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Posted by Andy
on 28/10/11

Improving young people's mental health

Last week we launched a website for the local NHS trust called Epic Friends to help young people understand their friends with mental health problems and support each other. We're delighted that it's causing...

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Andy_mayer
Posted by Andy
on 13/09/11

Meet us at PICNIC in Amsterdam

 The world is undergoing the largest wave of population growth in history; 8 billion people will inhabit the planet by 2030. Most of this growth will occur in less developed countries and the poorest populations. Within just two decades 70% of the...

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Andy_mayer
Posted by Andy
on 09/09/11

Big Society's Big Mouth

How do you get young people to engage with political debate, and more specifically the concept of the "Big Society?" This was the conundrum v, the National Young Volunteers' Service, brought to us at the beginning of 2011. Research commissioned...

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Andy_mayer
Posted by Andy
on 24/03/11

SXSW - the good, the bad and the ugly

 I'm back in the office now after a week away at South By South West Interactive (SXSW), and a few people have asked me what I thought of the conference. In summary, I was blown away by its awesomeness. There were so many good things about it, but also...

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Andy_mayer
Posted by Andy
on 20/03/11

First impressions: iPad 2

 I was lucky enough to be at South by South West (SXSW) in Austin last week, which coincided with the US launch of the iPad 2. This meant I was able to get my grubby mitts on a shiny new iPad 2 nearly two weeks before its UK launch.Like many, I didn'...

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Andy_mayer
Posted by Andy
on 09/02/11

Lift11 Geneva

Last week I was fortunate to attend the Lift Conference in Geneva, as my colleague Rich was helping to illustrate some of the co-creation workshops run by Promise Communities. To be honest, I'm not a big fan of conferences; but this was very different...

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Andy_mayer
Posted by Andy
on 31/12/10

2010: Our year in review

It's traditional at this time of year to reflect on what has happened in the last 12 months. So I thought it would be cathartic to look at the year that was for Yoomee. In doing so, it's amazed me how different our business looks today, compared to this...

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Andy_mayer
Posted by Andy
on 02/12/10

Crowdsourced fundraising that works

The observant ones amongst you may have noticed a few of the guys at Yoomee sporting moustaches of late, and it's no coincidence. For traditionalists, we've just come to the end of November, however to others it is now well and truly the end of '...

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Andy_mayer
Posted by Andy
on 09/11/10

5 things that define Yoomee

I've always found it difficult to define what we do. Existing clients seem to 'get us' but I'm not sure potential prospects easily understand how we differ from other digital agencies in our approach to work. That's why we were delighted...

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Andy_mayer
Posted by Andy
on 22/07/10

Cognitive surplus to create civic value

Last month I was privileged to hear Clay Shirky (author of 'Here Comes Everybody') speak at the RSA. He's a great speaker and had us all entertained with statements like: "For years Lego has been tricking...

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