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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>EMC Consulting Blogs</title><link>http://consultingblogs.emc.com/default.aspx?GroupID=10</link><description>Recruitment</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP3 (Build: 20423.1)</generator><item><title>Friday recruitment news</title><link>http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/2012/05/18/friday-recruitment-news.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 15:21:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e847c0e7-38d9-45c0-b593-56747303e088:19187</guid><dc:creator>Michelle.Flynn</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;DIV class=BlogPostContent&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;It's the weekend!&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Sorry I have been quiet on the blog front, lots of exciting new hires has been keeping me busy and planning the relaunch of The Fantastic Tavern!&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;A big welcome to the EMC Consulting team&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Director of UX - Robert&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Art Director - Flow &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Senior Designers - Ian &amp;amp; Roger &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Project Managers - Oliver &amp;amp; Joe &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Business Analysts - Mick &amp;amp; Martin &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Creative Director &amp;amp; UX Consultant&amp;nbsp;- names to be announced once&amp;nbsp;they start...&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;We still have live roles for:&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Senior UX Architects&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;UX Architects&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Senior Business Analysts &amp;amp; Business Analysts (Retail and Financial Services)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Senior Project Manager &amp;amp; Project Manager (Retail &amp;amp; Financial Services)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Senior Copywriter &amp;amp; Content Strategist&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I have full job specs for each of these and more on the insider perks check out my previous &lt;A href="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/2010/10/15/perks-that-make-jobs-better-the-flynny-sequel.aspx" target=_blank&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0095e6&gt;blog&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Email me on &lt;A href="mailto:emccukrecruitment@emc.com"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0095e6&gt;emccukrecruitment@emc.com&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt; for the job specs and to submit your CVs.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;img src="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=19187" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/careers/default.aspx">careers</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/recruitment/default.aspx">recruitment</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/vacancies/default.aspx">vacancies</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/EMC+Consulting/default.aspx">EMC Consulting</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/_2300_TFTLondon/default.aspx">#TFTLondon</category></item><item><title>Vacancies and New Starter update</title><link>http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/2012/04/04/vacancies-and-new-starter-update.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:35:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e847c0e7-38d9-45c0-b593-56747303e088:19156</guid><dc:creator>Michelle.Flynn</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;DIV class=BlogPostContent&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Morning all&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I have been busy working with the team to hire great people and I am excited to say we have quite a few new joiners coming on board in the next month or so (including a Director of UX, Creative Director, Art Director, Senior Designers, Project Managers, Business Analysts and Solutions Principals&amp;nbsp;- names and faces will be revealed in my next blog)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;We still have live roles for:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Senior UX Architects&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;UX Architects&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Business Analysts (Retail and Financial Services)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Senior Project Manager (Financial Services and BI/DWH)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Senior UI Developer&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Copywriter&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Data Architect&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I have full job specs for each of these and more on the insider perks check out my previous &lt;A href="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/2010/10/15/perks-that-make-jobs-better-the-flynny-sequel.aspx" target=_blank&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0095e6&gt;blog&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Email me on &lt;A href="mailto:emccukrecruitment@emc.com"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0095e6&gt;emccukrecruitment@emc.com&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt; for the job specs and to submit your CVs.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;img src="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=19156" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/careers/default.aspx">careers</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/recruitment/default.aspx">recruitment</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/EMC+Consulting/default.aspx">EMC Consulting</category></item><item><title>Our latest recruitment news</title><link>http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/2012/02/06/our-latest-recruitment-news.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:46:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e847c0e7-38d9-45c0-b593-56747303e088:19104</guid><dc:creator>Michelle.Flynn</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;P&gt;A quick update for you to let you know all the exciting perm roles are currently looking to fill:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Senior UX Architects&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;UX Architects&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Business Analysts (Retail and Financial Services)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Senior Project Managers (Retail and Financial Services)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Associate Creative Director&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Senior UI Developer&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Art Directors&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Senior Designers&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Copywriter&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I have full job specs for each of these and more on the insider perks check out my previous &lt;A href="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/2010/10/15/perks-that-make-jobs-better-the-flynny-sequel.aspx" target=_blank&gt;blog&lt;/A&gt;. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Email me on &lt;A href="mailto:emccukrecruitment@emc.com"&gt;emccukrecruitment@emc.com&lt;/A&gt; for the job specs and to submit your CVs.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=19104" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/careers/default.aspx">careers</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/recruitment/default.aspx">recruitment</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/consultancy/default.aspx">consultancy</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/project+management/default.aspx">project management</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/business+analysis/default.aspx">business analysis</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/retail/default.aspx">retail</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/financial+services/default.aspx">financial services</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/EMC+Consulting/default.aspx">EMC Consulting</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/design/default.aspx">design</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/User+experience/default.aspx">User experience</category></item><item><title>What happened at Last Orders?</title><link>http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/2012/01/27/what-happened-at-last-orders.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:14:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e847c0e7-38d9-45c0-b593-56747303e088:19098</guid><dc:creator>Michelle.Flynn</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;We are very lucky to have Mark Wilson as one of our taverners as he writes up brilliant blogs to remind everyone who was there what happened and to show those who were not able to make it what they missed.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Mark again has been a star and here is his &lt;a href="http://www.markwilson.co.uk/blog/2012/01/last-orders-at-the-fantastic-tavern-tftlondon.htm?utm_source=feedburner&amp;amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+marksweblog+%28markwilson.it%29"&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt; for you to check out.