About

Passionate About Asking Questions

Your Biography is owned and managed by Neil Foley. A significant part of Neil’s career has been involved with listening and asking questions.

Chartered Information Professional

He is a past Editor of ICLG News, the newsletter of the Industrial & Commercial Libraries Group of the Chartered Institute of Library & Information Professionals (CILIP), circulated to a national / international membership of 2100, embracing organisations in the fields of: Aerospace/Defence,  Banking/Finance, Commerce,  Consultancy,  Energy,  Health,  Legal,  Manufacturing,  Media,  Pharmaceuticals,  Public Sector and Telecommunications. Until recently, Neil maintained his own blog focusing on Knowledge Management. Neil is a Chartered member of CILIP,  highly experienced in conducting online business research.

With over twenty years’ experience, Neil has interviewed a broad range of people – people seeking information in libraries and private clients from his research consultancy, together with a range of consultation on information projects. You can read testimonials from earlier in Neil’s career.

Neil is also a past  President of North Cheshire Speakers’ Club which has informed his ability in knowing how to structure speech content, whether speaking or editing; knowing where to make the cuts.

Earlier in his career, as a broadcaster, Neil interviewed a broad range of people (studio and location) from politicians to theatre directors and many others including a diverse range of businesses. Ironically, it was Neil’s time as a broadcaster that led to him pursuing a career as a librarian (or information professional) as he became very interested in the business of research and gathering information in preparation for interviews; a path which has led to the setting-up of Your Biography.

Cumulatively, drawing upon my wide-ranging networking - employed, voluntary experience and self-employed background, I have found networking with a broad range of people to be valuable for the sharing of information, on the basis of asking lots of questions – Who? Why? What? When? Where? How? - and listening closely to the answers.