We love to inspire and be inspired! So we’ve carved out a little bit of Agency time to share new innovations and ideas that we hope will spark some divergent ideas in the future. Highlights this week include: Lynx’s Excite augmented reality angels which appeared in the middle of London Victoria Station as part of [...]
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Remember, Remember Mo Bros in Movember
Wednesday 1st December 2010 – 1:15 PM
Well, it’s the end of Movember and our heroic ICE men are now clean shaven again! For all those that missed seeing the moustaches in the last month here are some of their smiley faces from the beginning to the end… For those that aren’t aware, Movember is all about raising awareness of prostate cancer [...]
Lessons in Future Studies with Wendy Shultz Part 4 – Creating the futures we value
Thursday 25th November 2010 – 10:48 PM
I wasn’t aware that PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) have set scientists a competition to be the first to scientifically create meat to eat (yes, you did read that right). It’s shocking (unless you’re a futurist and knew about it already) because our story today is that we’re struggling being more disconnected [...]
Lessons in Future Studies with Wendy Shultz Part 3 – You’ve already got some of the future in your hands
Thursday 25th November 2010 – 10:35 PM
In case the previous two lessons have carried you so far into a conceptual world you’re not realising you’re sitting on your chair anymore, don’t worry help is, literally, at hand… Watch this for a fascinating story of how one man, Pranav Mistry took what he had in front of him, used his creativity to [...]
Lessons in Future Studies with Wendy Shultz Part 2 – Daring to dream
Thursday 25th November 2010 – 10:34 PM
Once you know what’s happened in the past and what’s shaping your understanding of the present you can start to look at where you want your organisation, business or personal future to be and what will influence that happening. The thing is, at ICE we work with children, young people and communities whose dreams have [...]
Lessons in Future Studies with Wendy Shultz Part 1 – Story time
Thursday 25th November 2010 – 10:33 PM
Today I met my first futurist. It’s not a usual occurrence, and we didn’t really know what to expect. However Wendy Shultz is a phenomenon bursting with intellectual understanding, hawk-like focus and years of watching hunches turn into popular culture. The future she’s talking about isn’t which lottery numbers I’m going to win next week, [...]
Bobbies on the Tweet: publicity or public engagement?
Monday 18th October 2010 – 3:56 PM
On Thursday last week, Greater Manchester Police broke new ground by using a 24 hour Twitter feed to log every 999 call that came in to them. It was a fantastic way to show the diversity of calls that they receive and their effective response strategies – arrests, warrants and community champions. Picked up by [...]
Social media’s ringing but can you answer the call?
Friday 17th September 2010 – 2:51 PM
“I feel like we’ll lose control of our reputation” “I’m busy enough as it is, I don’t have time to be online all day” “Our internal sign-off processes aren’t quick enough to respond in time” “Our IT policy doesn’t allow us access to social networking sites” “My manager wants to see real value for money” [...]
Social media: using two ears and one mouth
Wednesday 15th September 2010 – 9:44 AM
We’ve all heard the buzz about social media, but how can your organisation use it to maximum effect? For me and at ICE, the important thing is how to integrate social media within your existing communications. Don’t just jump in without thinking who you’re communicating to what you’re saying. We’ve still got two ears and [...]
Getting over the fear of writing your first blog
Thursday 26th August 2010 – 2:13 PM
Like Colin says the the idea of posting your first blog can bring on the same feelings of a first date, or at least bring on the nerves. The initial ‘writer’s block’ of putting pen to paper, or in these virtual times, words on the internet for all to see, is understandable. You want to [...]
