business & innovation

5 Oct. London: Michael Blakey (investor) teaches entrepreneurs on Funding!

Learn the Funding do's & dont's from Michael Blakey (informal) and Charles Delingpole (serial entrepreneur). Tips & tricks from the best in the field and meet with other entrepreneurs, legal advisors and informals. Send me an email, and I will put you on the list for free! www.efactor.com/fundingviews

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Date: 5 October 2011
Location: Regus: Broadgate Tower Conferencing, UK

We Are Social Join Faceook, M&S, Nandos, Conversocial and Capgemini to Complete Social CRM Panel Line-up

Chinwag Live returns next week, and we have a right treat in store for you. Not only do we have Facebook, Nando's, ConversocialMarks & Spencer and Capgemini on the panel, we are very excited to announce that Robin Grant, Managing Director of We Are Social is joining us to complete the high profile line up.

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Silicon Milkroundabout

The fast-paced growth of the British tech community has led to a wave of new jobs. Through the Silicon Milkroundabout job fair, brainchild of London-based start-up Songkick, more than 100 UK start-ups will come together on the 30th October to address the problem and offer over 500 jobs to attendees in a single day.

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Date: 30 October 2011
Location: Truman Brewery, UK

Simon Says: Foursquare is the Best Platform for Small Businesses

If you own a physical location for your business there’s a large number of options available to you to drum up new business; Groupon and Foursquare are two that spring to everybody’s mind. But I don’t think anyone should be recommending daily deals.

In my eyes Groupon shows that local deals work. But that’s all it does. They are experimenting with Groupon Local which will aid local businesses in generating new customers at low points of the day, but at the moment Groupon but it is still based on the daily deals model, with none of the “social” elements.

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Bootlaw: Selling to a Corporate

On 19 October, we’re delighted to welcome Tim Bratton, General Counsel of the Financial Times, back to Bootlaw to talk about deals with early stage companies from the point of view of the buyer. Tim will mainly be discussing M&A deals based on his experiences at the FT of acquiring companies over the last 3 or 4 years.

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Date: 19 October 2011
Location: Pinsent Masons, UK

London Connected TV Event

This event is free to attend. Registration starts at 3pm, the event starts at 5pm followed by drinks and canapés. To RSVP please visit: http://www.iabuk.net/en/1/internetmarketingeventsconnectedtv.mxs

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Date: 13 October 2011
Location: Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), UK

Trends+

Trends+ event brings you the unique opportunity to explore and gain a 360° view on a well-balanced blend of trends and ideas that are actively shaping your future consumers. With heaps of forward thinking and a wealth of visionary ideas, you are bound to leave this event in-the-know and inspired!

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Date: 1 December 2011
Location: Central London, venue TBC, UK

One New Notification: Facebook F8 Heralds Dramatic Evolution

Timeline Video Screenshot

As we all know – yesterday was the Facebook F8 Developers Conference in San Francisco. After lots of speculation and rumours, I have boiled down the announcement and described what this means for the future of Facebook.

There are two things you need to know about from yesterday’s conference - The Facebook Timeline and Social Apps.

Facebook didn’t say when it will launch; the company merely said that it “won’t be available for a few weeks.”

However, you can get the Facebook Timeline immediately, if you submit yourself as a developer (which a lot of people are doing and I am also in the process of doing).

So…

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a4uexpo London 2011

a4uexpo London is the UKs largest Affiliate and Performance Marketing conference. We provide a diverse agenda including both informative and interesting conference sessions a buzzing exhibition hall and both formal and informal networking opportunities.

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Date: 18 October 2011
Location: Hilton London Metropole, UK

Mobile Monday London: Accessibility Workshop

Join us for an informal workshop looking at accessibility for mobile services, apps and devices. We'll take a look at the business opportunity as well as learning how to tackle this with research and implementation.

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Date: 26 September 2011
Location: Siemens Room at The IET, UK

Mobile Monday Belfast: Accessibility workshop

Accessibility workshop looking at the business opportunity of making digital services more accessible to those with any kind of impairment or disability. We'll also be sharing tips and tricks on how to make mobile applications and services more accessible.

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Date: 26 September 2011
Location: The Black Box, UK

Online Information 2011

Online Information is a free to attend event which covers social media, content management, enterprise search, epublishing, content resources and library management.

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Date: 29 November 2011
Location: National Hall, Olympia Exhibition Halls, UK

Big Names Added to Facebook Marketing Conference; Nokia, Tesco, Chelsea FC, Dr Who & Top Gear

Juggling Lego

Fancy hearing from leading brands such as Dell, BBC, Nokia, Tesco and Expedia?

Or how about examining some leading case studies, including The Big Fish Fight, Mr Men Sweets, Chelsea Football Club, Doctor Who and Top Gear?

If all of this sounds like something you would be interested in, you need to get yourself a ticket for the Chinwag Insight: Facebook Marketing conference on Thurs 6th Oct.

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£1000 up for grabs with Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas Awards

Live Wire

August was the last month to qualify for this year's £10,000 Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award and the UK Final will take place in London on 9th November.



However, both the £1,000 and £10,000 Awards competitions, which started again on 1st September, are up and running and awaiting your entries.

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Competition: Win a Ticket to eMetrics Marketing Optimization Summit

eMetrics 2008

The eMetrics Marketing Optimization Summit (30th Nov - 1st Dec) covers the complete online marketing optimisation value proposition, attracting decision makers keen to take their organisations’ marketing to the next level.

We're delighted the organisers, Rising Media, have offered one lucky Chinwagger(s) the chance to win a free conference ticket.

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