Personally I think Aaron Bogucki nails the definition of a fan by saying “A fan is someone that finds something so inspirational that they alter their lifestyle to support it”

An important takeaway is that big brands need to respect that for someone to be a real fan and possible advocate, they need to do so freely and without pressure or coercion.

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To send your own gentle reminder here

And I’m not the only one to think this could be useful, Katie McCruddy, a Myasthenia Gravis sufferer, has kept a detailed diary of her condition from the age of 13, but she is also an interactive designer, so when she was faced with explaining her condition and history to a new physician she thought visualisations would help get the details across quickly and effectively.

To see how effective it was see these posts The Timeline & The Consultation

Something you probably don’t know about me, is that I’m fascinated by the human brain (more neurally than physically), so I was pleased to discover that an exhibition about them opened yesterday. So if you fancy looking at pickled brains in jars head over to the London Wellcome Collection

Wellcome Collection exhibition details

If the poster recognises you as a woman (90% success rate), then it displays a video highlighting how women around the world are denied choices based solely on their gender, with a call to action to become engaged in the plan. If it believes you’re a guy, you’re not shown the advert but instead presented statistics on the problem, turning the table and driving home the message that as a man you’ve now experienced what it’s like to have your freedom of choice taken away purely down to your gender.

Neat idea that should garner plenty of press coverage and undoubtedly get a few people hot under the collar, but that’s a good thing!

more info:
Plan uk
Choices for Girls

Have a smart phone?
Use it to surf the web?
Use O2?
Would you be annoyed to discover they were passing on your phone number to every site you visit when using your mobile phone?

Then get annoyed, because that’s exactly what they do!

Below is my mobile screenshot when I tested it, you can try it out for yourself here http://lew.io/headers.php

Discovered by @lewispeckover

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thanks to Unionversity for posting this first