[Ipg-smz] The Pat McGovern book ...

[David Needle]

*"  it was in Beijing in '88 when he gave out gifts to 80 or so publishers
and editors, and offered a rhyme for each one, without any notes or
prompts." *

Great story. Wish there was a video of that.

* Yes, Glenn told me when interviewing past IDG employees, he had to listen
patiently to everyone's Christmas bonus story because everyone had one.
Could easily have been the whole book.

On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 7:33 AM Jaikumar Vijayan <jaikumar.vijayan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> During the 20 years I was at IDG the things I remember him for the most
> are his rainbow memos complimenting writers and staff about a job well done
> and his personally handing out bonuses and chatting with every single U.S.
> employee come Christmas. Made you feel like you were part of a big family.
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> Jai Vijayan
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> On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 8:58 AM, Steve Wexler <
> stevewexler.wordslingers at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Fascinating first chapter, and it helps explain one of his capabilities
>> which so impressed me when I first experienced it.
>> I had met him a few times when he set up and later visited IDC Canada,
>> and I eventually became part of the IDG family in the late '80s, but it was
>> in Beijing in '88 when he gave out gifts to 80 or so publishers and
>> editors, and offered a rhyme for each one, without any notes or prompts.
>> Really impressive, to go along with a lifetime of impressive achievements.
>> Thnx.
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>> On Tue, 18 Sep 2018 at 03:04, David Needle <davidneedle at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Future Forward, the business book on IDG's late founder and CEO Pat
>>> McGovern, just came out and author Glenn Rifkin is going on a book tour. I
>>> plan on seeing him when he's in the Bay Area next week (he's based in the
>>> Boston area).
>>>
>>> It looks like a great book from the excerpts I've seen, though I'm sure
>>> it doesn't hurt that Pat has a special connection to most anyone who worked
>>> at IDG.
>>>
>>> You can read an excerpt and see a brief video with Glenn and shots of
>>> Chairman Pat here:
>>>
>>> https://www.futureforwardbook.com/
>>> The short video is quite well done and the final frame at the end says
>>> it all - showing how Pat literally went the extra mile to make it a truly
>>> international company.
>>>
>>> * Glenn is hoping to get coverage for the book. If anyone is interested
>>> in speaking with him, feel free to connect with him at
>>> grifkin at comcast.net
>>>
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