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

[Barbara Krasnoff]

Sounds like a great book. I never actually met Pat McGovern, despite the
fact that I worked for IDG almost 10 years; because I was a "remote
employee" I was never present for his visits to the offices. I always
regretted that.
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Barbara Krasnoff
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On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 2:30 AM David Needle <davidneedle at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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,
>>
>>
>>
>> Great story about Pat.  I’d love to add it to our website where we’ve
>> asked folks to share stories and photos.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Glenn
>>
>>
>>
>> *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 ...
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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:
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>>
>>
>> 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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