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Also for those of you who loved Leemail (the service that lets you sign up to any website, subscribe to any newsletter and never worry about what may happen to your email) but missed the link for a special invite just click &lt;a href="https://leemail.me/r/TFT"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;I will be collating all of the presentations and will post them shortly.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;For now taverners watch this space.....&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/blogs/michelleflynn/image_1C8C35D5.png"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right-width:0px;display:inline;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;" title="image" border="0" alt="image" src="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/blogs/michelleflynn/image_thumb_1B4CBE58.png" width="244" height="183" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;A packed house listening to Mike Short, VP of Innovation and R&amp;amp;D at O2/Telefonica&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/blogs/michelleflynn/image_36851759.png"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right-width:0px;display:inline;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;" title="image" border="0" alt="image" src="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/blogs/michelleflynn/image_thumb_781F53A5.png" width="244" height="183" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;How about a prize for the person who can name the most taverners???&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/blogs/michelleflynn/image_7BB4496A.png"&gt;&lt;img style="border-bottom:0px;border-left:0px;display:inline;border-top:0px;border-right:0px;" title="image" border="0" alt="image" src="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/blogs/michelleflynn/image_thumb_1D3609AB.png" width="244" height="183" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Let the dancing begin…&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=19098" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Last Orders at The Bar – The details</title><link>http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/2012/01/25/last-orders-at-the-bar-the-details.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:51:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e847c0e7-38d9-45c0-b593-56747303e088:19095</guid><dc:creator>Michelle.Flynn</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;P&gt;A message from Matt Bagwell&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;"On the eve of the &lt;A href="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/2012/01/12/the-fantastic-tavern-last-orders-at-the-bar.aspx" target=_blank&gt;Last Orders at the Bar Fantastic Tavern&lt;/A&gt; event, I wanted to whet your appetite for the evening ahead and ensure that come rain or shine (mostly rain I suspect), you brave the weather, make the trip and are with us by 7pm at Ravensbourne. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I have worked with Ravensbourne, their students and incubating companies, Greenwich Council and their start up businesses and The Future Laboratories to make sure we have plenty of thoughts on 2012 trends to hear about and assess. We will also be joined by Mike Short, VP of Innovation and R&amp;amp;D at O2/Telefonica, who will help us understand the vision for the Digital Peninsula and what is already happening. As I have said before – and to paraphrase Alan Kay – the best way to predict the future is to actually invent it. That is true of what a variety of organisations – including Ravensbourne – are actually doing and it is something different, something special. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I've ordered enough beer and wine to sink a battleship (thanks EMC Consulting). Greenwich Council and our kind sponsors, Marcus Donald People, will feed you and make sure you have entertainment after the main event. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;And yes, my twitter feed tells no lies. Jesus really is a DJ. From Fabric. Playing just for you. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I think we are set to finish on a high. Please be a part of it."&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;B&gt;The details&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Thursday 26th January 2012 From 6pm&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The informal formal bit starts at 7.15. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Finishes when we drink the bar dry.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Ravensbourne, 6 Penrose Way, Greenwich Peninsula, London SE10 0EW&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;For map click &lt;A href="http://www.rave.ac.uk/about/maps-and-directions/"&gt;here&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The nearest tube is North Greenwich (only a couple of stops from London Bridge), or for those of you who opted for the James Bond entrance your boat tickets will be emailed over shortly.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;If you have not signed up yet we have a few places left so mail me on michelle.flynn@emc.com&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=19095" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/beers/default.aspx">beers</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/community/default.aspx">community</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/EMC+Consulting/default.aspx">EMC Consulting</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/The+Fantastic+Tavern/default.aspx">The Fantastic Tavern</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/_2300_TFTLondon/default.aspx">#TFTLondon</category></item><item><title>The Fantastic Tavern - Last Orders at the Bar</title><link>http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/2012/01/12/the-fantastic-tavern-last-orders-at-the-bar.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:11:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e847c0e7-38d9-45c0-b593-56747303e088:19074</guid><dc:creator>Michelle.Flynn</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Here is an update from Matt for those of you who have signed up to the TFT on the 26&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;, and a reminder for those of you who have not signed up yet….&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;“Some three years or so ago, I started the Fantastic Tavern. It was to be a meeting of people who cared about ‘digital’ – as it was then – gathering in a pub and having a conversation. Over the months, we have run 28 events and the community has grown to over 1000 Taverners. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;We have explored so much together and enjoyed a fair few pubs and pints. It's been a great experience, made possible by great contributions – of time and content – from people. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Now it is time to assign the Fantastic Tavern to history. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;In keeping with the brand, the next – and last event – is Last Orders at the Bar and it will be held somewhere magical on the 26&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; January (that's in three weeks). There are still lots of details to be planned but I wanted to ensure that you get a flavor for the evening and get it – and your attendance – in the diary. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Each year at about this time, we run a Trends Briefing. Typically friends and colleagues create the content and then pitch the trend to the audience. They in turn rate it as ‘hot’ or ‘not’ for the year ahead. Think Top Gear. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;It’s great fun and also very informative. As it’s not broken, I’ll not change it this year. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Oh, go on then. Lets change it a bit. Change is good.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Firstly, we are inviting the students of Ravensbourne to create the content, not the typical crowd. This should give all of us a unique, fresh and cutting edge perspective on what’s going to be important to us this year – as practitioners but also as part of society as a whole. The students are briefed and already working away on some great presentations. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;There will also be guest speakers not least my beloved friends from the Future Laboratories. Of course, we will not have time for one of their conventional trends briefing – an immersion I highly recommend – but they are preparing a point of view about 2012 to share with us. Trust me when I say that what they do and what they talk about is of the highest quality and well worth coming to hear. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Finally, lets reinvent the pub bit. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;There is something – somewhere – that I have been involved in (a little) for several years and it's an incredible gem that I want to share with you. I’m going to ask you to take a trip with me. A short one. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;The Greenwich Peninsula, home to the 02 and Ravensbourne, lots of new enterprises and some established one (like TFL) and the Council itself – is an incredible place. Moreover, it represents an incredible idea. There is something different happening here – something powerful and full of promise. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Today, at it’s heart there is Ravensbourne. I guarantee you that this place for learning and developing will power you away. Set aside your memories of education and come and see the future, now. