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Keep taking the tablets

Spend an evening at the British Library networking and sipping cosmic cocktails and canapés with Thomas Jeffs, Chief Technology, of Lucidica as he predicts future technology trends.

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Date: 3 July 2013
Location: British Library Business & IP Centre, UK

Three Cheers for Careers!

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The Chinwag Careers Day at Digital Shoreditch is May 24th. That, people, is next week.

The agenda and workshops will be published soon, but let us introduce to you some more of the delightful companies looking for you to join them.

The location is the wonderful Modern Jago. Then we'd like you to meet three of the exhibitiors: Microsoft, BPS and Farfetch...

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Chinwag Psych - Reading Round-Up

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Bird Brain

The Chinwag Psych event is just around the corner. You can still get your ticket for May 9 if you are interested in learning about how psychology, machine learning and neuroscience might be helpful to your business.

If you are coming along, you can expect some great presentations from the line up of speakers who will be sharing their knowledge. So, what are you going to talk about in the coffee breaks?

We’ve been gathering a few news articles and further reading for you each week so that you will be right up to date about the topics involved. Consider it a conversational cheat sheet and a few interesting articles you might want to consider if you are not likely to be combing the web while you’re working on other things.

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SES London 2013: Keynotes from Twitter & Microsoft and Discount for Chinwag Readers

SES London

Europe’s leading digital marketing event hosts a stellar line-up of experts as they address the key challenges, opportunities and strategies for marketers.

Search Engine Watch and ClickZ, the 14th annual SES London event which takes place on 18-21 February at The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London. (Map)

SES London is Europe's leading digital marketing event, covering the latest trends and challenges facing the industry. The three day event helps you navigate the digital landscape with guidance from leading experts on Search, Social MediaDisplay, Mobile, Email and more.

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Inside the Digital Mission to DC #dm2dc

So we are back at the Chinwag towers after a great Digital Mission to Washington, and I’ve found myself reflecting on the goings on of the past week, who we met, what we saw, where we went and what we came away with. I think it is safe to say the trip was a huge success and we caused just the right amount of havoc.

I am going to try and fit in the weeks activities into one blog post…wish me luck.

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SMW London Round-up: The Future of Social Search

Social Media Week 2011 #SMWLDN - Microsoft Advertising & iSpy

Social Media Week London generated so much coverage that it's taken us a little while to pull together all the information. Our first review brings together the video, slides, pictures and coverage from The Future of Social Search hosted by i-Spy Marketing.

The event investigated how Search and Social fit together, influence one another and how Facebook Advertising will be the next big thing.

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Social Media Showcase: The Future of Social Search hosted by I Spy

The future of Social Search will be investigating how Search and Social Media fit together, influence one another and how Facebook Advertising will be the next big thing. Speakers will include I Spy’s CEO, Jim Brigden, Facebook and Microsoft.

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Date: 10 February 2011
Location: Microsoft Auditorium, UK

IAB/Microsoft Advertising Creative Showcase Awards

In the third Creative Showcase seminar of 2009, we will present the winners from September - November. We will also welcome a guest speaker from the offline world, discussing their own approach to creativity.

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Date: 9 December 2009
Location: The Soho Hotel, UK

2nd Annual BizSpark Christmas Networking Event

The purpose for the night is simple - an opportunity for you to network with fellow BizSparkers, and to continue to build on the sense of community we started to create during the UK BizSpark Summit, earlier this year in September.

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Date: 7 December 2009
Location: Vinopolis, UK

Microsoft launches WebsiteSpark

Microsoft WebsiteSpark Good news for web developers and designers, Microsoft have launched WebsiteSpark; a program that gives web developers and designers free use of Microsoft development tools, applications and server licenses, for up to 3 years. Read on to find out if you're eligible.

The WebsiteSpark program is the third in the Spark series, behind BizSpark and DreamSpark for students.

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UK BizSpark Summit

The aim of this event is to bring together the BizSpark community to provide access to key industry players and information to enable you to grow your business. There will be several content themes to anchor the day - funding, technology & operations and sales & marketing.

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Date: 28 September 2009
Location: Microsoft London, UK

On Cloud 9

Vista Squads Ray Booysen floats on his cloud into Oxford to talk about Windows Azure, without the aid of a safety net or a Hello World Sample. We'll also be having a nugget, some pizza and Swag - if we can find any!

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Date: 1 September 2009
Location: RM, UK

IAB/Microsoft Advertising Creative Showcase awards

In the third Creative Showcase seminar of 2008, we will present the winners from August - November.

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Date: 10 December 2008
Location: The Soho Hotel, UK

2008 Predict-a-thon

The relative peace of these first three days back in the office has given me far too many opportunities to procrastinate on the rather impressive email mountain that's appeared in my inbox over the holidays. In a further, and I'd like to think, rather productive attempt to put off tackling this I cast an email out to the sages of the uk-netmarketing list hunting for 2008 predictions for digital media, either those they'd found online or, if brave enough, any of their own.

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