For anyone upset at Norwich City Football Club’s 4-1 defeat at Liverpool always remember that we won the second half! Staying positive is the only thing you can do when it seems that things are stacked against you. But my guess is the Premier League curtain raiser against the champions of Europe was a game that the Canaries may have already written off before a ball was kicked. Dusting yourself
Keep ReadingAs a young marine Jeff R Mac Mootry trained with the Royal Marines in Scotland. Ties between British and Dutch marine forces had always been close – British and Dutch officers are attached to units in each other’s countries. And the two nations have stood “shoulder to shoulder” since a joint operation to capture Gibralter in 1704. After joining the Marine Corps in August 1985, it was the Cold War
Keep ReadingAfter escaping the devastation of Hurricane Irma, Lutz and Madison Lai headed to Europe to rethink their lives and create their tech start-up Vrume.co. If Lutz and Madison Lai succeed in their venture Vrume.co then the destructive power of hurricane Irma will have played a part. And a UK stop off in Norwich, UK, will also be a footnote in their story. The couple, both in their 20s, met while
Keep ReadingInterviewing is a key skill I deploy in my work both in journalism and content marketing. Below is an extract from an interview with David Baddiel for the website www.agespace.org David Baddiel has had a lot to say recently about dementia both on stage and TV. But he is keen to stress he is a comedian and not a campaigner – albeit one who is happy to give voice to
Keep ReadingInterviewing is one of the key skills I deploy in my work from journalism articles to content marketing pieces. Here is an abridged interview with former Norwich South MP Simon Wright from an original blog published on www.runnorfolk.com Simon Wright pulled off a stunning victory in the General Election of 2010 to seize the Norwich South seat for the Liberal Democrats from Charles Clarke by 310 votes. But five years
Keep ReadingI’m Shaun Lowthorpe founder of Content Connective and I want to explain why I’m focusing on case studies, content marketing and strategy, business journalism and training. Why did I start Content Connective? I was working for a large media publisher and had been overseeing a project supporting fast-growing business owners called Future50. During that project, I met and interviewed a number of company founders and was inspired by their business
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