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December 2007

December 21, 2007

anyone else really bored of online christmas cards?

I've had thousands - and they're all rubbish!

If you want a run down of some of the more creative ones you can see a list over at our ClickZ site. The chance to send a tatooed santa was good..

Ho, Ho, Ho.

Rory Brown, Incisive Media

December 20, 2007

6 media blogs you could be reading

49818966_2f0cc78166 The B2B industry has never been well covered by the mainstream press but with the rise of blogging there are now some great, thought provoking sites to read. Here are 6 I read every now and again:

Paid Content

Publishing 2.0

Faster Forward

Paul Conley

B or not 2B

Asia Business Media

Anyone got any others they follow? Leave a message below.

Rory Brown, Incisive Media

Take our survey please

869380276_f9f34d4756 We're planning ahead for the 2008 SIPA UK Annual Congress. It'll take place in July and we'd like to know your thoughts on the major issues in the industry before putting the programme together.

Please take our survey. It will only take 5-10 minutes. Link is here

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=_2f5byq7YSrSji6_2fY7Kp_2bVng_3d_3d

Thanks,

Rory Brown, Incisive Media

2007 - looking back, and the state of our association

Sipalogo As is traditional in media circles the end of December is the time to look back on the previous year and review some of the key moments. Obviously this is hard-hitting editorial and has nothing to do with most journalists being in a semi-commatose state & unable to write anything ground-breaking as a result of various Christmas party excesses..

As SIPA UK Chairman in 2008 I would like to do the same.

First off, I'm pleased to be steering an association in such rude health. The transition from the old 'print newsletter era' to specialised information providers is well behind us and last year saw more new members join the association than ever before. Some of the new members are from the familiar old stalwarts of publishing who have often re-discovered the benefits of SIPA. Others I am less familiar with but very pleased to see joining. A selection of our new members are listed below:

  • Lloyds Register Fairplay
  • The Media House
  • Bertoli Mitchell
  • Maximise Your Exit
  • Sunfish
  • Fleet Street Publications
  • FSM
  • Kogan Page
  • Dunstans Publishing
  • WARC
  • Complinet
  • Business Money
  • Canonbury Publishing
  • WebComm
  • The Marketing Guild
  • Practical Law Company
  • Reed Business Information
  • IPD Global
  • Wiley-Blackwell
  • FT Business Information
  • HiLite
  • Pyeline Publishing
  • Afion Consulting
  • Kate Mayfield

Welcome everyone and I hope you find SIPA a good home. Please participate actively. As with all good things you'll get so much more out of the association if you put a bit in. Come to the great series of events we will be hosting in 2008 and tell your friends and colleagues in similar organisations to join.

The specialist information community is a hotbed of talent and creativity ideally placed to take advantage of all the opportunities that our new media world offers. SIPA will continue to provide an opportunity to get out and share experiences with others in the field.

I would like to personally thank Julian Turner of Electric Word for his sterling work as Chairman in 2007. Also Karen Hindle, without whos help the whole association would rapidly grind to a halt. Thanks Karen.

The committee for UK SIPA also put in huge amounts of time alongside extremely busy day jobs. Thanks to:

Rory Brown, Incisive Media

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