Overview
Deborah Collier M.Sc. FRSA is an internationally known futurist, strategic, creative education and business leader, specialising in strategy, digital, digital philosophy and humanity, content, information and audience engagement. President & founder of industry’s global ‘Digital Skills Authority‘, she is also an Executive Producer in Film / TV, and is on the board of directors of a leading UK government backed skills and apprenticeships organisation. Listed 2016 in a publication's ‘Top 100 Most Influential Chief Marketing Officers in the World’, then also teaching, advising and writing about digital strategy, marketing & digital business, she had an article newsletter subscriber readership of over 200,000 leaders and professionals in industry, governments and academia internationally. She was recently awarded fellowship of the Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.
Of Historial Interest - 2007 - 2012 Archive Press Coverage
E-Business Evolution White Paper (PDF 542KB) (Contributor: White paper featuring articles from leaders at John Lewis, J.P. Morgan, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Cancer Research UK and Linden Labs) - The paper and elements in the paper were featured in Telegraph Business Club, IBM Future Focus, and MarketingWeek.
Which? Magazine
Group Buying - Does purchasing via Group Buying Sites drive pricing down? (PDF 350KB)
Childrenswear Buyer magazine (RAS Publishing)
Opinion - Going from Online to Multi-Channel Retailer (PDF 92KB)
RBS/Natwest Bank Customer Magazine - Business Sense Magazine
What you can learn about your clients from social media? (PDF 201KB)
Fashion Extras (FE Magazine) and Lingerie Buyers Magazine
A Royal Pain for Retailers (PDF 194KB)
MarketingWeek
This Time Its Very Personal - Personalisation and E-tailing
Internet Retailing Special Report - The Multi-Channel Customer
'We're Shopping' pg 18-21- ( PDF 3.24MB)
ChannelPro
Manufacturers snubbing retailers in favour of direct sales
PCPro /Alphr
Can newspapers make their online content pay?
Retail Technology Review
Price wars force manufacturers to snub retailers in favour Of direct sales
New Media Age Magazine
Madam Music (A web site produced by Deborah in 2007) Web Site Review Awarded 24/25 for Branding by NMA
Media List 2007 - 2020
Channel 4 News
Bloomberg
IBM Future Focus
Telegraph Newspaper
Telegraph Business Club
MarketingWeek
RBS/Natwest Bank Magazine
PC Pro
Channel Pro
InternetRetailing Magazine
Which? Magazine
Marlow FM Radio
Fashion Extras
Childrens Wear Buyer Magazine
Speciality Food Magazine
Retail Bulletin
My Customer
IBM Future Focus
American Banking and Market News
International Business Times (Canada Edition)
IT Wales
AllBusiness
NetImperative
...and more
Columnist 2009 - 2010
Deborah was a regular columnist for 'Start Your Business Magazine' in 2009-2010, as a strategy and digital business expert, and wrote articles for the Telegraph Business Club, Entrepreneur Magazine.
Samples:
Online Tactics in a Recession (PDF 330KB)