One of my favourite examples of social media engagement is the Peter Shankman Mortons story (the Morton’s Steakhouse turned up with a free steak meal as he landed at Newark airport, after his joke tweet had requested it). The free publicity and branding this resulted in for Mortons was gold. And yet they probably did...Read More
Last night I attended a GMA event on ‘Leading Boards’ with Michael Chaney, Margaret Sears and Michael Smith – each have extensive Board experience, here are my notes: Chaney: putting a Board together has become more of a serious business usually there is a full search process, with a skills matrix showing gaps that need...Read More
[tweetmeme source=”ChazGunningham” only_single=false] SBS are currently showing 56UP, the latest catch up with a dozen or so people they have been filming since they were 7 year olds back in 1963. I first came across the series in the late 1970s (must have been 21 UP?). I was captivated by the people’s lives, a soap...Read More
[tweetmeme source=”ChazGunningham” only_single=false]11th of the 11th, Remembrance Day. Being a Sunday, we were all at my son’s cricket match, sitting watching, dogs running about, chatting with fellow parents, encouraging the boys. It was peaceful, sublime, a million miles and almost 100 years away from the terrible action of the trenches in the first world war,...Read More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1g6vZwPAM0] A new toy. A rainy Saturday afternoon. My daughter was eager to learn how to make videos from her iPod Touch, so we downloaded the iMovie app ($5) and we were away. She making funny videos of her friends, and me making some of our recent holiday and an overview of the RE...Read More
Ten years ago, in between the arrival of child one and child two, we extended our house converting it from a 3 to 4 bedroom. In the process the roof line was pitched upwards and outwards making for a huge space I always figured would be useful one day. And so it was I found...Read More
[tweetmeme source=”ChazGunningham” only_single=false]RE BarCamp Perth 2012 was a distinct improvement on last year. Not to say the last year’s was not good, but this year (perhaps because some of us had done it before?) involved more sharing amongst attendees. And the more you gave, the more you took away. For those of you not familiar...Read More
[tweetmeme source=”ChazGunningham” only_single=false]Spent a day at our annual conference last week, and it was very impressive. 830 attendees, which made it the second largest of its kind in the country, and possibly the largest if you count numbers attending per day. But it is never quantity in these things, it is quality, and quality there...Read More
[tweetmeme source=”ChazGunningham” only_single=false]Just watched the highlights of the incredible last day of the Ryder Cup. In an unprecedented manner, Europe came from 4 points behind from the first two days play to snatch victory by one point, 14.5 to 13.5. In its 85 year history, the US had never lost from a 2-point final day...Read More
[tweetmeme source=”ChazGunningham” only_single=false]Last year I attended Perth’s first ever ‘RE BarCamp‘, which is a novel way for real estate people to learn more about their craft from from others working in their industry. It is novel in many ways: – it works best if attendees actively share their experiences and are willing to (potentially) give...Read More
