national portuguese marketing association presentation
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How F+*kedcan PORTUGAL Be? Michael DaCosta Babb
Who are you?
My dinner party one-liner...
“I help to build and maintain creative and innovative projects. My philosophy is to do excellent work with the best people, have fun and to make enough money to carry on doing the above...”
I am meta-connectedwith an International network built up over a twenty year period
“Passion is the basis for all success: within a professional or personal context.”
PAUSE
PORTUGAL IS FUCKED…
• IMF
• UNEMPLOYMENT
• ZERO GROWTH
• SPAIN EFFECT
PAUSE
SOLUTION?
?
PEOPLE!
NEW PORTUGAL
STRATEGIC PLAN
• SEXY• CONFIDENT• LOUDER• SUCCESFUL
• HARDWARE• SOFTWARE• ORGWARE
+ADAPTABLE POPULATION+SMALL SCALE+QUALITY OF LIFE…+CULTURE
+RELATIVELY SAFE+BEACHES+FOOTBALL (SOMETIMES+BEAUTIFUL CITIES
PAUSE
FLORIDA’S
3RD T=TOLERANCE
ACTION PLAN
1. LEARNING\EDUCATION\SKILLS…
2. AFRICA
3.TALENT FLOW
Media
Creative
BusinessesLocal
Government
Academia
Creative Industries Flow?
PAUSE
"So make no mistake: Our future is on the line. The nation that out-educates us today is going to out-compete us tomorrow.” Pres Obama
How F+*kedcan PORTUGAL Be? Michael DaCosta Babb
…BEFORE THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY TAKES ACTION?