About Random

Here is something Random, an event about "Random." It's a new suite of 'free' events hosted by Ann Holman Company over the next year. Designed to be innovative, inspiring and challenging the first one kicks off in November. Each event will be different in content, context and style, yet created to offer local business people the chance to engage, learn and share ideas in a relaxed informal environment, with a little fun and play thrown in! Grab yourself a drink at the bar and join us!

Random 1 - “Randomness”
Tuesday 9th November 2010 — 6.30pm - 8.00pm

Ann will lead a discussion around the diverse aspects of "Randomness" and the differing views of its future role in business and work.

We'll kick off with Ann presenting her thoughts around "Random and Experience." She will be joined by the illustrious Dr John Lewis from Holosoft Ltd and the dynamic Claire Marshall from RokkInternet Ltd. They will present their ideas, thoughts and thinking around "Randomness."

• Random and Experience
  Ann Holman - Founder of Ann Holman Company, ThinkLAB & Random.
  
  
• Random and Innovation
  Dr John Lewis (MD) - Holosoft Ltd and innovation specialist.
  
  
• Random and Digital
  Claire Marshall (MD) - RokkInternet and digital expert.
  
  
• Q & A session
  The audience gets a chance to engage and discuss ”Random”.

Inspiring, challenging and fun, Ann, Claire and John will deliver the presentation in their usual thought provoking, informal, humorous style. A Q&A session will follow. If you went to the launch of "Hang On" you sort of know what you are letting yourself in for. Be prepared to laugh, question, think and eventually when you go back to the office, be disruptive!

About Ann Holman

Ann Holman is a leading authority on marketing and leadership. She has advised companies and higher educational institutions around the UK on building business communities around brands by transforming their relationships with people both internally and externally from transactional to a more intimate, participative and trusting experience.

Ann spends her time researching the latest thinking on marketing and leadership that can help organisations anticipate the future rather than just adapt to it. Ann also delivers speaking engagements where she is renowned for her energetic and inspirational approach. She has built an exceptional reputation for not only designing thought provoking and inspirational sessions that have a lasting impression but also delivering in an engaging and humorous manner.

As well as advising a wide range of organisations on the future of business, Ann writes extensively on her blog, for media140, Social Me and several other publications. She is the author of “Hang On” an eBook about the future of business behaviour and is the founder of ThinkLABuk, an intellectual think tank that discusses and publishes leading edge content on a variety of business and social subjects.

Managing Director of Ann Holman Company, a marketing and leadership consultancy in the South West of England, Ann is a guest lecturer at several universities, a member of The Harvard Business Review Advisory Committee and about to start writing her second book centering  on ‘business communities.’

About Dr John Lewis

John specialises in helping people and organisations to innovate. 

Qualified in applied physics and in engineering, he has over a decade of experience in R&D including: academic research; commercial technical development; corporate R&D and technical consulting. He has also spent more than a decade and a half delivering commercial training to professional software developers, primarily on the design and development of “object-oriented” software systems.

He is interested in the rapid changes in our approaches to innovation and is developing and implementing models of markets, relationships and communication to facilitate more effective innovation.

About Claire Marshall

Claire Marshall is the Managing Director of Rokk Internet, a full-service agency that provides internet marketing services throughout the UK and Internationally.

Claire has over 7 years of experience in the internet marketing industry. During her time Claire has worked with blue chip companies including Dyson, Citroen, Disney, Bet365, Royal Bank of Scotland Group including brands such as Mint & Coutts, and public sector organisation the South West RDA.