business & innovation

Digital Measurement

"Half my digital budget is wasted. And I still don't know which half!" - Is anyone applying direct marketing rigour in the digital world?

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Date: 15 October 2009
Location: DMA House, UK

Live Music: Licensed To Thrill?

This session will investigate the impact that the Licensing Act 2003, noise abatement orders and Met Police's Risk Assessment form 696 are having on venues, and the live music ecosystem throughout England and Wales - from local authorities and licensed premises owners to music performers and promoters.

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Date: 13 October 2009
Location: The Basement, PRS for Music,, UK

TechHub Launching in London

Anonymous coffee shop

A Mecca for talent and a lynch pin in the European tech scene, it may be, but the sky-high rents of London put many companies off. All that's about to change with the introduction of an innovative work space for tech start ups.

TechHub (@TechHub onTwitter) is the new project put together by Elizabeth Varley, who has been a feature on the London tech scene for a number of years. She's organised the London Twestival and has been developing the concept of a work space that's aimed at the needs of the tech community, and start ups in particular, for a while.

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2 October 2009 by Suzanne Morrow

2009 c&binet Forum Event

The first annual c&binet forum is taking place on 26-28 October 2009 at The Grove in Hertfordshire.

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Date: 26 October 2009
Location: The Grove, UK

paidContent:UK Mixer, London

Our latest London gathering will be held at Edelman’s HQ in London’s Victoria, on the evening of Tuesday, October 20. This is an opportunity for readers to network with fellow digital media decision makers, and put forward your questions in a Q&A panel.

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Date: 20 October 2009
Location: Edelman, UK

Media140 Talk Marketing Competition: Win Tickets

Social Media landscape Filckr photoUPDATED: Hot off the back of the success of their inaugural event in May this year, Media140 are hosting their latest one day conference investigating the effects that Twitter and real-time social media are having on advertisers, marketers and brands.

Win FREE tickets for Media140’s next groundbreaking event, when real-time web meets consumer engagement on 26 October, RIBA London.

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30 September 2009 by Suzanne Morrow

Handheld Learning 2009

The Handheld Learning Conference is the world’s leading event about learning using mobile and inexpensive access technologies, attended by more than 1,500 international delegates.

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Date: 5 October 2009
Location: The Brewery, UK

ASDA fights back at employee abuse on YouTube

ASDA employee

After video clips of a store employee running riot in corriders, staff rooms and damaging stock were posted on YouTube the ASDA fought back with some damage limitation, social media style.

Clips showed My Ayub, employee of the ASDA Fulwood store, licking and stamping on a raw chicken and putting it back on the shelf for customers to buy, he set off fire alarms and cut other employees clothes.

In retaliation employees from ASDA Fulwood branch posted their responses to his YouTube carnage online. The staff members featured in the comeback video look genuinely upset and called for, 

"the person involved to get what's coming to them."

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30 September 2009 by Suzanne Morrow

eOffice £100,000 Office Space Giveaway

Out of Office Flickr pictureIf you're a struggling start-up, self employed, or an entreprenuer, you could find yourself the lucky recipient of some free office space for the next 3 months, courtesy of those nice people at eOffice.

They're giving away £100,000 worth of free office services to 100 UK companies. That's £1,000 worth of free services that could be going STRAIGHT to your organisation.

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29 September 2009 by Suzanne Morrow

First Tuesday: How to Protect Your Ideas

The changing economy has seen the number of patent applications jump off the page - your business is only as strong as its protection against competitors so what are you doing to protect what's yours?

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Date: 6 October 2009
Location: The Hospital Club, UK

Making a name in China – a practical guide to marketing and expanding your design business to China

Are you considering offering your services or launching a new product in China? This event will give you practical advice on steps you should take to make a name for your business in China.

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Date: 12 October 2009
Location: Chinese Arts Centre, UK

Bootlaw October - Negotiating Your Term Sheet

Following the success of our Bootlaw Academy day on 9 September, we are going to take the most popular element of that day, the termsheet negotiation exercise, and use it for the October Bootlaw session.

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Date: 28 October 2009
Location: Winston & Strawn, UK

140|The Twitter Conference L.A.

140 is the place where developers, business people, and enthusiasts converge to find innovative ways to tap into the Real-Time Web.

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Date: 22 September 2009
Location: Skirball Cultural Center, US

IAB Forum: Finance

The well-documented credit crunch has been on everybody’s minds over the past 18 months, but despite the doom and gloom, digital media has been operating with a ‘business as usual’ mentality, going from strength to strength in the face of financial uncertainty.

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Date: 30 September 2009
Location: IAB offices, UK

Digital Mission to LA & San Francisco Companies Announced

Digital MissionPRESS RELEASE: London, UK, Wednesday 23rd September 2009.

The UK digital industry will once again get a boost when enterprise and expertise connect in the Digital Mission to Los Angeles and San Francisco, from 11th - 16th October 2009.

Organised by Chinwag and UK Trade and Investment (UKTI), the five day mission provides the perfect vehicle to make business connections, discover the logistics of setting up shop, build international profile and understand the US digital market.

14 UK-based companies have been selected to take part and they are:

Further information and contact details for each company is available on the Digital Mission website: http://digital-mission.org/lasf09-companies.

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22 September 2009 by Sam Michel