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Embracing dissent

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Posted on July 8th, 2009 by David Gurney

The fact that we're at the beginning or in the middle of a massive recession (depending on when you think it started) is fairly obvious, but given that we're going to come out of it at some point and your customers, consumers, supporters or users will still be there, how should you be spending the marketing budget you have left?

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Can high accessibility actually mean good Creative?

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Posted on May 21st, 2009 by Michael Boeck

Accessibility and visual aesthetics are seen by many as two conflicting opposites. Michael Boeck investigates
 

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We’re recycling our batteries

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Posted on May 11th, 2009 by Beth Granter

Our office manager Jacqui recently sent around this message about battery recycling, so hopefully your office will do the same if they haven't already.

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Social Media madness at Internet World

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Posted on May 6th, 2009 by Beth Granter

Last week Gracie Messenger and I went to Internet World hoping to catch a couple of sessions about social media and online communities. I think the organisers underestimated the level of interest in social media, judging by the queue...

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What’s in a website?

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Posted on March 4th, 2009 by Reuben Turner

I've always been bemused by the desire of marketers to drive people to their website. There are very few businesses that express the desire to drive people to their head office. And very few charities just put a collection box on their reception desk and wait for the baying hordes to fill it with fivers.

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Is big type more than just beautiful?

Posted on February 24th, 2009 by Michael Boeck

With typographic styles reminiscent of magazines and newspapers we will encounter more of an editorial approach to designing web pages. Is this trend here to stay and will it set a new milestone for web designers?

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Delivering exclusive experiences

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Posted on February 23rd, 2009 by Reuben Turner

Is anything exclusive any more?

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Location, location, location

Illustration of man on mobile by Mike Kline

Posted on February 18th, 2009 by David Gurney

Everyone remembers how dreadful WAP was as a user experience, but that early blight may be blinding us to a much weirder and more wonderful future.

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WebAIM Screen Reader survey

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Posted on February 16th, 2009 by Paul Collins

For all the Accessibility information out there, there isn't much on how screen reader users actually use their software. WebAIM took this survey to get the full picture.

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Video in email - not such a good idea

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Posted on February 11th, 2009 by Ian Applegate

Is video in email possible? Can it really revolutionize digital marketing? We set to work finding out.

 

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One size doesn’t fit all at all

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Posted on February 9th, 2009 by David Gurney

Are you a candidate for implementing a Content Management System (CMS)?  If so, the geeks may be able to set you free...

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Twentyfirst partner with Telligent’s Community Server

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Posted on February 6th, 2009 by Roger Jones

After successfully developing our first community website: The Fundraisers' Fund, using Telligent’s Community Server technology platform, Twentyfirst signed up to the UK partner programme.

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The Social Media Conversation

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Posted on February 6th, 2009 by Beth Granter

Roger Jones, Reuben Turner and Beth Granter at Twentyfirst recently presented at Professional Fundraising Magazine's Digital Communications for Charities conference.

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Digital Communications for Charities conference

Digital Communications for Charities 2009

Posted on January 9th, 2009 by Beth Granter

Twentyfirst will be running a workshop at this years' Digital Communications for Charities conference in London on 21st January 2009. If you can still get tickets it looks like a really interesting programme of talks. Ours is called The Social Media Conversation...

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David Adjaye chooses American Tulipwood for landmark ‘Sclera’ pavilion

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Posted on November 7th, 2008 by Roger Jones

This year’s world renowned London Design Festival sees architect David Adjaye in a unique collaboration with The American Hardwood Export Council to create a dramatic pavilion of American tulipwood. The pavilion will stand at the Southbank centre, near the back of the Royal Festival Hall, from 13 September to 12 October. Named "Sclera", the pavilion demonstrates the flexibility of American tulipwood in a unique application which blurs the boundaries between architecture, design, engineering and sculpture.

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Michael Boeck is made a Professor

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Posted on November 7th, 2008 by Beth Granter

Michael Boeck, our Head of Creative has been made a Professor of the Design Department of The Saxony-Anhalt University in Dessau which incorporates the Bauhaus Dessau model of design education.

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