Here’s the presentation I gave yesterday at the Africa Gathering event at Birkbeck College, London. The audio was added retrospectively. The ‘Live’ version was a lot more fun! But all the facts are here. The videos and audio mentioned in the presentation are here:
- Frontline video
- What Bob Geldof thinks of the ColaLife idea
- What Dame Barbara Stocking, CEO of Oxfam, thinks of the ColaLife idea
- Initial iPM feature
- ‘Best of year’ iPM feature
Big thanks are due to Ed Scotcher and friends for organising a great day and for inviting ColaLife.
*STOP PRESS*
An hour or so after this presentation, Coca-Cola confirmed their commitment to trials on the BBC’s iPM programme on Radio 4. You can listen again here.
PROGRESS REPORTS
The latest timeline (progress report) is always here.
ADDENDUM: 30/6/09
Here is a video of the African Gathering presentation. After a bit of a flaky start with the technology it’s OK! Thanks to Mark Simpkins for uploading this.
Simon Berry at Africa Gathering, London 2009 from Mark Simpkins on Vimeo.
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