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Conference Speakers Thomas Power, Chairman, Ecademy
Conference Speakers Thomas Power, Chairman, Ecademy
| Thomas Power, Chairman, Ecademy |
 Thomas is Chairman of Business Social Network Ecademy (http://www.ecademy.com) founded in February 1998 by his wife Penny Power and now with over 500,000 users in 234 countries. Ecademy serves the 100 million business people who work from home providing support, contacts, collaboration, opportunities and most importantly a safe environment for people to meet, talk and network. There are 500 face to face meetings a month worldwide.Thomas is involved at the heart of the changing way we do business in the 21st Century. He believes that networking will be THE key skill for business people in the 21st Century. He believes that, as more of the working populations of the Western economies become self employed, it will be a case of Network or Starve. Thomas, 44, has met over 25,000 people since 1982 and continues to hold 1,000 one-to-one meetings per year with new and existing contacts. His detailed memory allows him to connect people together based only on information learned in meetings and from Ecademy profiles. In late 2004, Thomas launched Life Membership of Ecademy for those members seeking accelerated networking. Instant trust from life membership has been crucial in building the club to 600 members in four years. Members pay a fee to join and access membership benefits. Thomas sees this form of chargeable club as the future for many large and small service businesses migrating from consulting labour based businesses to subscription models. Thomas wants Ecademy to provide wealth for its members. Emotional Wealth, he believes, comes first from who you are and what you stand for whilst Financial Wealth comes from what you do. As Thomas notes in his Ecademy profile, "we believe to achieve success in business, people should focus first on the emotional side of their lives and let the financial or transactional side reveal itself once the emotional side is securely in place. It is all about relationships first and transactions second. His down to earth speaking style and the wealth of content he has to call upon, make him a popular speaker. His combative and controversial style inspires his audiences to rethink their current strategies for marketing to include networking, even to place it at the forefront of their thinking. Thomas has written 6 books, A Friend in Every City his latest published by Ecademy Press in April 2006. It is written with his wife and business partner Penny and Ecademy Life Member Andy Coote. The Ecademy phenomenon is set to continue. “Very soon you will find an Ecademy friend in every city in the world you travel to. A real friend, an Ecademy friend, a tolerant friend, a peaceful friend, a friend who will point you in the right direction locally and perhaps even serve you some chardonnay too!” |
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