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St. Louis CVC Issues One Direction “Warning”
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It’s not every day that a city’s convention and visitors bureau issues an advisory so that people can “survive.” But that’s just what the St. Louis CVC did in advance of today’s British invasion so that normal people like myself can survive the insane hordes of hysterical teenage girls heading to downtown St. Louis to…
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Meet the Scottish Government During St. Louis Visit
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The Scottish Government’s senior diplomat in the America’s, Donnie Jack, is set to make an official visit to St. Louis, Missouri, on Sept. 12 & 13. During the visit, which takes place less than a week before the historic Independence Referendum in Scotland, Mr. Jack will speak at the SLU Boeing Institute of International…
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A wee victory for proud Scots all over the world wide web
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Scotland finally has its own homeland on the web, in the form of the .scot domain. “As a Scottish expat, this launch, in the midst of an independence debate, is rather exciting. It gives us yet another reason to throw on the kilt, raise a glass of Scotch, and chow down on some haggis,”…
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The Shrinking Atlantic
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Looking to expand your US business overseas? The UK might be a good fit for you. “Britain and the USA do a huge amount of business together. Perhaps that’s what you would expect from two of the largest, most advanced and most open economies in the world. But you needn’t take my word for…
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St. Louis Sites Become Scottish Pioneers
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STL.Scot and MarkSutherland.Scot become first two online .Scot sites in the US Scotland now has its own domain, that of .Scot, which allows Scots across Scotland and around the world to have a domain name that celebrates their homeland. “The time is ripe for the worldwide family of Scots to have their own domain,…
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Farnborough – An Impactful Childhood
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Growing up in Farnborough, England, across the road and a fence from the Farnborough International Airshow, was a defining time in my life. A love for aviation was born, which today finds me running PR and marketing for the Spirit of St. Louis Air Show & STEM Expo, and a few years ago…
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Standing in Washington with both feet on British soil
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To this Missouri-based British expat, Washington DC is an amazing place. Yes, the political infighting, the stalemates, the protests, are all rather annoying at times, and the system in place is nothing like the one back across the Pond in London. It it is certainly not the family-friendly, entrepreneurial and cost-competitive place that my…
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Agribusiness, Foreign Governments and Congress – Socially Speaking
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Over the past two months, I have had the privilege of providing social media insights and training to a large multinational agribusiness company, a foreign government and Congressional staffers. Each was a fascinating experience, with our presentations supported by a large amount of research and analytics. And while each organization was very different, with…
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Social Media Expands National and International Government Influence Online
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Last week, I and members of the Elasticity team, packed up our bags and headed north to Washington DC to spend some time in our nation’s capitol. Yes, the required walk to the White House to take a few photos took place, and the visit to Capitol Hill (interspersed with meetings on the Hill…
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US-Based SixThirty Drives Scottish Start-Up MiiCard
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Back in August 2013, St. Louis’ Jim McKelvey flew from the heart of America, across the Pond, and took to the stage at the Edinburgh International Technology Festival to speak about his new financial technology startup venture, SixThirty. The trip was partly to promote his international dragnet for the next great financial technology startup and…