From audience to mobile participant

From audience to mobile participant

By Sal Camarda, Managing Partner, MeetApp North America There is no doubt that our smartphones are highly valuable to us and have become an extension of our lives. Smartphones have changed how we live, work, create, and maintain relationships. Mobile platforms can...
Business benefits of the gig economy

Business benefits of the gig economy

The digital age has seen smaller businesses compete effectively with their bigger counterparts thanks to business agility. This buzzword refers to the ability to adapt and respond to the rapid rate of change in today’s business environment. Smaller businesses have the...
Happiness as your company culture

Happiness as your company culture

Richard Branson once said; “There is no magic formula for a great company culture. The key is just to treat your staff how you would like to be treated”. Something so simple, yet so complex when it comes to staff interaction in this day and age. Liane McGowan, Founder...
Cutting carbon emissions the LED way

Cutting carbon emissions the LED way

Leaders from Philips Lighting met with Energy Ministers attending the seventh Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM7) summit in San Francisco, where the company announced a commitment to sell more than two billion energy efficient LED light bulbs by 2020. Reaching this goal...
Balancing mobility risk with data needs

Balancing mobility risk with data needs

“We are living in a connected world. People are using a number of smart devices to remain in touch with not only family and friends but also with their employers. This flexibility gives them the ability to access vital data whether they are in the office or watching...
Disruptive technology appeals to millennials

Disruptive technology appeals to millennials

Business, as we have known it, has been disrupted by technology. According to property magnate and co-founder of an online trading portal Quoin Online, Wayne van der Vent, “It’s the future consumer we need to think about.” It took around two years to get the portal...
8 tips for entrepreneurs to conquer the world

8 tips for entrepreneurs to conquer the world

By Ivan Epstein, President for Sage International (Africa, Australia, Middle East and Asia) and Chairman of Sage Foundation. I recently had the honour of speaking to Executive MBA students from the University of Columbia when they visited Cape Town, South Africa for a...