business & innovation

Social Business Fundamentals 2013 Premiere Event - Strategy for Financial Services

Dachis Group London is excited to announce its first Social Business Fundamentals event of 2013 - Social Strategy in Financial Services. Drawing on our experiences, we will be holding an interactive session exploring drivers for social within the sector, and how to go about creating a social strategy for a financial services firm.

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Date: 18 April 2013
Location: Dachis Group London Office, UK

Why Working from Home Doesn’t Work.

Working?

Marissa Mayer, Yahoo’s Chief Exec’s ban on remote working has caused a huge stir. The debate is far from over with commentators and large corporations publicly slamming the Internet giant for such a cost-ineffective standpoint.

It may be good for the budget but what is the real cost of remote working? I would like to put forward the case for good old fashioned office working.

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14 March 2013 by Dan Jacobs

thefuturestory - Today

Seize the day - understand future trends and work out thefuturestory of your business with us, theblueballroom, on Tuesday 30 April 2013, RADA, London

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Date: 30 April 2013
Location: RADA, UK

SMW REWIND: Social CRM - A Practical Look [video]

SMW LDN QUESTION

Hosted at Hub Westminster on Wednesday, 26 September 2012, the SMW session Social CRM- A Practical Look at What it is and How to Get Started, explored the big questions:

  • What it Social CRM? 
  • What are the benefits?
  • What are the barriers? 
  • Is anyone using it? 
  • How do I get started?

Sponsored by NixonMcInnes, the social business and digital innovation consultancy group, the session focused on the realities brands face when thinking about social CRM.

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11 March 2013 by Rebecca Rosman

iEnterprise

iEnterprise will explore the impact of digital technology and consumer style applications on the enterprise, covering the changing dynamics of the IT, marketing and HR functions.

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Date: 6 June 2013
Location: Central London (tbc), UK

Industry Web Design and Development Conference

Over 1 day, web industry professionals come together to listen to 8 speakers telling stories about their experiences, provide insights in to their work and suggest ways to make us better. Join us at the Turbine Hall on the 24th April 2013 in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

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Date: 24 April 2013
Location: The Turbine Hall, UK

Save The Date: Chinwag's Careers Day at Digital Shoreditch Fri 24th May

Job Hunting

We are excited to announce the 3rd Chinwag Careers Day on Friday 24th May, in association with Digital Shoreditch 2013.

After the success of previous events, you can expect a bigger and better schedule focused on finding and filling jobs in the Digital sector.

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6 March 2013 by Fleur Fine Hosken

Devoxx London 2013

International Java / JVM conference run professionally by developers for developers

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Date: 26 March 2013
Location: Business Design Centre, Islington, UK

A Modern Marketing Strategy: Zero Moment of Truth (ZMOT)

rooting out information on a brand or product online, using a search engine and making a buying decision based on what we find. Google have a name for this: Zero Moment of Truth

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Date: 14 March 2013
Location: Campus London, UK

Telecoms Tech World

Telecoms Tech World brings together leading telco firms, service providers, equipment manufacturers and OTT players to promote closer working, encourage valuable connections and forge pioneering relationships across the sector.

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Date: 26 November 2013
Location: Olympia 2, London, UK

SMW REWIND: Are You Being Served? Influence, Engagement, & Customer Service [video]

Catwalk

Fashion conscious consumers know what they want, when they want it, be it high street or haute couture. Social Media has facilitated fashionista's with a hub for conversations now its up to the brand to listen. The question is who to listen to? Who has real influence?

Is it the obvious: editors, fashion bloggers and trendsetters or are there different tribes? Can new influence tools like PeerIndex, Klout or KRED unlock these groups or is it a case of knowing ‘who to know’?

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4 March 2013 by Rebecca Rosman

In The Brain of Andres Löh, Datatype-Generic Programming in Haskell

In the talk, Andres will explain all about how datatype-generic programming in GHC works, and I will present several examples of its use, including examples of how it already is successfully being used in some prominent Haskell libraries.

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Date: 9 April 2013
Location: The Skills Matter eXchange, UK

In The Brain of Richard Clark: Network Programming Overview for iOS

We'll get you started into iOS network programming by examining the classes you'll need and open source libraries to get you started. We'll also touch on the issues of performance, testing, and securing your app.

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Date: 12 March 2013
Location: The Skills Matter eXchange, UK

Applications Open: UKTI India Trip to Big Tent Activate Delhi - 21 March

Indian Posters

UKTI and Guardian Activate have joined forces to provide a fantastic opportunity to visit India for a special invite-only day conference on Mar 21 - Big Tent Activate Summit New Delhi at the Taj Palace Hotel in New Delhi.

Space is very limited for this high profile event which features Google's Chairman, Eric Schmidt, reknowned commentator Jeff Jarvis, new TCIO boss Joanna Shields, Google's MD India Rajan Anandan, advisor to India PM Sam Pitroda, Guardian Editor, Alan Rusbridger amongst a host of others.

UKTI

Apply to join the trip and secure a place at the event, a travel grant of £550 towards flights/hotel and additional activity planned by UKTI's team in Delhi.

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1 March 2013 by Chinwag Team

Richard Clark's HTML5 Mobile Mastery Two-Day Workshop

Modern browsers already support a lot of the new HTML5 features, so it is time to start using it! In this HTML5 Mobile Mastery course, attendees will learn how to create HTML5 web pages and web applications using HTML5 markup, CSS3, and HTML5 JavaScript APIs.

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Date: 17 June 2013
Location: Skills Matter, UK