Jonathan P.

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Cast your net wider for a bigger catch - adding podcasts to your comms mix

Jonathan P. posted an article on - Nov 24, 2009, 11:23 am
I've been threatening to write a blog on podcasts for a while so here it is! Podcasts are somewhat neglected by the internal communications professionals perhaps because of fear that lots of tech ...
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Take Karabak to be King of the World

Jonathan P. posted an article on - Nov 21, 2009, 9:40 am
I thought Karabak put up a great trial for the Ladbrokes World Hurdle this afternoon and am putting him up to join Forpadydeplasterer and Celestial Halo in my Cheltenham Festival 2010 portfolio. ...
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Cheltenham favourites fail to strut their stuff

Jonathan P. posted an article on - Nov 15, 2009, 9:29 am
An interesting weekend with plenty of Festival 2010 clues at the Paddy Power Open and in Ireland. On Sunday Master Minded, although giving away 10lbs could only manage third behind Well Chief when odd...
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Cheltenham Festival 2009 video review from RUK

Jonathan P. posted an article on - Nov 11, 2009, 5:53 am
Great Cheltenham Festival 2009 video review from RUK - bring on March 2010!
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Celestial Halo on course for Cheltenham Festival 2010

Jonathan P. posted an article on - Nov 11, 2009, 5:45 am
Although away for the Breeders' Cup it was great to read that Celestial Halo won on his reappearance at Wincanton in the Grade 2 Elite Hurdle, where he confirmed his credentials as a leading conte...
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Making the most of webinars

Jonathan P. posted an article on - Oct 29, 2009, 1:18 pm
Like me, you may use webinar (or online meeting) tools as a presenter and if not you've probably attended a webinar as delegate. The hints and tips below include some ideas for using the tech...
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Cheltenham Festival 2010 - update

Jonathan P. posted an article on - Oct 24, 2009, 5:23 am
There have been two selections for JP Festival Cheltenham Festival 2010 - Celestial Halo and Forpadydeplasterer, and here's a news update on both. Celestial Halo, has two main targets, the Bo...
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Workplace social media and collaborative tools: Will you ride the wave?

Jonathan P. posted an article on - Oct 19, 2009, 8:36 am
In the same way that intranets multiplied amongst companies in the mid to late 1990s, new social media and collaborative tools are going to do the same over the next few years. Early intrane...
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Nothing jumps out on second day of The Showcase

Jonathan P. posted an article on - Oct 18, 2009, 8:55 am
Three winning favourites and one joint favourite, Poquelin 9/2, won at Cheltenham yesterday and all could reappear at the Festival in March. Like Friday though, I don’t think we saw any future Festi...
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They're off and running at Cheltenham

Jonathan P. posted an article on - Oct 16, 2009, 12:40 pm
No surprises at Cheltenham's opening Showcase meeting today, in terms of Festival prospects, with Snap Tie and Barizan both justifying hot favouritism. Snap Tie's jumping was OK in the main al...
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Top ten intranet tips - #IntranetTips

Jonathan P. posted an article on - Sep 29, 2009, 11:19 am
Below are the top ten intranet tips that I've published on Twitter (#IntranetTips). Putting them into a blog post brings them together and provides a bit more space to add some additional detail. ...
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Celestial Halo to go one better this time

Jonathan P. posted an article on - Sep 21, 2009, 12:42 pm
I was going to keep my powder dry but following Ladbrokes cut from 14/1 to 12/1 today about Celestial Halo for the 2010 Champion Hurdle, Victor Chandler is now the sole bookmaker offering 14/1 so I...
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Making the most of Yammer

Jonathan P. posted an article on - Sep 13, 2009, 4:21 am
Yammer is an online tool used to communicate, share, and stay in touch with others in a company or organisation through the exchange of short messages. In geek speak Yammer is an internal micro-b...
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Race schedule for Cheltenham Festival 2010

Jonathan P. posted an article on - Sep 9, 2009, 11:57 am
Cheltenham racecourse have yet to update the 2009 schedule on their website but the full 2010 race schedule is below. It's great that the Wednesday is St Patrick's Day this year. Tuesday 16 M...
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Cheltenham Festival Preview starts tomorrow

Jonathan P. posted an article on - Aug 31, 2009, 3:20 am
The Cheltenham Festival Preview blog for 2010 starts tomorrow! Come back tomorrow to read my first post and to obtain my first selection.
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Cheltenham Festival 2010 - the build up starts now

Jonathan P. posted an article on - Aug 30, 2009, 4:49 am
OK. Here we go. I'm starting the Cheltenham Festival Preview blog much earlier than the last couple of years, with 195 days to go until the roar goes up on 16 March 2010. So more time to provide m...
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Email is not the only way

Jonathan P. posted an article on - Jul 28, 2009, 4:51 am
I'm increasingly finding that I'm using email less and less as I move to other alternatives for text based communications. Email has been around for some time now. It was in 1995 that I first ...
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20 steps to a new intranet

Jonathan P. posted an article on - Jul 20, 2009, 3:58 am
The following are 20 steps you should consider when implementing a new intranet along with a tip for each step. 1. Agree intranet strategy with Board/Senior Management - consider knowledge management...
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Use your intranet to create value

Jonathan P. posted an article on - Jul 14, 2009, 12:00 pm
As well as saving costs your intranet can also create real value for your company and help that bottom line by improving the flow of information and knowledge around your company. The intranet can ac...
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Follow jpfestival on Twitter

Jonathan P. posted an article on - Jul 13, 2009, 1:58 pm
My blog with news and betting advice on the 2010 Cheltenham Festival featuring the Gold Cup will return on 1 September but if you can't wait I'll be tweeting with thoughts, neww and updates at...
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Real cost savings in action

Jonathan P. posted an article on - Jul 7, 2009, 11:58 am
As mentioned in my post of the 4 July BA saved £55 million last year so it was good to see its intranet today and get a sense of how these savings are made. On first look it seemed that not much had ...
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Improving the bottom line

Jonathan P. posted an article on - Jul 4, 2009, 10:37 am
There is certainly plenty of scope for an intranet to save money and some big savings to be made. In 2008 British Airways estimated it saved £55 million (Source: Norman Nielson Group). Here two pract...
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Can your intranet save the world?

Jonathan P. posted an article on - Jun 29, 2009, 4:16 am
Perhaps not but your intranet can make a huge difference to your company. Maybe even the difference between a successful and a failed one. Improving the bottom line By making the most of your intrane...
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Social media man and technologist with a passion for intranets and the Cheltenham Festival.

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