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Then also hear the vision therest of the Peninsula – a vision for an enabled community that is being planned to be a better, prosperous, open and exciting place to work, live, learn and be entertained. You may remember we all brainstormed ideas for that vision in 2011? They are coming to life. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;You have to see this to believe it, to understand its potential. Forget the Roundabout. This is where it’s at. It’s where something different is happening. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;So yes, I’m asking you to be at Ravensbourne, which is at Greenwich North, at 6.30 for a 7pm start in two weeks time. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.rave.ac.uk/about/maps-and-directions/"&gt;http://www.rave.ac.uk/about/maps-and-directions/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;If you would like to be there and bring your colleagues and friends and haven’t already signed up, please email &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:Michelle.flynn@emc.com"&gt;Michelle.flynn@emc.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;If you would like to take the boat from central London to the north Greenwich terminal, we can provide times and tickets. Tell us you would like to get there on the boat in your email. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Greenwich Council, Marcus Donald and EMC Consulting have thrown some cash – very generously – into a tankard and there will be a pop-up pub, food and dancing. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;I think that we have a memorable night planned and I’d like to think you could all make it – to hear the trends that we should think about in 2012 and celebrate the Fantastic Tavern as itcomes to an end. “&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;We already have over 100 people signed up so make sure you do not miss the grand finale.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=19074" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/The+Fantastic+Tavern/default.aspx">The Fantastic Tavern</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/_2300_TFT/default.aspx">#TFT</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/_2300_TFTLondon/default.aspx">#TFTLondon</category></item><item><title>AND THE WINNER IS....</title><link>http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/2011/10/31/and-the-winner-is.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:20:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e847c0e7-38d9-45c0-b593-56747303e088:18899</guid><dc:creator>Michelle.Flynn</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;P&gt;Last week, &lt;A href="http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/" target=_blank&gt;Marketing Week&lt;/A&gt; magazine celebrated the importance of data at its annual Data Strategy Awards, a gala event attended by more than 500 of our industry's movers and shakers. And walking off with the top award in the Social Media category was our own 'NL Daily' social hub project for our client, New Look.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;You can read all about it on page 25 of the &lt;A href="http://digital.centaur.co.uk/ds/dsawards2011/" target=_blank&gt;night's brochure&lt;/A&gt;. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;And here's one to the NL Daily site we produced: &lt;A href="http://daily.newlook.com/"&gt;http://daily.newlook.com/&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Congratulations team!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=18899" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/EMC+Consulting/default.aspx">EMC Consulting</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/Award/default.aspx">Award</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/Social+Media/default.aspx">Social Media</category></item><item><title>UX Sketch Club</title><link>http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/2011/10/27/ux-sketch-club.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:17:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e847c0e7-38d9-45c0-b593-56747303e088:18890</guid><dc:creator>Michelle.Flynn</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;P&gt;We’re delighted to be hosting UX Sketch Club again. The next session is next week – Tuesday 1st November.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Read all about it at &lt;A href="http://www.meetup.com/ux-sketch-club/"&gt;http://groupspaces.com/UXSketchClub/item/194514&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;At this sketchclub we will look at visual explanations. How can we put our thoughts into clear structures that explain a problem, a system, a process, a product,...&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;We'll look at process of how to tackle explaining things visually, examine different structures we can use and practice sketching our own diagrams.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The session as always is hosted by Eva-Lotta Lamm who creates fantastic sketch notes as seen here &amp;gt; &lt;A href="http://www.evalotta.net/sketchnotes/"&gt;http://www.evalotta.net/sketchnotes/&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=18890" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/EMC+Consulting/default.aspx">EMC Consulting</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/User+experience/default.aspx">User experience</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/UK+Sketch+Club/default.aspx">UK Sketch Club</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/Sketching/default.aspx">Sketching</category></item><item><title>Silverlight User Group, The Fantastic Tavern, London .Net User Group</title><link>http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/2011/10/10/silverlight-user-group-the-fantastic-tavern-london-net-user-group.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:43:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e847c0e7-38d9-45c0-b593-56747303e088:18848</guid><dc:creator>Michelle.Flynn</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;P&gt;Over the next 2 weeks EMC Consulting are hosting 3 very exciting events.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;If you have not signed up click on the link you are interested in, be quick as last few places left.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Wednesday 12th October – &lt;A href="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/markmann/archive/2011/09/24/silverlight-uk-user-group-october-2011-agenda.aspx" target=_blank&gt;Silverlight User Group&lt;/A&gt; (/BUILD/ Conference Roundup &amp;amp; First Hands On WinRT)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Thursday 13th October – &lt;A href="http://thefantastictavern.co.uk/2011/10/10/the-fantastic-tavern-roi-of-social-is-this-thursday/" target=_blank&gt;The Fantastic Tavern&lt;/A&gt; (the ROI of Social)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Thursday 20th October – &lt;A href="http://ldnugoct10.eventbrite.com/" target=_blank&gt;The London .Net User Group&lt;/A&gt; (Natural Laws of Software Performance)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=18848" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/London+.Net+User+Group/default.aspx">London .Net User Group</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/Silverlight/default.aspx">Silverlight</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/beers/default.aspx">beers</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/community/default.aspx">community</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/EMC+Consulting/default.aspx">EMC Consulting</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/The+Fantastic+Tavern/default.aspx">The Fantastic Tavern</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/Social+Media/default.aspx">Social Media</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/_2300_TFTLondon/default.aspx">#TFTLondon</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/SLUGUK/default.aspx">SLUGUK</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/LDNUG/default.aspx">LDNUG</category></item><item><title>Friday recruitment update for you</title><link>http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/2011/09/23/friday-recruitment-update-for-you.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:19:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e847c0e7-38d9-45c0-b593-56747303e088:18766</guid><dc:creator>Michelle.Flynn</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;DIV class=BlogPostContent&gt;
