Costa Del Sol Business Awards 2009
Written by: Peter Goulding | October 16, 2009
Last Thursday, I had the pleasure of attending the Costa Del Sol Business Awards 2009. I´m usually not a fan of events like these, mainly because I´m just not very good at networking and don´t feel very comfortable talking to people with the purpose of getting some business, but yesterday was different. I came home happy, relaxed and content having viewed some inspiring presentations and met some interesting people, plus one or two beers always makes for a good evening.
The Costa Del Sol Business Awards Speakers
My compliments to CADE Marbella, they put on a good show. The host, one Maurice Boland (an Irish man who runs Talk Radio Europe) was entertaining, lively and engaging but for me, the guest speakers stole the show.
First up was Olga San Jacinto of Google Spain and she didn´t disappoint. Google just seem to be two steps ahead of everyone else, the way they work, the way they think and the way they run their business. They’re modern day pioneers, going places with the internet nobody has been. Check out the youtube video below, it was part of an excellent presentation.
Next up was Claus Rohrer, C.E.O of the Buchinger clinic Marbella, who gave a thorough presentation, highlighting his excellent staff and the high standard of care each patient receives at his clinic.
And to finish up, Chris Chaplow, president of Andalucia.com, gave a superb presentation on the early days of the internet and what its developed into today. He recommended a few books, “Outliers” by Malcom Gladwell of which I’ve read and good call Chris, its a brilliant book as is most of Gladwell’s other books, I’ll add “Blink” to that list.
He also recommended a book called “The Black Swan” by Nassim Taleb, I’ll be keeping an eye out for it.
The Nominees and Awards
Around 7.00 pm came the awards and our very own cloud mixer author Frank Knipschild and his company Quan Vision was nominated for the best company award, fair play Frank!
First prize went to Creative Web Advertising based in San Pedro and I’m sure I speak for all the team here at Cloudmixer, in saying a big, warm congratulations, well done Jackie and Juan!
So, all in all it turned out to be quiet an interesting evening, I’ll definitely be attending next year.
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Posted on 16 October 2009 by Peter Goulding
Peter is a multi-disciplined graphic designer, specializing in branding, editorial design and layout, user interface design, advertising and typography. He currently operates as Creative Director of a Media and Design company based in Southern Spain. If you were to ask Peter for some good design advice, more than likely he would repeat over and over again ¨Good design is in the small details¨. You can connect with Peter on Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin.
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