business & innovation

How To Sell Your Multi-Platform Content (London)

London: How to sell your multi-platform content: Media-sauce, Own–it and Skillset are offering a limited opportunity for digital media professionals to participate in a 1 day intensive, workshop which will show you different ways to exploit your content. This workshop will be run by media lawyers and professionals.

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Date: 25 March 2010
Location: 01zero-one, UK

Monitoring Social Media Bootcamp

Monitoring Social Media Bootcamp is an unique, one-off “how to” training event for companies and organisations seeking to monitor social media and measure the effects of their interactions. 20% discount offer use, 'chinwag' for discount code.

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Date: 31 March 2010
Location: Cavendish Conference Centre, UK

Online seminar with Gerd Leonhard & Alan Moore: thriving commercially in social media and the networked society

This interactive seminar run by Gerd Leonhard and Alan Moore is based upon their combined and extensive experience of working with many companies in helping them make the transition from a linear mass media model to a networked one. They will provide via case histories, practical guidance of how to thrive commercially in the networked society.

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Date: 1 March 2010
Location: Online, UK

MiniBar Workshop Series: Workshop 5

Workshop 5: Business Model Development for Web Start-Ups. Building a stable business model online is challenging and has given rise to some pundits heralding the age of ‘FREE’ business to others. This workshop will focus on how to build revenue models ranging from freemium models, subscription, to b2b2c options.

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Date: 12 May 2010
Location: Young Foundation, UK

MiniBar Workshop Series: Workshop 4

In this workshop, we hope to help you find out ways of fundraising for your company, such as; When and when not to go to a venture capitalist, methods to designing a fundraising strategy, and common issues to look out for (i.e. understanding a termsheet, different classes of shares)

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Date: 28 April 2010
Location: Young Foundation, UK

MiniBar Workshop Series: Workshop 3

MiniBar Workshop 3: 101 of Online Marketing with Social Media. At this workshop, social media experts will introduce you to several strategies on how to turn social media tools such as, Facebook, Twitter, and the blogosphere into powerful marketing devices.

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Date: 14 April 2010
Location: Young Foundation, UK

MiniBar Workshop Series: Workshop 2

MiniBar Workshop 2: Workshop 2: Effective Software Development Management. This workshop will cover different management methods such as ‘agile software management’ and what processes to use to arrive at a web development plan that translates business goals into achievable and workable web implementation.

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Date: 24 March 2010
Location: Young Foundation, UK

MiniBar Workshop Series: Workshop 1

MiniBar's first workshop in a 5 part series: Search Engine Optimization and Analytics. Join Daniel Sim and Malcolm Coles for a practical non-nonsense workshop on using Google Analytics and Plugin SEO, effective copy writing for search engines and how to use Google sitemaps and website indexing to maximize coverage.

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Date: 10 March 2010
Location: The Young Foundation, UK

'Number 1' With A Bullet: Is Pre Release Killing Our Business?

The UK release process is one of the most front loaded in the world, with pre-release promotion starting up to three months ahead of release. Join us: 'Number 1' With A Bullet: Is Pre Release Killing Our Business? March 10th

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Date: 10 March 2010
Location: The Basement, PRS for Music,, UK

Final Call: List of Digital Internships

Ticking Clock by HauggenIn spite of job prospects for graduates looking bleak, there appears to be lots of opportunities in the digital sector to score some fantastic internship opportunities.

Roll up, roll up, we'll be publishing the list of programmes at the end of this week...if you'd like to include your company's programme/requirements, fill out the simple form and yes, it's all free, just something we're trying out.

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Social Business Summit 2010

The Dachis Group Social Business Summit will bring together practitioners, thought leaders, and industry experts across three different continents for an incredible event focusing on social business design.

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Date: 18 March 2010
Location: Limkokwing University, UK

TEDxWarwick

Our conference will once again bring together fascinating thinkers and doers from around the world, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives in under 18 minutes. We believe passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and ultimately, the world.

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Date: 6 March 2010
Location: Maths & Stats Building, University of Warwick, UK

Music 4.5 - Tune into the New Sound of Opportunity!

Music 4.5 will bring together music tech start-ups, serial entrepreneurs, investors, artists, band managers and key industry players to share knowledge, discuss strategies for business success, debate market trends and evolution, as well as network. Use code JAC10 to get a 20% discount.

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Date: 4 March 2010
Location: Cavendish Conference Centre, UK

The Future of Digital, Cream Tea & David Rowan

cream tea by I woz ereIt might sound like a slightly odd mixture, but the combination of digital futurology, a chance to hear Wired UK's, David Rowan whilst chowing down on a cream tea, sounds like a rather ideal Friday afternoon.

Organised by the (prepare for your afternoon tongue-twister), Creative Industries Knowledge Transfer Network, or (thankfully) KTN, who have already run a major nationwide survey and carried out interviews with leading figures as well as workshops and networking events, Digital Lounges, nationwide.

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London Digital Lounge: Future of Digital

Digital Content will change more in the next seven years than in the last 20. Are you ready? What's going to happen to TV & Film? Could you spot the next Spotify, iplayer or Wii? What will become of news? How do we unlock the power of social media? Join us at the IPA for a cream tea with talks starting at 2.30pm.

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Date: 19 February 2010
Location: IPA, UK