&lt;DIV class=BlogPostContent&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Here is a list of our latest roles, drop me a mail to &lt;A href="mailto:emccukrecruitment@emc.com"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0095e6&gt;emccukrecruitment@emc.com&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt; if you would like to know more and I will send you the full job spec.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Cloud Applications and Experience&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;UX Architect&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Art Director&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Senior Interface Developer&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Digital Project Manager with retail experience&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Technology Solutions Principal /&amp;nbsp; Pre-Sales Consultant&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;B&gt;Cloud &amp;amp; Virtual Data Centre Infrastructure&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Solution Principal / Pre-Sales Consultant&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Enterprise Information Management &amp;amp; Analytics&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Solution Principal / Pre-Sales Consultant&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Senior BI Consultant&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;img src="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=18766" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/careers/default.aspx">careers</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/vacancies/default.aspx">vacancies</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/EMC+Consulting/default.aspx">EMC Consulting</category></item><item><title>The next TFT – can we find social’s holy grail – money?</title><link>http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/2011/09/08/the-next-tft-can-we-find-social-s-holy-grail-money.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:33:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e847c0e7-38d9-45c0-b593-56747303e088:18698</guid><dc:creator>Michelle.Flynn</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;On Thursday 13th October we are hosting the next Fantastic Tavern.&amp;#160; We are inviting our Knights Taverners to take on the quest of finding the holy grail of social aka money…..&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;To find out more about the night and how to register, click &lt;a href="http://thefantastictavern.co.uk/2011/09/05/the-next-tft-can-we-find-socials-holy-grail-money/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=18698" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/beers/default.aspx">beers</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/community/default.aspx">community</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/events/default.aspx">events</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/EMC+Consulting/default.aspx">EMC Consulting</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/The+Fantastic+Tavern/default.aspx">The Fantastic Tavern</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/Social+Media/default.aspx">Social Media</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/_2300_TFTLondon/default.aspx">#TFTLondon</category></item><item><title>EMC Consulting Quiz Night</title><link>http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/2011/08/25/emc-consulting-quiz-night.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:00:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e847c0e7-38d9-45c0-b593-56747303e088:18665</guid><dc:creator>Michelle.Flynn</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;On Tuesday night we held the 2nd EMC Consulting Quiz Night.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;We had 9 brave teams ready to compete for the Winners title and the prize of Middlesex CC tickets, champagne and chocolates, and they all stepped up to the challenge.&amp;#160; Not only was the night about intelligence, banter, pizza and beer but it was raising money for those affected by the riots.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;The first task of the night is always to come up with the most entertaining team name, and we were not disappointed, unfortunately not all can be listed on my blog but my personal favourite was Game, eCet and Match.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Once we all accepted that there is no arguing with the quiz master as they are always right the games began.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;The rounds were:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ol&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Dingbats&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;General knowledge&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;TV advert slogans&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;Cartoons&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;Music&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;UK airports&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ol&gt;  &lt;p&gt;When the final scores we added up it was a close run battle but the winners were….. Notcutting Edge (made up of JB, Sam, Ed and Sunil).&amp;#160; Well done team!!!!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;(PS my team came 2nd)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Here are some of the questions for you&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dingbats&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/blogs/michelleflynn/image_5CBC2831.png"&gt;&lt;img style="border-bottom:0px;border-left:0px;display:inline;border-top:0px;border-right:0px;" title="image" border="0" alt="image" src="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/blogs/michelleflynn/image_thumb_7F13BDAA.png" width="244" height="279" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;General Knowledge&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/blogs/michelleflynn/image_77F48132.png"&gt;&lt;img style="border-bottom:0px;border-left:0px;display:inline;border-top:0px;border-right:0px;" title="image" border="0" alt="image" src="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/blogs/michelleflynn/image_thumb_4CAFEA2B.png" width="244" height="183" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Advert Slogans&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/blogs/michelleflynn/image_5E8C7DF8.png"&gt;&lt;img style="border-bottom:0px;border-left:0px;display:inline;border-top:0px;border-right:0px;" title="image" border="0" alt="image" src="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/blogs/michelleflynn/image_thumb_055A9439.png" width="244" height="183" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;The answer to 5 is Branflakes, not what most of the teams expected&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cartoons&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/blogs/michelleflynn/image_5A15FD31.png"&gt;&lt;img style="border-bottom:0px;border-left:0px;display:inline;border-top:0px;border-right:0px;" title="image" border="0" alt="image" src="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/blogs/michelleflynn/image_thumb_00E41372.png" width="244" height="183" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Music&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/blogs/michelleflynn/image_40ADF9F7.png"&gt;&lt;img style="border-bottom:0px;border-left:0px;display:inline;border-top:0px;border-right:0px;" title="image" border="0" alt="image" src="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/blogs/michelleflynn/image_thumb_4356B5A8.png" width="244" height="183" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UK Airports&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/blogs/michelleflynn/image_55334975.png"&gt;&lt;img style="border-bottom:0px;border-left:0px;display:inline;border-top:0px;border-right:0px;" title="image" border="0" alt="image" src="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/blogs/michelleflynn/image_thumb_29EEB26E.png" width="244" height="183" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=18665" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/beers/default.aspx">beers</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/EMC+Consulting/default.aspx">EMC Consulting</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/Great+place+to+work/default.aspx">Great place to work</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/Fun/default.aspx">Fun</category></item><item><title>What has The Fantastic Tavern been up to and what is coming next?</title><link>http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/2011/08/18/what-has-the-fantastic-tavern-been-up-to-and-what-is-coming-next.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:15:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e847c0e7-38d9-45c0-b593-56747303e088:18653</guid><dc:creator>Michelle.Flynn</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Here is a little note from Matt Bagwell to tell you what we have been up to at TFT lately….&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;“I thought I'd let you know what's happening in &lt;a href="http://thefantastictavern.co.uk/about/"&gt;Fantastic Tavern&lt;/a&gt; land these days as you might think its been a bit quiet. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;In fact, as I say in this &lt;a href="http://thefantastictavern.co.uk/2011/08/18/sunny-days/"&gt;blog post&lt;/a&gt;, quite the opposite is true. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;For any of you who were at the &lt;a href="http://thefantastictavern.co.uk/2011/07/13/game-over/"&gt;last TFT&lt;/a&gt; with its theme of gamification, the good news is that Cancer Research (with some support from EMC Consulting), has shortlisted several possible concepts for further consideration and definition. If you feel you'd like to be a part of a taverner team that does this - freely initially – let me know. Thank you all for coming to the event and then contributing your brain power for such a good cause. It's nice to think The Fantastic Tavern can make a tangible difference. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;In fact, this year has seen the Tavern focus on helping other organisations. Some of you attended &lt;a href="http://thefantastictavern.co.uk/2011/04/26/digital-futures-a-tft-think-tank/"&gt;the brainstorm&lt;/a&gt; we did with Greenwich Council about the future of a community and what they should be considering as they unfold the grand plans for the Greenwich Peninsula. Once again, you came, you drank the beer and you gave your insights and thoughts. The Council was hugely challenged and impressed. Here's just a little of what they said the morning after:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Just wanted to thank you for last night and for the support you are giving to us. It was a fascinating discussion which generated many valuable ideas, that we look forward to taking forward. It was also very enjoyable and evening.