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The End of The World Is Nigh! Thank the Gods!!!

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It’s possible that it may have escaped your attention (but unlikely) that this Friday is when the world is due to end. Well, that’s according to some loose tabloid interpretations of some Mayan texts. No, not txts, TEXTS. In fact, even if we’ve managed to calculate the date correctly (and there’s controversy over that too) what the texts more likely… Read more

Posted on December 17, 2012 by darrensmithson

ROCK IS THE WORD! Why being a rock DJ is good for business.

Regular followers of my Twitter and Facebook feeds will know that I’ve been doing a rock show for RadioBarnsley (www.ymcaradiobarnsley.co.uk) every Wednesday night between 7pm and 10pm, for the last couple of months. What I find interesting, and often funny, is that some of those followers don’t get why I am doing the show, let alone promoting it. After all,… Read more

Posted on November 27, 2012 by darrensmithson

A Blast from the Past: What Have Tech Companies Ever Done for Resellers?

I have been trawlin… sorry, that should read “researching”, through some older papers to see what would make good material for new blogs or updated white papers (ala the “Resurrecting the Digital Nervous System Concept” audio blog in the VoiceWORKS section) when I found this transcript from a talk I did to around 350 top executives from the likes of… Read more

Posted on October 7, 2011 by darrensmithson

New Talk: 5 Top Reasons Why 2011 Could Kill Your Business- and how to avoid them!

On February 18th, Darren will be delivering his new talk, part of The NEXUS series, on five major reasons why 2011 could be bad for your business, and how to not only avoid them, but in some cases turn them into advantages to help your business grow. Summarising just five areas from his soon to be published ebook “What Managers Don’t Know… Read more

Posted on January 11, 2011 by admin

Letters from TIG

To whom it may concern… Hello and welcome to The Inform Group (TIG). I’m Darren Smithson, owner of the company and I thought a few words might be in order to explain a little bit about TIG and what it is that we, or rather, for the moment, I do. You’ll notice in the website the body text talks about TIG… Read more

Posted on August 24, 2010 by admin

Upcoming Events

Feb 21

SALES WORKSHOPS AT BARNSLEY DIGITAL MEDIA CENTRE

Are you an entrepreneur or business owner who finds it difficult to actually engage in the selling process? There is a series of workshops at the Barnsley Digital Media Centre to help you sell more effectively. Everyone is in sales but that doesn’t mean we’re all natural salespeople. Business owners need to be able to sell but poor sales techniques… Read more

Jan 15

THE ROUND TABLE PRINCIPLE Breakfast Lecture at DMC Barnsley

The Round Table Principle is probably the biggest and most complicated of all the ideas in the book “What Managers Don’t Know & Workers Can’t Tell Them” in terms of the initial effort required to get it established. It is also the principle that if fully understood and implemented will bring the biggest benefits to any organisation, big or small…. Read more

Sep 12

WHAT MANAGERS DON’T KNOW OFFICIAL LAUNCH EVENT

Business Book to Launch Planned for Digital Media Centre Keynote speaker and business expert Darren Smithson is to launch his first book at Barnsley Digital Media Centre next month. Darren, who runs a business development and learning company based at the DMC, will launch the book at a free networking event on September 12. What Managers Don’t Know and Workers… Read more

Sep 06

THE 99 MONKEYS PRINCIPLE AT PECHA KUCHA EVENT WITH BOOK PRELAUNCH

Pecha Kucha Night Barnsley # 6 – Sept 6th The next Barnsley Pecha Kucha Night will be on Thursday September 6th, 7pm-9pm at the Chill Bar, above the Chilli Restaurant, in Barnsley and Darren will be presenting a session based on “The 99 Monkey’s Principle” from his new book “What Managers Don’t Know & Workers Can’t Tell Them”. The cover of… Read more

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