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If you hadn’t heard Social Media Week will be back in beautiful blighty this September the 23-27th to be exact, you probably knew that already. Did you know that tomorrow, that’s right the 23rd of April event submission finally opens!

We are so excited to see your entries we could almost shout it from the rooftops! So guys if you haven’t already come up with some fantastic events what’s the hold-up? Get those thinking hats on and knock our socks off with your submissions.

Digital Shoreditch is back for its third year and looks to be the best yet, Digital Shoreditch is opening the doors of Tech City for a two-week digital wonderland, 20-31 May. 

Missed the early bird tickets? Don’t fret, we have a mighty tasty 25% discount to share.

The folks at Digital Shoreditch have given us this link to give you guys 25% off until the 29th of April, don’t miss out and grab a ticket now. 

Thinking Digital Conference have partnered with Sage to bring you their second annual Thinking Digital Start-Up Competition.

Up to ten companies will be shortlisted to give a 3 minute start-up pitch before a panel of expert industry judges and a 500+ audience on the 21st of May during the pre-conference activities of Thinking Digital.

You have until the 30th of April to enter. Apply here.

The Chinwag Psych event is coming up on May 9th and there’s a whole host of interesting presentations lined up with people who are going to speak their mind about your brain and business.

The outline for the event is of course Psychology, Neuroscience and Machine Learning. But what exactly do we mean when we throw these words out and what would the connection be to business? I think the real question you might ask is - why is this relevant to me?

Here’s a quick and dirty guide to get you thinking.

Putting Data to Work is a day long conference bringing some of smartest people from across the Big Data domain to Imperial College London and Big Data Week are offering 2 lucky Chinwag readers a chance to win a free ticket to the April 25th event.

The competition closes on April 22nd, so act quick! See below for entry details.

Big Data Week have also given us a discount code for Chinwag readers of 10% off.

Chinwag has rejoined Digital Shoreditch to bring you the biggest and best Careers Day so far, taking place on Friday 24th May. 

The aim is to find and fill roles within the digital industry.  Here's a scoop: news of the location and a preview of the first companies who will be exhibiting.

Get your free ticket here.

The Social Media Results Conference - on May 15th 2013 - offers proven strategies to win.

 Keep up with the smart players and see how 20 top brands are achieving real, measurable results from targeted social media marketing.

Two heads are better than one, or so the saying goes.

Chinwag Psych is hosting a conference on May 9th exposing the secrets of neuromarketing, big data and machine learning, leaving science fiction to the silver screen.

Nathalie Nahai - The Web Psychologist is speaking at Chinwag Psych she is also hosting a masterclass on April 17 with Jo James bringing you their expertise to optimise sales through your website.

We have partnered with Nathalie to offer all you Chinwaggers a special ticket for both events for just £499. Get them while they are hot.

Enterprising Music brought together entrepreneurs, start-ups and individuals eager to join the music business.

Waiting for the next business guru proclamation and 'perfect' new music business model may seem like a good plan but are you really just procrastinating?

When applying for the role of Head of Comms at FutureGov, I knew that the job posting would attract a lot of interest and high quality applications. Indeed, there ended up being several dozen people applying for the job.

I needed to make my application stand out.

Yes, I made sure to have a top notch CV, Covering Letter and References. But I wanted a little something extra to put my application on top of the pile.

There is an innate feeling in all of us to achieve progress, to advance, to solve problems. Emerging technologies have changed how we communicate and engage with the world.

We can now share our passions openly and across cultural and geographic boundaries.

One voice can ripple to millions.

Change is happening everywhere. Startups are disrupting entire industries and scaling their businesses globally. Tyranny, injustice and unethical behavior are being exposed. Groups are self-organizing to take positive action. Transparency, accountability, information sharing and collaboration are accelerating progress to levels never before seen.