&amp;quot; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Of course, I cannot sit on my hands, reflecting on the things we have done.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;So we kicked off the &lt;a href="http://http/twitter.com/#!/search/%23buildersbreakfast"&gt;Builder's Breakfast&lt;/a&gt; Series yesterday. We are undertaking a Holy Grail like quest – to find the real return on investment in social. This series will include three breakfasts and then culminate in the theme and content for the next Fantastic Tavern, planned for October 13th.&amp;#160; If you want to be at that Tavern watch your email as a separate email invite will follow next week. I hope to see many of you there. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;There are other ways that you can be involved in Tavern activities too. You could sponsor an event – you buy the beer for example. You could contribute content – the theme of the Builder's Breakfast might be a focus for you – if so let me know. You might have a theme you'd like us to cover - I'm open to suggestions. Or you could be a brand that would like to host your own Tavern–like event with my help. I've run Private Taverns like this and they are great fun and exclusively focused on your business – please get in touch if this sounds like something you'd appreciate (yes, we still drink at it). &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;I hope that as we race through the year, you get something out of The Fantastic Tavern. It’s great fun sharing beers with you all but I also like to hear that you value what we talk about together. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;See you soon Taverners&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;As always&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Matt &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;The Founder”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=18653" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/beers/default.aspx">beers</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/community/default.aspx">community</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/events/default.aspx">events</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/EMC+Consulting/default.aspx">EMC Consulting</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/The+Fantastic+Tavern/default.aspx">The Fantastic Tavern</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/_2300_TFTLondon/default.aspx">#TFTLondon</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/Fun/default.aspx">Fun</category></item><item><title>The Cloud Circle</title><link>http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/2011/08/18/the-cloud-circle.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:11:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e847c0e7-38d9-45c0-b593-56747303e088:18652</guid><dc:creator>Michelle.Flynn</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;I am pleased to announce that &lt;a href="http://uk.emc.com/?fromGlobalSiteSelect" target="_blank"&gt;EMC&lt;/a&gt; are a Gold Sponsor of &lt;a href="http://www.thecloudcircle.com/event/7th-and-8th-cloud-circle-forums-transform-your-business-cloud-computing-competitive-advantage-" target="_blank"&gt;The Cloud Circle&lt;/a&gt; event on the 15th September 2011.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;It is The Cloud Circles 7th Forum to help address the challenges raised by our members.&amp;#160; The topic being covered is:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Transform your Business with Cloud Computing, for Competitive Advantage; agile response to business threats and opportunities through innovation, collaboration and empowerment &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Not only are we sponsoring it but Asen Tsvyatkov from the &lt;a href="http://uk.emc.com/services/emc-consulting.htm" target="_blank"&gt;EMC Consulting&lt;/a&gt; planning team will be presenting on “Is Cloud Computing driving a revolution, not only in enterprise IT and business processes, but also in how we live our lives?”&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Find out more about the event and how to register &lt;a href="http://www.thecloudcircle.com/event/7th-and-8th-cloud-circle-forums-transform-your-business-cloud-computing-competitive-advantage-" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=18652" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/events/default.aspx">events</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/EMC+Consulting/default.aspx">EMC Consulting</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/cloud/default.aspx">cloud</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/The+Cloud+Circle/default.aspx">The Cloud Circle</category></item><item><title>New starters and recruitment news</title><link>http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/2011/08/11/new-starters-and-recruitment-news.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:44:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e847c0e7-38d9-45c0-b593-56747303e088:18644</guid><dc:creator>Michelle.Flynn</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;P&gt;I would like to introduce you to some members of our UK team as I know I blog a lot about the roles we are looking to fill but thought the time has come to welcome all the fantastic new people that have filled those roles.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;So a big welcome to the following people who joined the team in the last few months…..&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Olu – Senior .Net Consultant&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Laura&amp;nbsp; – UX Architect&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Jon – EMEA Solutions Principal&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Simon – UK Solutions Principal&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Atul – Senior BI Consultant&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Stephen – Senior Designer&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Mary – Experience Planner&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Asen&amp;nbsp; – Experience Planner&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Rob – Senior BI Consultant&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Chris – Business Analyst&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Paul – Project Manager&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Jan – Senior UX Architect&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Philipp&amp;nbsp; – Project Manager&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Gerard – Senior UX Architect&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Gareth – Business Analyst&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Nathan – UK Solutions Principal&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Rob - Head of iDev&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Then joining us in the next&amp;nbsp;month or so&amp;nbsp;we have….&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Kuldeep - Senior Designer&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Matt - Business Analyst&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Justin - UK Solutions Principal&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Some of new starters will be blogging and tweeting soon so hope you enjoy finding out more.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;We do still have some roles we are recruiting for, see below, so as always email me on &lt;A href="mailto:emccukrecruitment@emc.com"&gt;emccukrecruitment@emc.com&lt;/A&gt; for full job specs&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Cloud Applications and Experience&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Head of Application Development &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Technical Architect&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Senior UX Architect&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Art Director&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Interface Developer&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Retail Business Consultant&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Applications Development Solutions Principal /&amp;nbsp; Pre-Sales Consultant&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;B&gt;Enterprise Information Management &amp;amp; Analytics&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Senior BI Consultant&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;SQL Server Developer&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Solutions Principal / Pre-Sales Consultant&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;B&gt;Cloud &amp;amp; Virtual Data Centre Infrastructure&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Solution Principal / Pre-Sales Consultant&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;To round off my blog here are some photos of our team and the things they get up to&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/blogs/michelleflynn/image_0DFB13D2.png"&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH:0px;DISPLAY:inline;BORDER-TOP-WIDTH:0px;BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH:0px;BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH:0px;" title=image border=0 alt=image src="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/blogs/michelleflynn/image_thumb_523E0BCF.png" width=244 height=183&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/blogs/michelleflynn/image_1FDA3850.png"&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH:0px;DISPLAY:inline;BORDER-TOP-WIDTH:0px;BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH:0px;BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH:0px;" title=image