The intensity of the relationships you establish when you first get into things are never really repeated. I get nostalgic for that first flush of enthusiasm for blogging – a bit like your first year at secondary school or at university. The friendships you make in those times tend to stick with you for life. Blogging is the same.

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I have to say the whole E2.0 thing leaves me a bit cold.

When we deployed blogs, wikis and forums at the BBC we kept the tools separate and kept them simple. I would still maintain that it is important to keep social tools in the enterprise simple. Most people I meet find the whole thing confusing and I am often told how intimidating they find Sharepoint and even Jive.

The important thing is not to have shiny, state of the art, tools but to have people using them. You have to do everything it takes to reduce barriers to entry.

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We’ve had a bit if an interesting time at the office lately.  All of us have had news that knocked us back on our heels a bit and was, I have to say, a bit challenging.  Out of this came a desire to “Make a Difference” and in my case leave a bit if a legacy and in theirs make a difference to those they can so easily identify with.

Some of our rainmaker speakers have been pushing the idea of “Philanthropic Capitalism” and “Making a Difference” whilst improving both personal and business performance and so we decided to get with the programme and do something positive for everybody.

We are starting to generate money for charity and in time may even get as far as setting up a foundation but for now raising money for the less fortunate is on the agenda.

We realised that post Haiti and other disasters, whilst there is medical help and help to rebuild basic infrastructures, there is little or no help for the inhabitants to rebuild and restart their businesses or in many cases find new business to do to replace that destroyed by the disaster.  We are going to do something positive about that – we know about speakers, rainmakers and events so that’s what we will use to generate funds.

Our initial Event will benefit ‘Action Aid’ as we realise that the thing is to get the funds flowing even if we need to improve targeting later.

The inaugural event will be held in the evening in the City of London, and will feature a discussion between two of our Rainmakers – Gary Sage and Gordon Lovell-Read.

Given that modern businesses, in the UK at least, find themselves in a difficult and challenging strategic environment at present, and might like a different view of what is possible our Rainmakers, Gary and Gordon, will be hosting the Event:

How to get Great Performance in a Recession – A Rainmakers Dialogue

(Intermediate and Advanced Level!)

 They will be discussing themes such as

The Economy – Where do We go from Here?

Bonus Culture – Good, Banned or Evil?

Interim Management and Part Time workers – What’s next?

The New Economy – Freeze, Flee or Fight?

The audience will also be invited to submit questions

 The event will run from about 18:00 to 21:00 on a Wednesday evening at a venue in the City with an opportunity to Network before the speakers

 If you want to be in on the start of something useful and benefit from some incredible experience go to www.events.rainmakerscompany.com and book now