Great news today if you have ever been caught out with online video you wanted to upload to YouTube and were restricted from doing so as it just went over the 10 minutes maximum recording time.

Today YouTube have announced that they have increased their upload length of online videos to 15 minutes for non-partner channels.

As part of this extended service they are also encouraging us to submit video's to represent your legacy with their “15 minutes of fame” programme. So what would you communicate to the world if you have 15 minutes on centre stage?

You need to tag your video with “yt15minutes,” and upload it by 4 August 2010 and YouTube will be selecting a handful to feature them on the YouTube home page.

If like me you have previously uploaded a video that exceeded 10 minutes and it is less than 15 minutes in length you will need to delete that video before you upload it again.

So despite some sources telling us we should keep our online video's short, clearly YouTube know that the 10 minutes was a limiting factor to online video producers. But of course we need to have engaging content if we want to ensure that people sick with us to the end of our online video production.

Photo credit Robert S Donovan on Flickr

A great infographic from the BBC about the changing numbers of people engaging in social networks across the globe.

The data is provided by Nielsen as at June 2010.

You will see the growth in LinkedIn which now has over 70 million business people on their site - no where as big as Facebook but certainly a network that is of interest especially if you are a B2B marketer.

Want to learn more about how to use social networks as part of your marketing plan you can access my free webinars:

- about Facebook and Facebook advertising for business

- about LinkedIn for business 

P.S. make sure that you leave a valid email address when you check out the LinkedIn webinar so that you can access a discount off my forthcoming 4 week programme starting the 9 August 2010 called “LinkedIn for Business Leads and Profits”. The discount is valid until the 31 July 2010

I recently had the opportunity to meet Noelle O Connell of the Trainers Learning Skillnet who shared with me the details of some workshops taking place in October to equip trainers to deliver programmes through elearning.

I've created and delivered programmes through elearning platforms for over 15 years but today the tools are so much more accessible and lower in cost.

In addition, many businesses are much more open to elearning as a way of delivering training and continuous development for their organisation where people are located across the globe and to manage training overheads which are always under pressure especially in times of economic challenge.

Places now available on the Trainers Learning Skillnets programmes in Dublin and Limerick called Web 2.0 E-learning for Trainers.

The programmes are for trainers who wish to use new technology platforms and E-learning tools in their training design, delivery, evaluation and promotion.

This 4 day course has been specifically developed and tailored to the needs of those involved in the design, delivery, evaluation and for the promotion of training courses/materials/content.

The programme will be practical so that you work on their own content as part of the course so that you immediately commence work on converting some of your course material to the online environment during the course time.

Overview of Modules

Module 1 - An overview of Pedagogical Approaches and E-learning Perspectives

Module 2 - Web 2.0 features of the Moodle VLE platform

Module 3 - Authoring Tools

Module 4 - Adapting existing content to Web 2.0

Module 5 - Facilitating communication and e-assessment

Module 6 - Using Social Media Tools for Promotion.

Course Location: Limerick City

Dates: Tuesday 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th September 2010

Course Location: Dublin

Dates: Tuesday 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th October 2010

Course Fees: Trainers' Learning Skillnet member companies: EUR750 per partipants/Non member companies: EUR1000 per participant

Find more details and register your place online.

Are you planning a capital investment in your business this year?

Then you might want to check out the Accelerated Capital Allowance scheme, administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) which enables companies to buy energy efficient equipment and write off its full cost against corporation tax in the year of purchase.

One company who recently benefited from it the scheme is keepITsafe who purchased €80,000 of energy efficient servers, reducing their annual data centre running costs by 30%.

Pictured above is Eamon Ryan TD, Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Eoin Blacklock, Managing Director, keepITsafe.

Find out more about the Accelerated Capital Allowance scheme online here.

Are the readers of Irish Tatler your ideal audience? Would you like the opportunity to place an advert in Irish Tatler at no cost?

I've just been speaking with the Irish Tatler team as a result of a notification I received as part of my role on of Ireland's European Network of Female Entrepreneurship Ambassadors.

Irish Tatler is making available FREE advertising in their September issue for any female entrepreneurs based in the Dublin City area.

All you need do is submit a two line advert about your business, providing your contact details and a high resolution logo.

So here is the formula:

1. Name of your business

2. Two sentences of compelling line of copy about what product or service you offer

3. Provide your contact details e.g. your phone number, you web address or your Facebook Page URL.

4. Send the above three pieces of copy with a high resolution logo to Rachael Ryan (rachael.ryan40@gmail.com) - submissions should be with her by Friday 30 July 2010.

Rachael has promised to let me know when this offer becomes available to different locations across the country - they have already featured female entrepreneurs in the Fingal and Dun Laoghaire Rathdown areas.

QUICK TIP

Want to track the impact of your ad? Why not include in your two sentences an offer for a special report, free consultation or a discount and ask people to quote a unique code? Perhaps in your web address refer to a unique landing page especially for the Irish Tatler readers - then track and measure your ad placement.

Find Irish Tatler on Facebook.

Invest Ireland is an exciting new conference which aims to connect Venture and Angel investors with Ireland’s most promising Entrepreneurial ventures and the event will be held at the DCU Ryan Academy in Citywest from 28 – 30 September 2010.

Through Invest Ireland, the Ryan Academy together with Arizona State University this is an exciting event and will bring together US and Irish investors to Ireland to engage with entrepreneurs from all parts of Ireland.

The event will facilitate the connecting of sources of investment capital with emerging growth businesses, start-ups, and university technologies.

US Investors will be identified by Arizona State University and Irish Investors in collaboration with the Irish Venture Capital Association (IVCA) and InterTrade Ireland.

Investor ready businesses in ICT and Life Sciences will be identified through Enterprise Ireland, Invest NI, universities, sponsors, venture capital associations and open competition.

You can download a PDF presentation about InvestIreland.ie here

The Invest Ireland schedule is here.