London Zoo is the world’s oldest scientific zoo, and it’s been open to the public since 1847. However, though 2015 saw a small uplift in visitor numbers, the zoo saw itself slip in the rankings in Visit England’s Annual Visitor Attractions survey last year.
So we got our heads together to try and come up with some ideas that could enhance the experience of visiting the zoo, to boost repeat visits as well as driving more customer recommendations.
London Zoo is the world’s oldest scientific zoo, and it’s been open to the public since 1847. However, though 2015 saw a small uplift in visitor numbers, the zoo saw itself slip in the rankings in Visit England’s Annual Visitor Attractions survey last year.
So we got our heads together to try and come up with some ideas that could enhance the experience of visiting the zoo, to boost repeat visits as well as driving more customer recommendations.
Navigating Uncertainty when Launching New Ideashopperomatic
Developing innovative products involves confronting a dizzying amount of uncertainty. Here's a talk from Thomson Reuter's Knowledge Worker Series from 1/21/15 on how to best navigate that uncertainty. Lessons gleaned from prod dev at NPR and through dozens of Techstars startups. More here: http://keithhopper.com/uncertainty
BioBankCloud: Machine Learning on Genomics + GA4GH @ Med at ScaleAndy Petrella
A talk given at the BioBankCloud conference in Feb 2015 about distributed computing in the contexts of genomics and health.
In this one, we exposed what results we obtained exploring the 1000genomes data using ADAM, followed by an introduction to our scalable GA4GH server implementation built using ADAM, Apache Spark and Play Framework 2.
Our changing state: the realities of austerity and devolutionBrowne Jacobson LLP
One year on from our first roundtable and follow up report ‘The Path to Greater Regional Devolution’, the ‘devolution revolution’ has moved on considerably. Since February 2015 we have seen the Government’s Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill receive Royal Assent, a national programme of area-based reviews of post 16 education and training as part of the Government’s ‘skills devolution’ agenda and the announcement that Cornwall is to become the first rural authority in England to agree a devolution deal.
This period of unprecedented change raises a series of complex challenges, risks and concerns that demand further consideration, discussion and debate. Since the May 2015 General Election devolution deals with more than seven areas have been agreed so will local government structures become more confusing after devolution? What effect will this have on accountability? What conflicts will there be between the new combined authorities and existing local authority arrangements? What lessons can we learn from Welsh devolution? The Government has expressed a desire for greater fiscal devolution but is this realistic?
Chaired by Sir Paul Jenkins, the former Treasury Solicitor, our second roundtable on devolution discussed these issues and many more with local and central government leaders, policy influencers and stakeholders including Centre for Cities, Department for Transport, Grant Thornton, Lawyers in Local Government, LGiU, Local Government Ombudsman, Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue, Staffordshire County Council, The Department for Communities and Local Government, The Financial Times, The National Forest Company and The Welsh Government.
Our second report, Our Changing State: the Realities of Austerity and Devolution, summarises the key themes and thoughts that emerged from the roundtable and proposes a series of recommendations for further discussion and consideration by both local authorities and other key stakeholders as the country continues along the path towards even greater regional devolution.
https://www.brownejacobson.com/training-and-resources/resources/legal-updates/2016/04/the-realities-of-austerity-and-devolution
Copywriter Liz Painter explains what you can do to improve your website and how that can lead to winning more clients. She talks through some of the most common mistakes business owners make on their websites and explain why it’s vitally important to create web copy that’s tailored to your target market.
In 2014, more users will access the web on mobile devices (smartphones + tablets) than with 'desktop' machines — we need to start considering mobile users not as A channel, but THE key channel in building a successful web campaign.
Understanding the Big Picture of e-ScienceAndrew Sallans
A. Sallans. "Understanding the Big Picture of e-Science." Presented at the 2011 eScience Bootcamp at the University of Virginia's Claude Moore Health Sciences Library. 4 March 2011
Navigating Uncertainty when Launching New Ideashopperomatic
Developing innovative products involves confronting a dizzying amount of uncertainty. Here's a talk from Thomson Reuter's Knowledge Worker Series from 1/21/15 on how to best navigate that uncertainty. Lessons gleaned from prod dev at NPR and through dozens of Techstars startups. More here: http://keithhopper.com/uncertainty
BioBankCloud: Machine Learning on Genomics + GA4GH @ Med at ScaleAndy Petrella
A talk given at the BioBankCloud conference in Feb 2015 about distributed computing in the contexts of genomics and health.
In this one, we exposed what results we obtained exploring the 1000genomes data using ADAM, followed by an introduction to our scalable GA4GH server implementation built using ADAM, Apache Spark and Play Framework 2.
Our changing state: the realities of austerity and devolutionBrowne Jacobson LLP
One year on from our first roundtable and follow up report ‘The Path to Greater Regional Devolution’, the ‘devolution revolution’ has moved on considerably. Since February 2015 we have seen the Government’s Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill receive Royal Assent, a national programme of area-based reviews of post 16 education and training as part of the Government’s ‘skills devolution’ agenda and the announcement that Cornwall is to become the first rural authority in England to agree a devolution deal.
This period of unprecedented change raises a series of complex challenges, risks and concerns that demand further consideration, discussion and debate. Since the May 2015 General Election devolution deals with more than seven areas have been agreed so will local government structures become more confusing after devolution? What effect will this have on accountability? What conflicts will there be between the new combined authorities and existing local authority arrangements? What lessons can we learn from Welsh devolution? The Government has expressed a desire for greater fiscal devolution but is this realistic?
Chaired by Sir Paul Jenkins, the former Treasury Solicitor, our second roundtable on devolution discussed these issues and many more with local and central government leaders, policy influencers and stakeholders including Centre for Cities, Department for Transport, Grant Thornton, Lawyers in Local Government, LGiU, Local Government Ombudsman, Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue, Staffordshire County Council, The Department for Communities and Local Government, The Financial Times, The National Forest Company and The Welsh Government.
Our second report, Our Changing State: the Realities of Austerity and Devolution, summarises the key themes and thoughts that emerged from the roundtable and proposes a series of recommendations for further discussion and consideration by both local authorities and other key stakeholders as the country continues along the path towards even greater regional devolution.
https://www.brownejacobson.com/training-and-resources/resources/legal-updates/2016/04/the-realities-of-austerity-and-devolution
Copywriter Liz Painter explains what you can do to improve your website and how that can lead to winning more clients. She talks through some of the most common mistakes business owners make on their websites and explain why it’s vitally important to create web copy that’s tailored to your target market.
In 2014, more users will access the web on mobile devices (smartphones + tablets) than with 'desktop' machines — we need to start considering mobile users not as A channel, but THE key channel in building a successful web campaign.
Understanding the Big Picture of e-ScienceAndrew Sallans
A. Sallans. "Understanding the Big Picture of e-Science." Presented at the 2011 eScience Bootcamp at the University of Virginia's Claude Moore Health Sciences Library. 4 March 2011