D2C is becoming Hinchcliffe & Company's exclusive strategic partner for the UK to deliver the world’s leading and most respected business education solution for Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0. Web 2.0 University™ has already been attended by almost 6,000 delegates from blue chip companies on four continents.
Social networking sites like Facebook and recently Twitter, or resources like Wikipedia get a lot of media attention along with the term Web 2.0. But what does it really mean and why is it remaking industry around the world? Are these and other tools like blogs or YouTube really any use in the general business world, or just a fashionable technology trend aimed at young people and geeks? Most people working in high tech and media related sectors understand their importance, and the massive shifts that they are facilitating in today's business landscape, but the majority of people in public or private sector organizations just don't understand how important and far-ranging Web 2.0 really is to their business. What's needed is serious education for the average manager, professional, and business leader. There is huge potential for organizations to use these tools to help them collaborate better, work more effectively, and reduce costs, but they need to know where to start. Web 2.0 University™ provides critical strategic perspective with immediately actionable insights for business leaders seeking to apply next-generation business models to drive growth, transformation, and innovation.
That is why D2C is teaming with Hinchcliffe & Company, who provide the world’s leading and most respected business education solution for Web 2.0. D2C will become Hinchcliffe's strategic partner for delivering their Web 2.0 University™ material in the UK and Europe. The courses, which have so far been attended by almost 6,000 delegates from blue chip companies large and small, are based on research and analysis of the market leaders online, in particular the techniques they are using to exploit the inherent strengths of the Internet platform.
Together D2C and Hinchcliffe plan to deliver a programme of exclusive public sessions in the UK and at major conferences around Europe. The first event will be an Enterprise 2.0 Bootcamp held on 14 May in London at The Emirates Stadium in London. This workshop will compliment the Enterprise 2.0 focussed SOMESSO conference being held on the following day, 15 May, at the same location. SOMESSO has a superb agenda [http://somesso.com/london09/agenda/], and world renowned industry speakers like Stowe Boyd, Eugene Lee of SocialText and Umair Haque. You can find out more about the speakers and the agenda, which will cover lessons learned from early adopters, case studies of successful corporate online communities, as well as looking at the lessons that can be applied to business from Barack Obama's use of social media in his presidential campaign. We are sure some companies will want to send delegates to the Enterprise 2.0 Bootcamp to give them a solid grounding in the topic so that they get more value out of the presentations at SOMESSO.
There are already public Web 2.0 University™ events being planned for London in June and October of 2009, but one company courses are also available on request. We can also provide customized learning solutions for organizations or enterprises. We recognize that every company is unique and so our instructional design professionals will partner to create a learning solution that will drive the change you want to see in your organization. To find out more please contact info@d2c.org.uk or info@hinchcliffeandco.com
ABOUT HINCHCLIFFE & COMPANY
Providing services in North America and Europe, Hinchcliffe & Company is a Virginia corporation founded in 2006 by namesake Dion Hinchcliffe to address the technology industry's lack of a leadership company that focuses exclusively on the next generation of online business as prescribed by Web 2.0. Hinchcliffe & Company is recognized by many for offering the most comprehensive and wide-ranging set of management consulting and education services around Web 2.0 currently available. For more information, please visit: http://hinchcliffeandcompany.com and http://web20university.com.
ABOUT D2C
D Squared C Limited, which is shortened to D2C, specializes in social media strategy, enterprise content and collaboration solutions. They are a consulting, software development and systems integration company providing cloud based products and services for building web communities, web publishing, online accounting, CRM, intranets and extranets. They combine experience of enterprise software and business process reengineering with practical knowledge of applying blogs, wikis, workflow, social networking, and other web 2.0 tools to add value for business. Headquartered in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, in addition to Hinchcliffe, they partner with ITBrix for WordFrame and PageTypes, Twinfield , Mtivity, Itensil and OpenCRM. The D2C approach to solutions is – “think Business, not Technology”.
For further information, contact:
David Terrar
D2C Limited
phone: +44 (0)870 458 9198
e-mail: info@d2c.org.uk