Bio: Mark Vanderbeeken
Mark Vanderbeeken, who is in charge of the successful experience design blog at Experientia titledPutting People First, is a specialist in visioning, identity development and strategic communications. He worked in Belgium (his home country), USA, Denmark and Italy for both profit and non-profit, studied at Columbia University, and is now a senior partner in Experientia, an experience design consultancy based in Turin, Italy.
Prior to Experientia, he was communications manager of Interaction Design Institute Ivrea (Ivrea, Italy), European communications coordinator for the World Wide Fund for Nature (or WWF, Copenhagen, Denmark), marketing director of Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects (New York, USA) and chief press officer of Antwerp 93, Cultural Capital of Europe (Antwerp, Belgium).
Posts by Mark Vanderbeeken:
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The Wisdom of Crowds,
17 Nov 2006 in Featured Posts
More insights from the European Market Research Event. Today, James Surowiecki on The Wisdom of Crowds….
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James Surowiecki is an extremely well-skilled public speaker. He managed to give a detailed and well-structured 45-minute presentation… -
Insights from the European Market Research Event,
16 Nov 2006 in Featured Posts
The European Market Research Event (which I am attending today and tomorrow) started off with three parallel sessions: usability, online research, and best practices in research techniques…
My selection of talks is purely based on personal prefe…
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Jakob Nielsen on Getting More Users to Contribute,
12 Oct 2006 in Featured Posts
A few months ago I wrote about a Guardian article indicating that “if you get a group of 100 people online then one will create content, 10 will ‘interact’ with it (commenting or offering improvements) and the other 89 will just view it”….
Now Ja…
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52 Percent of MySpace Users Are Over 35,
18 Sep 2006 in Featured Posts& Market Research
MySpace is often described as a site for teens and twentysomethings to hang out and express themselves, sharing photos and passions, listening to music, and connecting with friends….
Well, think again, says Bruno Giussani in his blog Lunch over I…
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Deloitte’s Eye to the Future,
18 May 2006 in Featured Posts& Market Research
The professional services firm Deloitte has released today the foresight study Eye to the Future…
…with the enigmatic subtitle: “How TMT advances could change the way we live in 2010.” TMT, it turns out, stands for “Technology, Media and Teleco…
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Don’t Talk to Strangers,
03 May 2006 in Featured Posts& Website Development and Design
“Digital Kids” is the title of a series on the C|Net News.com Web site…
…where Stefanie Olsen examines the young generation’s unique immersion in the Web, cell phones, IM and online communities.
Articles include:
When digital kids rule the clas… -
Designing a Household of Linked Appliances,
21 Apr 2006 in Featured Posts
Recognising that the role of appliances is moving away from their traditional places in the kitchen and laundry room, Whirlpool decided to explore a household of linked appliances….
This involved two major shifts in traditional appliance design t…
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Instant Information Gratification,
17 Apr 2006 in Customer Behavior& Featured Posts& Marketing Strategy& Sales
Experienced consumers are lusting after detailed information on where to get the best of the best, the cheapest of the cheapest…
the first of the first, the healthiest of the healthiest, the coolest of the coolest, or on how to become the smartes…
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Newsweek On Web 2.0,
07 Apr 2006 in Featured Posts
A new wave of startups are making hay out of the Internet’s ability to empower citizens and enrich those who help with the empowerment….
The massive success of MySpace and the exemplary strategy of Flickr are milestones in a new high-tech wave re…
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Disney Offers Teen-Tracker Mobile,
06 Apr 2006 in Featured Posts
Disney is launching a US service that will enable parents to monitor how their children use their mobile phones….
They will be able to track voice, text, video and picture messages and set limits on their children’s calls.
The phone will also all…
