JUNE 2009
June 26th
Still documenting for the Reboot book. No time to list the interviews….later in the update.
June 25th
Conducting interviews and gathering documentation at Reboot for The Reboot11 Book.
Interviewed Matt Webb, Matthias Müller-Prove, Leisa Reichelt, Martin Ludvigsen,Niels Hartvig, Pelle Brændgaard, Ton Zijlsta & Tor Nørretranders
Took over 250 photos….
June 18th
Preparing for Reboot 11
June 17th
Confirmed with PSFK -about hosting Good Ideas Salon Copenhagen
June 12th
Secured Mike Michalowicz, author of The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur to speak at Denmark’s premier entrepreneurship trade show Iværk og Vækst 2009 on September 11th &12th.
June 11th
Listing for Ecolibrium 2009: Sustainability and Usability in Balance Conference in conjunction with World Usability Day 2009.
June 10th
Attending Mentor-Mentee event at Center for Social Economy
June 9th
First Board Meeting for Danish Food Bank, Fødevarebanken
June 8th
Working on World Usability Day (Nov. 12th, 2009) international planning board.
June 6th
Securing speakers for Ecolibrium 2009: Sustainability and Usability in Balance
Preparing for Fall trade show, workshop and conference………….
June 4th
Interview with Phoebe and Ronald of Ecols, Hong Kong’s first Eco Store.
June 2nd
Dutch Interview with Liesbeth den Toom from Springwise.com and Trendwatching.com
June 1st
Spoke with Joe Pine about setting up Experience Economy Expert Certifications in Denmark
MAY 2009
May 31st
Amsterdam
Skype Interview with Canadian-Mexican designers Jenny Le Mieux and Leo Corrales of Hero Lab Design
May 14th
London Interview with Nicola Giuggioli, founder and CEO of Eco Age.
London Interview with Cupcake Mum.
May 9th
Appointed as Board Member for World’s First Government Subsidized Food Bank. Foedvarebanken of Denmark.
May 6th
Attending Women Entrepreneurs Rock the World NYC event by Savor the Success.
Conducted 10 interviews.
May 5th
NYC Interview with Michael Michalowicz, author of The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur and founder Obsidian Launch.
NYC Interview with On Demand Books.
May 4th
NYC Interview with Savor the Success founders Angela Jia Kim and Marc Stedman.
May 1st
NYC Interview with Piers Fawkes, founder PSFK.
APRIL 2009
April 30th
London Interview with Jonas and Brontë, co founders of Scandinavian Kitchen
April 29th
Mentee, Thomas Fremming, receives substantial funding from Danish Government for Food Bank project.
April 28th
10 year anniversary of the publication of The Experience Economy: Work is Theatre and Every Business a Stage. TEE party (Cleveland, Ohio)
April 27th
Tapir Day
April 22nd
Indspark! Earth Evangelism & Video Project in conjunction with Earth Day.
The event involved spreading awareness of Earth Day through via on the street video interviews. http://ww2.earthday.net/node/15604.
Co-sponsor of student Earth Day poster competition with Eco Ego.
April 16th
Dansk Erhverv’s Experience Economy Conference.
Interview with Joe Pine, co- author of Authenticity, The Experience Economy and Mass Customization. Co-founder of www.strategichorizons.com
MARCH 2009
March 13th-15th
Attended OneLifeLive Conference in London.
Conducted 8 interviews with a variety of entrepreneurs for book, Entrepreneurial Profiles.
FEBRUARY 2009
Sales Day
February 6th (Session 2 from 11:20-12:30)
Presentation, Improve Your Website’s Credibility “Gør Dit Website Mere Troværdigt”, at 1 Day Sales Conference Startvækst’s Salgsdag09 “nye veje til vækst”
JANUARY 2009
Taking stock. Planning out 2009 calendar of events. Research and writing on book, “Entrepreneurial Profiles”. Research and writing chapter submission for The Psychology of Facebook.
In the first 2009 trendwatching report, Yakkay was cited as being the number one Fashion and Beauty idea of 2008 for the springwise site. Cudos to Yakkay for a super innovative design and cudos to the springwise public for acknowledging the potential of this new consumer products—bringing individualism and dare I say “cool” to the realm of head gear safety.
DECEMBER 2008
On August 11th, 2008, Lori Webb, had her first trendspotting for international trendspotting site, Springwise.com accepted and published. One of the internet’s largest and most prestigious consumer trend sites. The spotting was made in Denmark and featured a small, newly started company creating fashion forward cycle helmets. Yakkay proved to be quite a hit (literally) on the global stage and within 24 hours of the trendspotting Yakkay received 15,000 hits on their site and countless international calls regarding distribution.
NOVEMBER 2008
Global Entrepreneurship Week
In celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week, WEBB /Indspark! presented Indspark!Entrepreneurial Café focusing on International Entrepreneurial Trends. Several budding and newly started business owners came and got inspiration from around the globe- new business concepts, innovative business models, inspirational charity initiatives and creative ways to grow their businesses.
Date: Monday the November 17th through Friday, November 21st
Time: 18:15 – 19:15
Price: Complimentary during week 47
Refreshments can be purchased from 18:00-19:45
Location: Mono Bar, Østergade 24 C, 1100 Kbh K
Register: lori@indspark.com
World Usability Day
Thursday, November 13th WEBB / Indspark! contributed to World Usability Day (WUD) in collaboration with SIGCHI Denmark at the IT University of Copenhagen. WEBB /Indspark! presented WUD related trend themes: Transportation. travel, mobile and green trends.
OCTOBER
October 8th
First meeting with Mentee, Thomas Fremming on Danish Food Bank project.
SEPTEMBER 2008
Appointed Mentor for Center for Social Økonomi
August 2008
Signed up for microlending site – Kiva
