Espresso Sessions

Okay ... I never intended for LIGHT BLOGGING AHEAD to mean NO BLOGGING. But I've been busy and the respite from blogging on Brand Autopsy has been nice.

As I mentioned on a previous post, I was invited by Rich...! (Missing Link [business], Jo'blog [blog], and Hello World [blog]) to be a part of Standard Bank's ESPRESSO SESSIONS.

In these sessions, Standard Bank invites some of their small business and entrepreneurial clients to an early morning power breakfast designed to jumpstart their day with coffee, connections, and kick-ass business ideas. Along with cricketer turned banker dude, Jonty Rhodes (bio | photos), we all shared espresso-sized shots of business ideas and ideals during the aptly named ESPRESSO SESSIONS with folks in Cape Town, Durban, Pretoria, and Johannesburg.

Rich...! told us how First Impressions Lie and his theory on Strategic Cursing. While Jonty served as jovial host and shared business applicable experiences from his cricket playing days. As for me ... I gave my Starbucks Tribal Knowledge spiel.

I'll blog more about my takeaways in the days/week to come. Until then, here is a photo of the Espresso Sessions Trio:

Jonty, johnmoore, and Rich...!

Comments

[Jim Seybert (on FoolsBox)]

welcome back - this Espresso Session sounds like the idea I have been looking for to help a client cut through the clutter of a trade show they attend each year. By hosting a session such as you describe where clients are led through a high-energy early morning problem solving exercise, my client could provide something actually remarkable. Thanks johnmoore.

PS - can you share some case histories from the session(s) you attended, or an agenda?

[Rich...!]

"I gave my Starbucks Tribal Knowledge spiel."

There's an understatement if ever I saw one, Jim, johnmoore rocked, press him for some of his content, or better still, get to one of his presos...!

PS. more here:

http://www.helloworldblog.com/2005/09/the_espresso_se.html

[Johnnie Moore]

Hey this is cool. Is this another example of an international marketing project that only happened because of connections via blogging?

[Thomas]

Sounds like an absolutely fantastic experience.

[Rich...!]

Yeah Johnnie, we found johnmoore purely through his blog. Nice...!

[johnmoore (from Brand Autopsy)]

And while doing the Espresso Sessions, Rich...! and had the opportunity to evangelize blogging with a few folks.

Mucho kudos to Rich...! for inviting me to be a part of the Espresso Sessions. I had a blast.

[steven streight aka vaspers the grate]

So that's what you wankers look like.

Very handsome. Very smart looking. Very important bloggers, if I do say so myself.

I like Pumpkin Spice Cappacinos. Coughee is good for ya.

Now let's attack Sony BMG and their sleazy DRM, okay?

[drukwerk]

Great to see the blog world taking shape