European Social Media specialist, business sparring partner
Germany
- Current
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- Organizer at Girl Geek Dinners Germany
- Owner at cruel to be kind (Sole Proprietorship)
- Past
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- Editor Germany at blognation.com
- Controlling support at Dräger Medical Deutschland GmbH
- Consulting and Training at Freelancer
- IT-Coordinator at Drägerwerk AG
- Education
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- Wirtschaftsakademie Lübeck
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Nicole Simon’s Summary
Most know 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, 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 teaching opportunities plus mentor roles / advisory boards. I look especially for European exchange.
additionally
Co-Moderator of Global Business Women on xing (over 11K 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
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Organizer
Girl Geek Dinners Germany
(Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2007 — Present (11 months)
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Owner
cruel to be kind (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Management Consulting industry)
September 2005 — Present (2 years 11 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.
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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.
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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
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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)
Additional Information
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Nicole Simon’s Interests:
podcasting, blogging, communities, second life, internet technology, usability, RSS, barcamp, open source,
Nicole Simon’s Groups:
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Girl Geek Dinners member
Nicole Simon’s Contact Settings
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