border=0 alt=image src="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/blogs/michelleflynn/image_thumb_61E0A791.png" width=244 height=183&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/blogs/michelleflynn/image_7A7044E1.png"&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH:0px;DISPLAY:inline;BORDER-TOP-WIDTH:0px;BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH:0px;BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH:0px;" title=image border=0 alt=image src="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/blogs/michelleflynn/image_thumb_2A2DED61.png" width=244 height=183&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/blogs/michelleflynn/image_25B76C9A.png"&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH:0px;DISPLAY:inline;BORDER-TOP-WIDTH:0px;BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH:0px;BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH:0px;" title=image border=0 alt=image src="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/blogs/michelleflynn/image_thumb_6E70E55E.png" width=244 height=183&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;IMG alt="" src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/264861_10150313726928140_702133139_9400236_763662_n.jpg" width=240 height=179&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;IMG alt="" src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/222311_10150181862065146_675975145_7476840_4790111_n.jpg" width=238 height=178&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;IMG alt="" src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/9321_151926291135_727836135_4010058_6623181_n.jpg" width=239 height=179&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;IMG alt="" src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/222103_220463444645868_214828521876027_906551_8083863_n.jpg" width=235 height=353&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=18644" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/recruitment/default.aspx">recruitment</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/vacancies/default.aspx">vacancies</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/EMC+Consulting/default.aspx">EMC Consulting</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/Great+place+to+work/default.aspx">Great place to work</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/Perks/default.aspx">Perks</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/Fun/default.aspx">Fun</category></item><item><title>EMC Consulting have been shortlisted as a 2011 Dadi awards finalist</title><link>http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/2011/07/27/we-have-been-shortlisted-as-a-2011-dadi-awards-finalist.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:11:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e847c0e7-38d9-45c0-b593-56747303e088:18622</guid><dc:creator>Michelle.Flynn</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;P&gt;The &lt;A href="http://www.dadiawards.com/" target=_blank&gt;Dadi website&lt;/A&gt; says “When you win a Dadi (Drum Award for the Digital Industries) the world will know that you make digital work.”&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I am excited to say that our work with &lt;A href="http://daily.newlook.com/" target=_blank&gt;New Look&lt;/A&gt; has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Digital Media Strategy category for 2011.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Fingers crossed for the 11th November when the winners are announced….&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=18622" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/Social+Media/default.aspx">Social Media</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/New+Look/default.aspx">New Look</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/Dadi/default.aspx">Dadi</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/EMC+Consulting/default.aspx">EMC Consulting</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/Award/default.aspx">Award</category></item><item><title>EMC Consulting are hosting LDNUG Modelling and Waiting - Date changed to 1st Sept</title><link>http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/2011/07/27/we-are-hosting-ldnug-august-10th-modelling-and-waiting.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:03:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e847c0e7-38d9-45c0-b593-56747303e088:18621</guid><dc:creator>Michelle.Flynn</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;P&gt;On the 1st September (&lt;STRONG&gt;Date changed from 10th August&lt;/STRONG&gt;) @ 6:30 we are hosting the next &lt;A href="http://www.dnug.org.uk/" target=_blank&gt;London .Net User Group&lt;/A&gt;.&amp;nbsp; There are 2 sessions running in parallel so you have to pick which one you want to see.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Liam Westley: Go Asynchronouse with C#5&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Anders Hejlsberg announced the Visual Studio Async CTP at PDC 2010.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;This CTP means you don’t need to create callback functions anymore and can write code in the same way as if it were synchronous. The compiler will do all of the heavy lifting for you.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp; public async void GetDDD9Sessions()&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp; {&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; var ddd = "http://ddd.com/ddd9/Sessions.aspx";&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; var sessions = await new WebClient().GetSessionsAsync(new Uri(ddd));&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp; }&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;In this session we'll see how the GetDDD9Sessions method works and why it allows you to make a pot of tea while it runs.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;More info on the Visual Studio Async CTP, including download details at, http://blogs.msdn.com/b/csharpfaq/archive/2010/10/28/async.aspx&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;U&gt;Liam Westley&lt;/U&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Liam is Head of Engineering at IMC Group Ltd as well as running his own company where he specialises in software for Broadcast Television although he recently diversified into software for the NHS. His Niagara SMS moderation system has been used by QVC UK for the last four years to display SMS messages from viewers, live, on screen.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Recently Liam completed a new ticketing system for Hat Trick Productions which is now providing e-tickets to shows such as Have I Got New For You, The Armstrong and Miller Show and It's Only A Theory.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Liam has worked for chellomedia, GMTV, BSkyB, SmashedAtom and Original Thinking Group. In his time he created the first in house weather system for Sky News using Visual Basic 1.0, acted as architect for two general election systems, project managed the launch of the GMTV web site, was key to delivering the first interactive television chat service in the UK for BSkyB and helped launch the first live shopping channels in the Netherlands.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;You can find out more at http://www.tigernews.co.uk, or follow Liam on Twitter @westleyl.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Ian Cooper: Introduction to DDD, Part 1: Modelling&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Domain Driven Design by Eric Evans is one of the classic texts on the subject of domain modelling. Many of its terms, such as repository, have entered developers everyday language. But how much do you know about DDD? In this presentation we look at how DDD helps us model a domain. We will introduce core ideas such as Ubiquitous Language, and we will explain how the classic patterns: Aggregates, Entities, Repositories etc. help us to build better domain models.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;U&gt;Ian Cooper&lt;/U&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Ian Cooper has over 15 years of experience delivering Microsoft platform solutions in government, healthcare, and finance. During that time he has worked for the DTi, Reuters, Sungard, Misys and Beazley delivering everything from bespoke enterprise solutions to 'shrink-wrapped' products to thousands of customers. Ian is a passionate exponent of the benefits of OO and Agile. He is test-infected and contagious. When he is not writing C# code he is also the and founder of the London .NET user group. &lt;A href="http://www.dnug.org.uk/"&gt;http://www.dnug.org.uk&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Seats are limited so click &lt;A href="http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1972099603" target=_blank&gt;here&lt;/A&gt; to register&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Venue: EMC Consulting, Notcutt House, 36 Southwark Bridge Road, London, SE1 9EU&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=18621" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/London+.Net+User+Group/default.aspx">London .Net User Group</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/beers/default.aspx">beers</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/community/default.aspx">community</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/EMC+Consulting/default.aspx">EMC Consulting</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/LDNUG/default.aspx">LDNUG</category></item><item><title>Latest recruitment update - updated on 2nd September 2011</title><link>http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/2011/07/14/latest-recruitment-udpate.