Fawn Annan is the President and Group Publisher of IT World Canada/IDG Canada, the largest global IT media company located in 87 countries. Its global brands such as CanadianCIO and Computing Canada are written with local views for global IT issues.
Have you ever been on hold with a company you do business with (or want to do business with) and heard a message like, “Did you know you can do almost all your
Published on: April 30th, 2021 Fawn Annan @fawnannan
In Amanda Palmer’s book, The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help, she talks about why people don’t like asking for help. Amanda references Brené Brown’s
Published on: April 30th, 2021 Fawn Annan @fawnannan
In 2014, researchers investigating antibiotic resistance at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem discovered that “bacteria can evolve within days.” Many people would be impressed with this speedy evolution. On the other hand, people
Published on: April 30th, 2021 Fawn Annan @fawnannan
I was happy to be involved in Strategic Marketing USA, a Reuters Event that drew a virtual crowd of or 5,000 to hear insights from some of our leading CMOs. As President and
Published on: November 13th, 2020 Fawn Annan @fawnannan
Heather Arthur, Vice President of Customer Care Operations at Rogers Communications, is not one to shy away from new experiences. In front of a standing-room-only group of Rogers employees, Heather presented her talk
Published on: May 15th, 2019 Fawn Annan @fawnannan
The 2016 mega-acquisition of EMC by Dell Technologies for $67 billion affected 145,000 employees and created the world's largest private IT vendor. Kevin Connolly was tapped to take on the president role of
Published on: March 27th, 2019 Fawn Annan @fawnannan
In the latest episode of our President to President interview series, Cogeco Peer 1 General Manager and Vice-President of Canada and APAC Jaime Leverton speaks about CP1's company culture and her strategy to
Published on: September 18th, 2018 Fawn Annan @fawnannan
Jonathan Spinks has built his business on helping large organizations, such as some of Australia's biggest banks, adapt to working in the cloud, running DevOps, and agile methodology. Now he's moving from 'Down
Published on: June 13th, 2018 Fawn Annan @fawnannan
ITWC President Fawn Annan gets to the point with Red Hat's general manager for Canada. Villeneuve speaks about building the open source technology firm in the country, the unique differences when dealing with
Published on: April 17th, 2018 Fawn Annan @fawnannan
ITWC President Fawn Annan hosts Eric Gales, country manager for AWS Canada. A pilot, underwater hockey enthusiast, and customer-obsessed leader, Gales shares his views on AI and how it's about to reshape the
Published on: April 5th, 2018 Fawn Annan @fawnannan
ITWC President Fawn Annan invites technology industry presidents to get straight to the point - in a game of darts. In this first episode, she toes the line with Canadian and President of
Published on: January 17th, 2018 Fawn Annan @fawnannan
In 2015, the Washington Post was the first news publisher to block content for people using ad blockers. The Post’s philosophy is that reading its content without a subscription while using ad blockers amounts
Published on: January 4th, 2018 Fawn Annan @fawnannan
On International Women's Day, we talk to five generations of women in the workforce about how they got started, the challenges they faced, and their aspirations for the future.
Published on: March 8th, 2017 Fawn Annan @fawnannan
At ITWC’s recent Technicity event held with the City of Toronto, I referenced research that suggested by 2020 three-quarters of the companies listed on the S&P 500 would be names that are unfamiliar
Published on: January 17th, 2017 Fawn Annan @fawnannan
At this year’s Gartner Marketing Conference there is a lot of talk about the forces driving change and the technologies to manage them. What first appears to be a summit for marketers is
Published on: May 19th, 2016 Fawn Annan @fawnannan
