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Irish born, educated at Blackrock College and University College Dublin, Rowan is the MD of Fortify Services, a boutique consulting firm with clients all over the English-speaking world. He is also the author of the best-selling careers book 'Where’s My Oasis,' 'The Ultimate CV' (Feb 2010) and of the leading blog Fortify Your Oasis. Rowan is also a Curator for TEDx events in Dublin.

Manahan worked extensively in the multinational environment and has amassed over 15 years’ experience consulting with and training executives across the spectrum of industry types. He makes his living providing straightforward, practicable solutions to work-related problems and the techniques he advocates have proven successful for clients operating at all levels of the organisation chart.

Rowan has written for the Irish Times, the Irish and Sunday Independent, Sunday Times, Sunday Business Post, Business Plus, Marketing and Cosmopolitan. He has worked extensively on RTE television and radio and serves as the Career Doctor on the Ryan Tubridy radio show. He also provides a weekly ‘column’ on Q102 and is a work issues expert for many local radio stations and online recruitment sites.

Location:
Ireland, Dublin
Gender:
Male
Areas of expertise:
Career Management, Presentation skills
I am:
Brainstormer, Business adviser, Change Agent, Consultant, Foodie, Idea generator, Writer/Editor
My website links:
Presentation Skills Blog, Career Management Blog, Company Website
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Good minds. Great music. Smelly cheese. Chop-sockey videos.

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    A comment on Conversation: Have you seen an ad worth spreading? Tell us about it!

    Dec 5 2011: What would you do if you walked into the movies with your partner and there were 148 Hells Angels occupying all but the last two seats in the cinema? Carlsberg did a superb 'get people talking' video in Belgium a while back.

    This one plays really cleverly on human perceptions and emotions. I hope you enjoy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pid0CIbGok&feature=youtu.be&a
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    A comment on Talk: Mikko Hypponen: Fighting viruses, defending the net

    Jul 19 2011: Superb presentation of a very important topic. Mikko's genius is not just that he understands, and can deconstruct, the tech behind these viruses; it's that he can make it entertaining, relevant and understandable to a non-tech audience.

  • A comment on Talk: Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos augmented-reality maps

    Feb 16 2010: Wonderful talk, as always, from Blaise. Well-deserved gasps and applause and I particularly liked the unashamed geek-laugh when his colleagues were waving at the camera from the market!

    We were lucky enough to have Blaise at our inaugural TEDx in Dublin - a major PhotoSynth update, highly recommended http://tinyurl.com/yhxdxas

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