March 2019

Conference costs

Posted on 2019-03-192019-02-28 by ajggeoger in Business, Conferences

I hope that this doesn't come across as a moan, because it isn't meant to. It's more of a query. Why is it that some conferences are so expensive? I'd really like to have attended the three events listed below, but their registration costs are prohibitive for independents and micro businesses (and probably many other … Continue reading Conference costs →

JNCC Business Associate

Posted on 2019-03-052019-02-28 by ajggeoger in Business, news

If you follow me on Twitter or LinkedIn then you might have seen a recent announcement that I have approached to become, and have been contracted as, a JNCC Business Associate. I am incredibly chuffed with this. Being a Business Associate makes it easier for micro-businesses and freelancers to work with the project teams at … Continue reading JNCC Business Associate →

Elevator pitch

Throughout the seven and a half years that I have been trading as Geoger, I have been thinking about, refining, re-thinking and worrying over what my elevator pitch is? In its simplest form, an elevator pitch is a succinct and persuasive sales pitch designed to help you portray your skills, knowledge, and credentials in a […]

BARSC Online Huddle VIII

This afternoon I chaired the BARSC Online Huddle VIII event. This, as you may be aware, is the pandemic-icised (yes, that’s now a thing!) version of the events that BARSC used to hold in person in London. The idea is to give the UK commercial remote sensing community, and anyone else who wants to learn […]

Thinking differently

I went for a run in Wytham Woods at the weekend. For those that don’t know, Wytham is the University of Oxford research woodland and there are a whole host of experiments set up in there linked to disciplines such as ecology, climatology, biogeography, biology, chemistry and others. As I passed on mature tree I […]