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Brett King: Banks still don't get mobile, but neither do researchers…

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Brett King , author of best-selling Bank 2.0 shares his insights on what the banks, and the researchers should focus on… Brett King I read with interest a post pointed out to me by @JenRBoyd posted on Mobile Commerce Daily highlighting a recent Celent report comparing US and EU investment in multi-channel .

…Patently, the use of mobile, social media, contactless payment technology built into the handset, geo-location capability, targeted 1-to-1 marketing offer management (beyond groupon), and other such capabilities should be an absolute priority for bankers today – but we aren’t even talking about that stuff properly yet… Contact us at Speakers Connect at info@speakersconnect or +852 21654126 if you would like to engage Brett for your next event, or viist us for more top-notch International Speakers from us .

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Mike Walsh's book Futuretainment On Communication Arts Mag

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Our best futurist speaker, Mike Walsh ‘s book Futuretainment is on Communication Arts Magazine web picks for the week list for cool site design. mike walsh This multi-functional site reflects the forward-thinking content of digital expert Mike Walsh’s book and brings it to life with animated graphics, video of the pages being flipped and live Twitter and Flickr feeds. … Contact us at Speakers Connect at info@speakersconnect or +852 21654126 if you would like to engage MIke for your next event, or viist us for more top-notch International Speakers from us .

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Mr Perkowski, Mr China's prediction of China in 2011

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Jack predicts that: China’s economy will grow at a sustainable 9 percent in 2011 Inflation will not be a problem in China and the Consumer Price Index (“CPI”) will stay below 3.5 percent. … The Shanghai Composite Index will increase by 25 percent to 3500 by the end of 2011 2011 will be a banner year for cross-border mergers and acquisitions between China and the United States and China and Europe Below is Mr Perkowski’s article on creating a Chinese company: Creating a Chinese Company

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Mike Walsh Quoted in This month's Forbes

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Here comes the Forbes article : It Takes A Village Forbes Asia Magazine dated January 17, 2011 Three friends in Indonesia start a social network called Koprol, and now Yahoo is taking it abroad. 201101071653.jpg Three friends, not long out of college and bored with their day jobs, start an Internet company. … Instead, since Indonesians are most likely to be accessing the site on a mobile phone, when you log on you “check in” to a location such as a bar, health club or mall to see who’s there–including members you don’t already know–and read about what they’re doing.

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Mike Walsh: Keynote and Workshop Topics 2011

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Here comes the keynote and workshop topics for 2011 of Mike Walsh, our best Futurist speaker .

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Mike Walsh: Clone Wars And Emerging Markets

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Our best Futurist Speaker, Mike Walsh , shared his new finding on Clone Wars and the Emerging Markets… From Wall Street to Main Street, exposure to emerging markets have become part of the critical growth story that Western companies need to justify their future earnings.

… Article from Mike Walsh’s Blog Contact us at Speakers Connect at info@speakersconnect or +852 21654126 if you would like to engage MIke for your next event, or viist us for more top-notch International Speakers from us .

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Brett King: What the Finance sector has to look forward to in 2011…

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While the sector as a whole tries to deal with the devastation of the global financial crisis, and uses this as an excuse to hunker down and resist strong investment in technology and so forth, this opens the gate for innovators who are prepared to invest to take customer mind share, and capitalize on both the wholesale dissatisfaction of the industry in general and capturing the imagination of customers through the use of technology and better interface processes.

…Banks are enamored with their existing, stagnant model of banking – they find it difficult to imagine a world where mobile applications and internet banking are more popular access methods than branches, where checks no longer cut it because I can SMS or bump money to an associate, and where I am not penalized because I don’t want to follow some archaic risk model.

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Rupert Hoogewerf: Investment Trends of China's New Rich

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Rupert Hoogewerf, Founder and Compiler of “Hurun China Rich List ” interviewed the New Rich of China on their latest investment trends.

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Dr Joseph Michelli: Crystal Ball 2011 – Experience Trends

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Improvements in real-time information are now allowing other sectors to experiment with innovative dynamic pricing models,” Health Focus – “Growing numbers of consumers will expect health products and services in 2011 to prevent misery if not improve their quality of life, rather than merely treating illnesses and ailments. Products such as mobile health monitoring devices, as well as online health apps and health-dedicated social networks, will serve the multichannel wellness needs of consumers. 73% of US consumers consider being physically fit important to being ‘well’, with 74% including ‘feeling good about themselves’ An estimated 500 million people worldwide are expected to be using mobile healthcare applications by 2015 There were nearly 17,000 health apps available in major app stores in November 2010, with 57% of them being aimed at consumers rather than health care professionals About 15% of those aged 18 to 29 have health or medical related apps, compared to 8% of users aged 30 to 49 Look for more installments of these trends on this blog as we ring in 2011… How are you positioned to deliver customer experiences consistent with these consumer trends?

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Brett King: Bank 2.0

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Watch the video below by Brett King on his insights on the Bank 2.0 era:

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Mike Walsh: When Facebook Gets You Hired Not Fired

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When I tested my own handle, I was given a wide variety of different scores and curious facts which did not mean very much to me, other than it was fun to discover that I joined Twitter on the same day as eBay founder, Pierre Omidyar. … Contact us at Speakers Connect at info@speakersconnect or +852 21654126 if you would like to engage MIke for your next event, or viist us for more top-notch International Speakers from us .

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Rupert Hoogewerf, Founder and Compiler of “Hurun China Rich List” joins Speakers Connect

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Named after Shanghai’s official flower, the Magnolia Award is the highest honour bestowed by the City on foreigners who have “contributed significantly to Shanghai’s economic performance, international relations, business environment, management standards and community development.” … Other winners include in 2001 Bora Milutinovic, the coach who steered the Chinese soccer team to its first World Cup Finals; in 2003 Zhong Nanshan, the SARS whistleblower; in 2004 Liu Xiang, China’s first Olympic gold medalist on the track; in 2005 Li Yuchun, winner of China’s inaugural Super Girl, the Chinese equivalent of Pop Idol; in 2006 Yi Zhongtian, for his reinterpretations of classical literature; in 2007 Xu Sanduo, a fictional character from the popular TV series ‘Soldiers Sortie’, who embodied the character of the Chinese people; in 2008 Jian Guangzhou, the journalist who exposed the Sanlu milk scandal; and in 2009 Lu Chuan, the director of Nanjing!

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Mike Walsh: Google's Global Vs Local Dilemma

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One of the interesting tensions facing global companies like Google and Facebook is how to balance their desire to take an international, scale driven view to their platforms, with an appreciation of the unique dynamics of local online culture.

… Article from Mike Walsh’s Blog Contact us at Speakers Connect at info@speakersconnect or +852 21654126 if you would like to engage MIke for your next event, or viist us for more top-notch International Speakers from us .

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Brett King: What The Beatles' Success on iTunes Means for Banking

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The RIAA’s strategy was built on the sole premise of trying to prevent people from using file sharing networks so their existing distribution networks could be propped up indefinitely, and they celebrated Napster’s decline into bankruptcy as a sign of success for this strategy. … Today, new artists live or die based on their ability to move product in the digital space, and The Beatles move at long last into the digital space singles that the last bastions of support for traditional, physical music distribution is crumbling.

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Brett King: Bank 2.0

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Brett King, Author of the Bestselling book Bank 2.0 and strategic advisor to the global financial services sector, interviewed by Bloomberg on the change of consumer behavior and it’s impact on the financial industry. Contact us at Speakers Connect at info@speakersconnect or +852 21654126 if you would like to engage Brett for your next event, […]

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