Carole Stone

Brainstormer, Connector, Idea generator, Journalist, Life mentor, Social entrepreneur

Carole joined the BBC as a copy typist and went on to produce Radio 4's flagship discussion programme 'Any Questions?' for many years. She left the BBC in 1990 and worked as a media consultant bringing together people from the worlds of politics, business, charities and the media to discuss issues of concern to us all. In 2007 Carole was invited by the online market research company YouGov to set up the opinion leader research company YouGovStone. In May Carole established TheStoneClub, part social, part business, once again bringing people together to debates matters of importance in this country and internationally. Carole has written two books on networking and is the patron of the mental health charities SANE and Triumph Over Phobia plus the Facial Surgery Research Foundation, Saving Faces.

Encouraging people to seize the moment and take life by the scruff of the neck. . Bringing people together from very different worlds to discuss social issues of concern to us all.

Establish a regular 'Salon' - same place, same time, same day for 4 - 6 weeks at a time, maximum 1.5 hours. This is an excellent way of inviting people you have only met once or twice to join you at a salon so that you can get to know the person better and introduce them to others that they might not otherwise have met. This 'meeting of minds' is essential to let innovative ideas be discussed without the necessity of formal planning of events.

Bumping into people I know but didn’t expect to meet at TED Global

Listening.