{{Short description|British author and businesswoman (1901 – 1991)}} {{for|the children's consumer magazine|Zillions (magazine)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
'''Penny Power''' OBE (born 1964) is a British author and speaker.
In 1998, she founded Ecademy with her husband Thomas Power and CEO Glenn Watkins with the aim of helping business people achieve success through online tools, community and friendship.<ref>'Ecademy's new ground'. Penny Power, 10 July 2008, Inside knowledge, Volume 11 Issue, pp 18-21</ref><ref>'Power to the people' May 2009 Institute of Internal Communication 60th anniversary book p53</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/dlo.2011.08125baf.001/full/html |title=Interview with Penny Power, founder of Ecademy |journal=Development and Learning in Organizations: An International Journal |publisher=Development and Learning in Organizations |date=2011 |volume=25 |issue=2 |doi=10.1108/dlo.2011.08125baf.001 |access-date=2026-05-19}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|author1=Creozon |title=PlanetTech interviews Penny Power OBE, social networking pioneer|url=http://www.planettechnews.com/interviews/planettech-interviews-penny-power-obe-social-networking-pioneer-on-the-future-of-social-media|publisher=PlanetTech News|accessdate=6 May 2015}}</ref> As of May 2011, shortly before its demise, the Ecademy community had 3011 paying members, although Power claims a membership of 650,000.{{Cn|date=May 2025}} In 2012, Ecademy was acquired by SunZu, owned by Lyndon Wood.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kennedy |first=John |date=2013-04-29 |title=New social network for businesses SunZu plans 1m members by end of 2013 |url=http://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/item/32473-new-social-network-for/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006231026/http://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/item/32473-new-social-network-for/ |archive-date=6 October 2014 |access-date=2025-05-11 |work=Silicon Republic |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref>
Penny Power published a book in August 2009, titled ''Know Me, Like Me, Follow Me: What Online Social Networking Means for You and Your Business''.<ref>Know Me, Like Me, Follow Me: What Online Social Networking Means for You and Your Business, Penny Power, 1 October 2009, published by Headline Book Publishing, {{ISBN|978-0-7553-1951-0}}.</ref>
She subsequently published ''Business is Personal''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Business is Personal |author=Power, Penny |publisher=Hay House}}</ref>
==Honours== Power was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to entrepreneurship in social and digital development.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=60728|supp=y|page=13|date=31 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-new-years-honours-2014 |title=The New Year's Honours 2014 |publisher=HM Government |date=2013-12-31 |access-date=2026-05-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_New_Year_Honours |title=2014 New Year Honours |publisher=Wikipedia}}</ref>
== See also ==
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== External links == * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080305042513/http://www.ecademy.com/ www.ecademy.com ]}} * [http://www.pennypower.co.uk www.pennypower.co.uk ]
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