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- May
27The Secret of a Social Media Enabled Business Card
The average business card you see today is boring and does not trigger any action. Except to put it in your desk drawer perhaps. It does depend on the person that gave you the card, but often you just store the card’s information somewhere and then forget about it.
You want to achieve something more when you share your contact details, right?
Perhaps you want to be better remembered or you want people to welcome your business more. Now why not embrace social media to achieve these goals? Let’s look at the benefits of sharing social media profiles on your business card.
Learn More About The Benefits of a Social Media Enabled Business Card
Who Else Wants a Battery That Charges in 10 Seconds?
What if you could completely recharge the battery of your mobile phone or notebook in just seconds?
- May
15Three Areas Of Innovation That Inspire The Innovator In You
This is a contribution post to the 24hours of innovation, a global event celebrating innovation. Although we are all dealing with a crisis, great things have been happing in our community we call earth. This posting is written to inspire the innovator in you and let you think about some great areas of innovation that you might not have recognized or simply overlooked. This is ‘My half time pep talk for 2009’ and I hope you enjoy it!
Let’s say you ask ten people the question ‘where do you see true innovation?’.
You will probably get ten different answers, right?That’s because we all look at innovation differently. The beautiful thing about innovation is that it can be truly inspiring and accelerate change.
Let’s take a closer look at some of the areas of innovation you think about when answering the question…
Where do you see true innovation? Star Trek XI, good mannered or a bold sci-fi movie?
Star Trek has always been the most decent kid in the Sci-Fi class. You will never hear any inappropriate words and almost always get a happy ending.
The new Start Trek-movie called Star Trek XI had its world wide launch about a week ago. When looking at the trailer, you see young Kirk, Spock and some fantastic visual effects. So no surprises there (except for Zachary Quinto aka Sylar from Heroes playing young Mr. Spock). Any geek and ‘Trekkie’ (like me
) is probably going to checkout this movie soon.Read more if Star Trek XI is boldy going where no Star Trek Movie has gone before...
- May
127 Innovations That Make You Commute Smarter
Fossil fuels used for transportation contribute to over 13% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions. Wouldn’t you like to make a positive contribution to reduce the effect of your travel?
According to consulting firm McKinsey you can by using small technology innovations. More innovations are becoming available each day and allow you to choose a more eco-friendly way of travel.
What would you use to make your commute smarter?Read more about 7 innovations that enhance your daily travel...
- May
05How to Have Fun and Stimulate Your Creative Thinking
Last week, while watching the kids of good friends play with sidewalk chalk in our yard, I remembered something Pablo Piscasso once said:
Every child is an artist. Your challenge is to remain an artist after you grow up.
As you mature, your mind develops certain viewpoints. It becomes harder to open your mind to new ideas, let alone think out of the box. Keeping your mind in a playful state helps you to open up to creative thinking.
So how do you keep a playful frame of mind?
Here is a Solution That is Helping Children in Africa to Read After Sunset
For you and me, having light available is probably just normal as the sun coming up every morning. If you want to read something at night, you turn on a light, right?It might be hard to imagine but about 1,6 billion people on our planet do not have access to electricity. In Sub Saharan Africa only 9 % of the rural population has access to electricity. After sunset, people have to read with the flickering light of a candle or kerosene (paraffin) lamp . Nasty side effect of kerosene lamps is that they pose health and safety risks, they are relatively expensive and have a low light output…
Continue reading on how technology is helping kids in Africa to read in the dark...
If You Love Innovation, Join the 24 Hours of Innovation
UPDATE: The contribution posting to the 24 Hours of Innovation just went live, you can check it out here!
The 24 Hours of Innovation event is a non-stop, online marathon of innovation initiatives around the world. Its a virtual event and takes place during a full day and night on May 15-16 from 10.00 am to 10.00 am (CET).
Alexve.com will be part of the action in the blogosphere with a contribution post to “My half time pep talk for 2009″.
The 24 hours are divided in time slots, each one featuring an exciting innovation ranging from an innovation award to creativity sessions, an innovative auction, start-ups, and interviews with global thought leaders. Everyone can follow and join the 24 Hours of Innovation on www.boardofinnovation.com, from where the event will be covered cross-media on blogs, traditional media, twitter, slideshare, ustream, coveritlive, flickr, scribd, vimeo,…
Interested to join?
Visit the 24 Hours of Innovation event page on Linkedin and confirm your interest and participation!
- Apr
28Starting the conversation
In 1984, it was American science fiction writer William Gibson who said:
The future is here, it’s just not widely distributed yet.
Gibson’s words trigger curiosity, they awaken change and inspire the innovator in us. There is a truth in his paradox, just look at our technological advancements in the last 25 years.
Today I am launching my new website, Alexve.com – Innovation Conversations and with it, I like to start the conversation with anyone who can relate to Gibson’s words.
The future of our community we call ‘earth’ is accelerated by our nature to innovate. So why not ride this powerful current of change together?
I’ll be sharing my passion for innovation, technology and personal development here and invite anyone to join me. Alexve.com is about helping each other doing things smarter, sharing creative ideas, cool technology, books and anything that inspires and awakens the innovator in all of us.
Who inspired you to innovate?
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ABOUT ALEXVE
My name is Alex Vermeule and I am an internet strategist, interim manager, consultant and coach.
Friends call me an innovation addict, a lifehacker and someone that helps you get the most out of the web!
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