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:06:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e847c0e7-38d9-45c0-b593-56747303e088:18604</guid><dc:creator>Michelle.Flynn</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;DIV class=BlogPostContent&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I have just updated our role again for you.&amp;nbsp; Here is a list of our latest roles, drop me a mail to &lt;A href="mailto:emccukrecruitment@emc.com"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0095e6&gt;emccukrecruitment@emc.com&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt; if you would like to know more and I will send you the full job spec.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Cloud Applications and Experience&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Head&amp;nbsp;of Application Development&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Technical Architect&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Senior UX Architect&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Art Director&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Technology Solutions Principal /&amp;nbsp; Pre-Sales Consultant&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;B&gt;Cloud &amp;amp; Virtual Data Centre Infrastructure&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Solution Principal / Pre-Sales Consultant&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Enterprise Information Management &amp;amp; Analytics&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Solution Principal / Pre-Sales Consultant&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Senior BI Consultant&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;SQL Server Developer&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;img src="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=18604" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/careers/default.aspx">careers</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/jobs/default.aspx">jobs</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/vacancies/default.aspx">vacancies</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/EMC+Consulting/default.aspx">EMC Consulting</category></item><item><title>The Fantastic Tavern continues to rock</title><link>http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/2011/07/13/the-fantastic-tavern-continues-to-rock.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:11:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e847c0e7-38d9-45c0-b593-56747303e088:18602</guid><dc:creator>Michelle.Flynn</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;P&gt;Last Thursday 7th July 2011 we held the &lt;A href="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/2011/06/24/the-fantastic-tavern-gamification-and-a-great-venue-that-is-open-until-2am.aspx" target=_blank&gt;biggest tavern event&lt;/A&gt; on the hot topic of &lt;A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamification" target=_blank&gt;gamification&lt;/A&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;“The last decade was the decade of social. The next decade will be the decade where game framework is built” Seth Priebatsch, Founder of &lt;A href="http://www.scvngr.com/" target=_blank&gt;SCVNGR&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I was going to write a highly entertaining blog that filled you in on all the details but I got beaten to it by &lt;A href="http://uk.linkedin.com/in/matthewbagwell" target=_blank&gt;Matt Bagwell&lt;/A&gt; and &lt;A href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/markawilson" target=_blank&gt;Mark Wilson&lt;/A&gt; so if you would like to know what over 250 taverners in a cabaret club on Brick Lane got up to check out these blogs.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.markwilson.co.uk/blog/2011/07/game-on-at-the-fantastic-tavern-tftlondon.htm" target=_blank&gt;Level 1&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.markwilson.co.uk/blog/2011/07/game-on-at-tftlondon-level-2-the-ubiquitous-gaming-culture.htm" target=_blank&gt;Level 2&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.markwilson.co.uk/blog/2011/07/game-on-at-tftlondon-level-3-the-four-ms-of-gamification.htm" target=_blank&gt;Level 3&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://thefantastictavern.co.uk/2011/07/13/game-over/" target=_blank&gt;What happened when 250 people held a brainstorm for Cancer Research&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/blogs/michelleflynn/image_4334F998.png"&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-BOTTOM:0px;BORDER-LEFT:0px;DISPLAY:inline;BORDER-TOP:0px;BORDER-RIGHT:0px;" title=image border=0 alt=image src="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/blogs/michelleflynn/image_thumb_497E60D7.png" width=244 height=183&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=18602" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/beers/default.aspx">beers</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/community/default.aspx">community</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/events/default.aspx">events</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/EMC+Consulting/default.aspx">EMC Consulting</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/The+Fantastic+Tavern/default.aspx">The Fantastic Tavern</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/Social+Media/default.aspx">Social Media</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/_2300_TFTLondon/default.aspx">#TFTLondon</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/Fun/default.aspx">Fun</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/gamification/default.aspx">gamification</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/gaming/default.aspx">gaming</category></item><item><title>The Fantastic Tavern, Gamification and a Great Venue that is open until 2am!</title><link>http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/2011/06/24/the-fantastic-tavern-gamification-and-a-great-venue-that-is-open-until-2am.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:58:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e847c0e7-38d9-45c0-b593-56747303e088:18530</guid><dc:creator>Michelle.Flynn</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:11pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;"&gt;If you have not already heard about the next &lt;A href="http://thefantastictavern.co.uk/2011/05/31/invite-for-the-next-fantastic-tavern-gamification-and-a-disco-dance-floor/" target=_blank&gt;&lt;FONT color=#800080&gt;Fantastic Tavern&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt; then where have you been?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:11pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;"&gt;On Thursday 7th July from 6pm we have exclusive use of &lt;A href="http://www.thebrickhouse.co.uk/london/restaurant/index.asp" target=_blank&gt;&lt;FONT color=#800080&gt;The Brickhouse&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;, 152c Brick Lane, London, E1 6RU.&amp;nbsp; It has 3 floors, 3 bars and a 2am license so you know it is going to be an amazing (and late) night.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&lt;A href="http://uk.linkedin.com/in/matthewbagwell" target=_blank&gt;Matt Bagwell&lt;/A&gt; will be your host for the evening and will be taking the stage with a panel of interesting speakers - Nathan Williams (Strategist at Wolff Olins), Richard Sedley (Commercial Director at Foviance), Rik Skews (Electronic Arts) and Tom Hopkins (Strategy Director at Fortune Cookie).&lt;SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT size=3 face=Calibri&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;Once the panel have impressed us with their knowledge (no pressure guys) we will be breaking out to gamify Cancer Research.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT size=3 face=Calibri&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;We will then continue the evening with a DJ challenge where 4 DJs will take to the decks and compete for the prize of a Fantastic Tavern Bottomless Tankard.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT size=3 face=Calibri&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;As usual EMC Consulting will be providing some drinks and nibbles to get the night started.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=3 face=Calibri&gt;If you have not signed up yet all you have to do is email me on &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A href="mailto:michelle.flynn@emc.com"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3 face=Calibri&gt;michelle.flynn@emc.com&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:11pt;mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman';mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=18530" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/beers/default.aspx">beers</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/community/default.aspx">community</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/events/default.aspx">events</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/The+Fantastic+Tavern/default.aspx">The Fantastic Tavern</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/_2300_TFTLondon/default.aspx">#TFTLondon</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/Fun/default.aspx">Fun</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/gamification/default.aspx">gamification</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/gaming/default.aspx">gaming</category></item><item><title>More recruitment news...</title><link>http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/2011/06/15/more-recruitment-news.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e847c0e7-38d9-45c0-b593-56747303e088:18510</guid><dc:creator>Michelle.Flynn</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;P&gt;Here is a list of our latest roles, drop me a mail to &lt;A href="mailto:emccukrecruitment@emc.com"&gt;emccukrecruitment@emc.com&lt;/A&gt; if you would like to know more and I will send you the full job spec.