Nice to see my friend and fellow Business School London Alumni member Dewynters MD, Sarah Hall here on the cover with me…

Last time we met we were both speaking at the Business School’s Global Advantage Networking Event in Newcastle upon Tyne in March 2013.

Our next major alumni event in London will see 3 of our highest achieving alumni in an ‘open mic’ Q&A session on 24 October. If you are interested in attending and learning from their success stories or in joining any other alumni network events in the capital connect with us here:

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I  look forward to welcoming you to our events at the London Alumni Branch.

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Join the London Alumni Branch for networking in May…

Find out more on the Newcastle University Business School website here.

See you there!

Date: Thursday 9th May 2013
Time: 6.30pm for 7.00pm
Theme: Networking in the clouds (well, Sky Lounge at Doubletree by Hilton Hotel)
Venue: Sky Lounge (Doubletree by Hilton Hotel), 7 Pepys Street London, EC3N 4AF
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We look forward to welcoming you to the event, London Alumni Branch.

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Harvard social psychologist, Amy Cuddy with her acclaimed TED talk on “How Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are.”

A thoughtful, insightful, instructive and, at times, moving 20 minutes introduction to the proven benefits of “Power Posing”.

You’ll learn that, “Non verbals actually govern how we think and feel about ourselves”. Now that is a critical learning. It means you can ‘act’ and ‘be’ your way to performance and achieving better results than today, even future greatness.

You see, according to Cuddy et al, feelings and behaviour go both ways. So you can pretend and feel it. We know that our minds change our bodies. But it’s also true that our bodies can change our minds. It works with smiling and happiness. It can also work with power posing and power.

Find out the full detail in the academic paper from Cuddy et al here.

Jeffrey Hyman - Founder of the Food & Drink Innovation Network

“Co-Creation” is something of a buzz in the world of NPD right now. But what is it all about? And how can you make sure you are maximising its benefits while avoiding its less well publicised pitfalls? My friend Jeffrey Hyman, is helping us to find out…

Join the interactive Co-Creation Experiment here.

One way to find out is to get involved with a neat free experiment set up by The Food & Drink Innovation Network (FDIN). The FDIN is the UK’s Best Practice Club for Food & Beverage NPD; a place where those from all areas of the industry can meet, talk, share and learn.

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Sam Waterfall speaking at World Juice 12, Barcelona, Spain

On Tuesday 17 October I was speaking in the NPD Stream at the FoodNews World Juice 2012 Event. Following an excellent opening keynote presentation by Zico Founder Mark Rampolla and a series of discussion style interviews, the 400+ attendees made their way to a number of focused streams for the afternoon learning.

I was speaking in the New Product Development (NPD) stream alongside Datamonitor on Global Juice Beverage Trends and talks on Sustainability. My topic was “How to Push Brand Value”.

The morning’s discussions highlighted the industry’s concerns over commoditisation, the threat of the ‘high in natural sugar’ story and the difficulty faced by those trying to add meaningful consumer value to the category. [..]