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'''Wiki Meets Group in Bristol'''


'''Current Job:'''
I am interested in helping set up and run a regular WikiMeet in Bristol and am looking for Wikipedians in the area to join me.
Media Consultant at Dow Jones Insight
Public Company ; 5001-10,000 employees ; DJ ; Publishing industry


2007 – Present  (2 years)


- A specialist media evaluation and analysis expert who works with a range of clients across mainland Europe, Africa and eastern Europe
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Press_releases/Fundraising_summit
- In conjunction with clients, I advise on the design of complex media based research programmes
- Report work is customised and tailored to the needs of clients and the industries in which they operate
- Currently working with global clients in the following industries: airlines, specialist chemicals, mining and mineral production, tobacco, steel, recruitment, cement, computer and video gaming and pharmaceutical industries


'''Summary  of skills and experience:'''
I am hoping that the Fund Raising summit being held in the town may prove to be a possible catalyst in terms of interest in what we do in the City and that it might help a group or community to crystalise around the idea of a regular Meet up.
 
[[Special:Contributions/82.32.41.185|82.32.41.185]] 23:45, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
- Media analysis and PR professional with international turnaround management experience. Strong client management skills and a proven track record in creating new products and revenue streams.
 
- Involved in the creation of the PressWatch Reputational Analysis Index (most loved and most reviled companies by the UK press) Delahaye's Corporate Reputation Index, Romeike/Cision's Business Communicator of the Year Awards
 
- More than ten years media experience explaining media analysis findings to the media in press releases and in person
 
- Was one of the founders of the BBC Newsnight media analysis study called 'The Gordaq' a research study on Gordon Brown MP's attempts to takeover from Tony Blair, which ran during 2006
 
 
'''Education'''
University of Kent
 
MBA
1992 – 1994
 
Carried out extensive research into the UK Parliamentary Boundary Review 1992 - 1994 - wrote up details strategic management practice by the major UK political parties - including case studies of four major public enquiries at which the outcome was skillfully manipulated in Labour's favour by an effective management team
 
 
London School of Economics and Political Science 1980 – 1984
 
Spent a sabbatical year as Social Secretary of the Students' Union - booking bands and organising concerts - running the student union's bars and colleges
 
 
'''Interests:'''
 
Social Media
 
Chair of the Dow Jones 2nd Annual Social Media Conference in Stockholm 12-13 February 2009
 
History, Reading (love biographies), Russia, French and Spanish cinema, travelling, lateral thinking and innovation (De Bono & new inventions - Intellectual Property Rights), good food and fine wines and my 4 year old Lakeland Terrier called 'Mac'
 
'''Follow me'''
 
On Linked In
 
Steve Virgin
Twitter (SCV1)
Facebook - Steve Boisset
 
== Welcome ==
 
Hi Steve!
 
Welcome to the wiki! [[User:AndrewRT|AndrewRT]] 23:13, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Revision as of 00:45, 9 May 2010

Wiki Meets Group in Bristol

I am interested in helping set up and run a regular WikiMeet in Bristol and am looking for Wikipedians in the area to join me.


http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Press_releases/Fundraising_summit

I am hoping that the Fund Raising summit being held in the town may prove to be a possible catalyst in terms of interest in what we do in the City and that it might help a group or community to crystalise around the idea of a regular Meet up. 82.32.41.185 23:45, 8 May 2010 (UTC)