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

[David Needle]

Glenn you lurker! I didn't even know you were a member of IPG. Great.

On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 5:18 PM Glenn Rifkin <grifkin at comcast.net> wrote:

> Thanks Steve,
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> Great story about Pat.  I’d love to add it to our website where we’ve
> asked folks to share stories and photos.
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> Best
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> Glenn
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> *From:* Steve Wexler [mailto:stevewexler.wordslingers at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 18, 2018 9:59 AM
> *To:* ipg-smz at netpress.org
> *Cc:* grifkin at comcast.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Ipg-smz] The Pat McGovern book ...
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> Fascinating first chapter, and it helps explain one of his capabilities
> which so impressed me when I first experienced it.
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> 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.
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> Thnx.
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> On Tue, 18 Sep 2018 at 03:04, David Needle <davidneedle at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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).
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> 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.
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> You can read an excerpt and see a brief video with Glenn and shots of
> Chairman Pat here:
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> https://www.futureforwardbook.com/
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> 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.
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> * 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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