK contact, so for that reason alone I encourage you to download it Download the full pdf here.
Executive Summary …

Gregory Culpin has just released this sneak preview of the Knowledge Plaza Lite interface, known internally as KP Lite.  This add-on to Knowledge Plaza allows you to diffuse information to a much wider audience,  while maintining full Knowledge Plaza access for your information professionals.   You might want to watch the full Knowledge Plaza screencast first …

I’m a bit late posting this, but isn’t that always the way when talking about your own stuff! Over the past few months I have working with Kent County Council to help deliver their Pic and Mix project. Description from the site:
Pic and Mix aims to increase public access to Kent-related datasets including …

For all you Dutch speaking folk out there, here are the slides from the Congres Kennis in Rotterdam where Evert Jagerman showcases the use of Knowledge Plaza for McKinsey’s Africa Desk.
Ed – the SlideShare presentation has been removed for some reason.

Crossing over from being inside a large company like Pfizer, to being an independent consultant to finally working with Knowledge Plaza and Applied Trends, I’ve often struggled with being seen as a ‘vendor’.
The word vendor often has negative connotations especially when you’re exhibiting at conferences and trade shows.  The default people expect is lengthy and …

I hate the fact I just wrote Sales Presentation 2.0, but hey, it got your attention.
Below I’m sharing a presentation format I’ve been using with Knowledge Plaza. It’s based on my original Meet Charlie and Daniel Siddle’s Meet Charlotte follow up.
This version is based on an imaginary Pharmaceutical company.
I’ve adopted this presentation style when visiting …