Expert generalist and doer. Media production and development: internet, video, television, interactive multimedia, telecom, publishing and the digital merger of it all! My specialty is to be an idea catalyst, to drive development projects forward while creating new business opportunities. See my LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mrhenrikahlen
iPad media apps – the revenue solution for media publishers? The extremely sucessful iPad launch (3 million iPads sold in 80 days) has created a tremendous buzz and excitement in the media industry. I am certainly one of the very happy iPad owners. Many publishers see the iPad as a solution to their main headache: How [...]
At our latest TEDxStockholm event we experienced what almost all event organizers also do: a lot of people have signed up to attend just don’t arrive for the event. We had 150 seats available and since we were met with lots of enthusiasm when we announced the event, we were worried about having to turn [...]
I have now expanded and updated these two posts: Presentation skills Do’s and Don’ts and Conferences Do’s and Don’ts In these new versions I have added lots of tips based on my recent participation in big conferences like Rework the World in Tällberg with 1700 attendees, where I also moderated one of the workshops, and [...]
I am now trying to digest all my impressions from 4 days in beautiful Leksand at the Rework the World conference, organized by the Tällberg Foundation and YES (Youth Entrepreneurship & Sustainability) I am still suffering from information overload, but here is a brief summary: Rework was one of the most inspiring events I have [...]
I am preparing myself for my participation in one of the biggest and most important conferences next week: The 5th Global YES Summit – Rework the World gathering more than 1500 people from all over the world in Dalarna, Sweden on June 2-6. Rework the World is organized by the Tällberg Foundation, known worldwide for [...]
TEDxBromma was a small event, focussing on an important topic: “Work 2.0″, about leadership and work culture for today and the future. Here are the slides that Gisela Jönsson, the organizer showed: (in Swedish) TEDxBromma tema Jobb 2.0 introduktion Here is the work 2.0 wiki , welcome to join and share your ideas and comments! [...]
My congratulations to the U.S. Ambassador in Stockholm, Matthew Barzun, and his crew for organising a great TEDx event at the embassy yesterday. A very fine example for others in diplomacy and the public sector to follow! There were around 40 attendees, people from the Stockholm chamber of commerce, media, students, embassy staff etc, a [...]
The TEDxStockhom event was small, just 13 people, but highly energetic. Our mixed set of very talented and passionate people created a powerful discussion. As Nicholas Negroponte says: “Creativity comes from difference”! The event was organized by Ulla-Britt Fräjdin-Hellqvist and me, we had an ambitious theme: Rebuilding Society The designer Anders Rinman demonstrated his “Future [...]
TEDxViggbyholm was a very ambitious event, organized by Johan Ronnestam, a well-known “consultant, digital media professional, creative director, advertising man, innovator and entrepreneur from Stockholm”. The theme was Visualisation, see the full program here Johan organized the event in 3 days and attracted 10 speakers and a crowd of 90! My favourite talk was by [...]
TEDxDjurgården was an intimate gathering hosted by Beata Wickbolm, senior strategist at Pool. She gathered 24 people in her livingroom, very different personalites but with two common traits: being curious and open-minded. Beata, by the wall on the left, as always a very professional moderator! The overall theme was cities, with subjects like: Favourite places [...]