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Cloud Enterprise Applications&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;2&amp;nbsp;x Senior UX Architects&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;1 x Experience Planner / Digital Strategist&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;2 x Retail Business Consultants&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;1 x Project Manager&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;1 x Interactive Solutions Principal&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;2 x Interface Developers&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;B&gt;Enterprise Information Management &amp;amp; Analytics&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;1 x SQL Server Developer&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;1 x Data Architect&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;B&gt;Cloud &amp;amp; Virtual Data Centre Infrastructure&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;2 x Solution Principal / Pre-Sales Consultant&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=18510" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/careers/default.aspx">careers</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/jobs/default.aspx">jobs</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/vacancies/default.aspx">vacancies</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/EMC+Consulting/default.aspx">EMC Consulting</category></item><item><title>The Fantastic Tavern – Gamification and a Disco Dance Floor</title><link>http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/2011/05/31/the-fantastic-tavern-gamification-and-a-disco-dance-floor.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 14:04:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e847c0e7-38d9-45c0-b593-56747303e088:18483</guid><dc:creator>Michelle.Flynn</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;P&gt;Are you free on Thursday 7th July?&amp;nbsp; Do you want to come and find out if gamification is a fad or a genuine trend?&amp;nbsp; Do you want to come have a beer and hit a disco dance floor?&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;If you have answered yes to all 3 questions click &lt;A class="" href="http://thefantastictavern.co.uk/2011/05/31/invite-for-the-next-fantastic-tavern-gamification-and-a-disco-dance-floor/" target=_blank&gt;here&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=18483" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/beers/default.aspx">beers</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/community/default.aspx">community</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/The+Fantastic+Tavern/default.aspx">The Fantastic Tavern</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/_2300_TFTLondon/default.aspx">#TFTLondon</category></item><item><title>Our latest recruitment update</title><link>http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/2011/05/12/our-latest-recruitment-update.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 16:10:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e847c0e7-38d9-45c0-b593-56747303e088:18452</guid><dc:creator>Michelle.Flynn</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;P&gt;For those of you who follow me on twitter (@michelleflynn) you will know it is all go on #EMCgroundfloor with DJ challenges, dance offs, Krispy Kremes, triathlons (not in the office of course) and so much more but what is the latest on your recruitment I hear you ask….&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Here is a list of our latest roles, as always if anything sparks your interest drop me a mail to &lt;A href="mailto:emccukrecruitment@emc.com"&gt;emccukrecruitment@emc.com&lt;/A&gt; and I will send you the full job spec as there are too many for me to put on here.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Cloud Enterprise Applications&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;1 x.Net Tech Lead (it was 2 but we filled 1 of them this morning and are excited about our new team member)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;1 x Senior Java Developer&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;1 x Java Developer&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;1 x QA Test Lead&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;1 x Automation Test Lead&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;3 x UX Architects&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;B&gt;Enterprise Information Management &amp;amp; Analytics&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;1 x Solution Principal / Pre-Sales Consultant&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;B&gt;Cloud &amp;amp; Virtual Data Centre Infrastructure&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;2 x Solution Principal / Pre-Sales Consultant&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I look forward to hearing from you :)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=18452" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/careers/default.aspx">careers</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/jobs/default.aspx">jobs</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/vacancies/default.aspx">vacancies</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/microsoft/default.aspx">microsoft</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/EMC+Consulting/default.aspx">EMC Consulting</category><category domain="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/tags/Java/default.aspx">Java</category></item><item><title>Digital Futures – The Fantastic Tavern think tank</title><link>http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/2011/04/26/digital-futures-the-fantastic-tavern-think-tank.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:20:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e847c0e7-38d9-45c0-b593-56747303e088:18433</guid><dc:creator>Michelle.Flynn</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;On Thursday 14th April we hosted The Fantastic Tavern at The Horniman by the river in SE1.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;“Imagine being able to influence very fundamentally how your community would be designed, built, populated (commercially at least), governed, used and enjoyed. A green field opportunity for a digitally-enabled, co-operative, connected society with great self awareness, empowerment and respect. A utopian dream perhaps?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Maybe a little, but it was the challenge put to the &lt;a href="http://thefantastictavern.co.uk/" target="_blank"&gt;Fantastic Tavern&lt;/a&gt; by John Comber from Greenwich Council. To discuss what should be done and how, so that our ideas could be fed into the planning process for the continued development of the Greenwich Peninsula, home to the O2 dome and Ravernsbourne.”&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Check out &lt;a href="http://thefantastictavern.co.uk/2011/04/15/digital-futures-a-tft-think-tank/" target="_blank"&gt;The Fantastic Tavern site&lt;/a&gt; to find out what happened….&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;The next TFT is pencilled in for the 16th June 2011 but I will come back to you with more details soon.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;If you would like to join The Fantastic Tavern just drop me a mail to &lt;a href="mailto:michelle@thefantastictavern.co.uk"&gt;michelle@thefantastictavern.co.uk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://consultingblogs.emc.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=18433" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>UX Sketch Club returns</title><link>http://consultingblogs.emc.com/michelleflynn/archive/2011/04/11/ux-sketch-club-returns.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 08:39:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e847c0e7-38d9-45c0-b593-56747303e088:18404</guid><dc:creator>Michelle.Flynn</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;P&gt;We are excited to have another busy week with the UX Sketch Club.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;We are hosting 2 events in our London office on Tuesday 12th and Wednesday 13th April 2011, click &lt;A class="" href="http://www.meetup.com/ux-sketch-club/" target=_blank&gt;here&lt;/A&gt; to find out more.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 12pt;"&gt;&lt;SPAN class=apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;COLOR:black;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';mso-fareast-font-family:'Times New Roman';"&gt;These sessions are going to be focused on Sketchnotes - they are a visual way of taking notes at talks, meetings, from books your reading or just to capture your ideas. &amp;nbsp;The session is hosted by Eva-Lotta Lamm who creates fantastic sketch notes as seen here &amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;A href="http://www.evalotta.net/sketchnotes/"&gt;http://www.evalotta.net/sketchnotes/&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;COLOR:black;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';mso-fareast-font-family:'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;We&amp;nbsp;are also really pleased to have a number of members of the sketch club coming to &lt;A class="" href="http://thefantastictavern.co.uk/2011/03/18/the-fantastic-tavern-gets-hands-on-14th-april/" target=_blank&gt;The Fantastic Tavern&lt;/A&gt; on Thursday 14th to help us sketch out our brainstorms for the digital future for Greenwich.&lt;/P&gt;
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