Nicole Simon

Current

Author at Mit 140 Zeichen
Founder at Girl Geek Dinner Germany
Owner at cruel to be kind

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Past

Editor Germany at blognation.com
Controlling support at Dräger Medical Deutschland GmbH
Consulting and Training at Freelancer

IT-Coordinator at Drägerwerk AG

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Education

Wirtschaftsakademie Lübeck

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Management Consulting

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Nicole Simon’s Summary

I am the main author of the German book on Twitter, released in December 2008; named "Twitter - Mit 140 Zeichen zum Web 2.0".

For a second edition I will be looking especially for usage in Enterprise / Corporate Environment aka inside the firewall, not limited to Twitter, but also other kind of microblogging solutions. Ping me if you have use cases / best practise examples: neezee@gmail.com or @nicolesimon.

Besides my interest in microblogging I am most known for "being cruel to be kind": honest and constructive feedback with a talent for finding the weak spots. This works especially well for companies trying to pitch or improve their products, and individuals trying to advance in their career.

Also experienced in helping others understand modern technology and improve their business / daily lives through it.

Background:
Deep knowledge of modern technologies in projects and applications such as blogs, microblogging, podcasts, communities and Second Life; from specs to production.

Involved in consulting and training around new technology since early 90s. Combining an enterprise background with being a digital bohème.

Often heard compliments from clients:
"Hmmm, never thought of that" or "Wow, never saw it that way".
"Thanks! Finally I am able to understand this!"

I am open for speaking engagements as well as workshops plus mentor roles / advisory boards. I look especially for European exchange.

additionally
Co-Moderator of Global Business Women on xing (over 14K members)

Nicole Simon’s Specialties:

Deep knowledge of social media and how to apply it, alpha and beta-testing applications and websites, as well as checking concepts and presentations for logical and conceptual errors, ease of use and more.

Quick comprehension and 'revenue' improving suggestions.

Explaining technical concepts and tools (especially social software) in every day language.

pre / post conference podcasts for several international conferences

well connected in the european / german sphere.

Nicole Simon’s Experience

Author

Mit 140 Zeichen

(Management Consulting industry)

2008 — Present (1 year )

Book will be released in December 2008 and accompanied by articles, interviews, links and more on http://mit140zeichen.de.
Founder

Girl Geek Dinner Germany

(Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)

Girl Geek Dinner Germany is a series of events hosted throughout Germany to encourage men and women find out how it would be if there is a 50/50 split. Despite the name they are not just for women or a dinner, but a get together of likeminded people - with the twist that men only can attend if invited by a women.
Owner

cruel to be kind

(Management Consulting industry)

September 2005 — Present (4 years 4 months)

* Business sparring partner
Analytic and strategic feedback on your business and ideas.

* Consulting / Training on new + social media
I will help you understand these new media tools and their impact on your business, as well as help launch your commercial or private endeavors.

* Technology Implementation Analyst
Alpha and beta testing new applications / products / concepts from a strategic point of view.
Editor Germany

blognation.com

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

July 2007 — December 2007 (6 months)

Writing about web 2.0 startups from Germany.
Controlling support

Dräger Medical Deutschland GmbH

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Medical Devices industry)

August 1997 — May 2006 (8 years 10 months)

Sales & Service subsidary of Drägerwerk, since 2001 focus solely on the service department.

Managing the technical side of all decentralized controlling reports (designing, implementing and running).

Experience especially with SAP R3, Excel and OLAP tools.

Main achievement: streamlining everything into a managable, consistent decentralized reporting for all recepients.
Consulting and Training

Freelancer

(Professional Training & Coaching industry)

1998 — August 2005 (7 years )

Consulting and Training on Marketing and IT, help my customers sell.

Customers mostly small biz, who want to start their business and want to what this Internet is and how they can use it / use tools like Office.

In the process of talking with customers about what they want to do with their website I naturally have become a streamliner and facilitator for business concepts / ideas.

(Still doing it from time to time, but focus for the future is the work I want to do with social media)
IT-Coordinator

Drägerwerk AG

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Medical Devices industry)

October 1994 — July 1997 (2 years 10 months)

Global IT department for the Medical branch, 1-3 level support for applications, especially MS Office

Nicole Simon’s Education

Wirtschaftsakademie Lübeck

Commercial information technology August 1991 — September 1994

Combined study / apprenticeship with Drägerwerk AG, degree as "Wirtschaftsinformatikerin (BA)" (no, that is not a bachalor)