business & innovation

ITU Telecom Young Innovators Competition

Open to 18-25 year olds worldwide, the Young Innovators Competition calls for projects/concepts which engage the power of ICTs to meet real-world developmental challenges

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Date: 21 June 2012
Location: ITU Telecom World Dubai, AE

The Hunt is on to Find the Web's Worst Domain Names for Names.co.uk Award

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One of the UK's top domain registrars launched a national search yesterday to find the worst company domain name.

Whilst we've been giggling at their hilarious examples below, there is a serious point behind the search - the Names.co.uk Worst Domain Name Award aims to raise awareness that your domain name is a key part of launching your own successful small business and recognise key mistakes businesses can make when registering their web address.

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The Art of Talking about Oneself on Television

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Where television and internet advertising channels mix, you’ll find the best of the marketers weaving their magic. It’s a space where the usual rules cease to apply and the inexperienced social media moderator, AdWords controller or brand manager can find themselves a little lost.

I remember working with the IAB some years ago declaring to the world the headline that Internet advertising spend had overtaken television. Now in 2012, I find myself working with online brands which are becoming more and more reliant on and increasingly intelligent within the space of broadcast media.

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Sharepoint for Social

Dachis Group London is launching a new series of events called “SharePoint for Social”. The aim of the events is to arm practitioners with the latest insights into the challenges that organisations face on their journey to making their business more social using SharePoint.

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Date: 28 June 2012
Location: London- Dachis Group, UK

Manchester Wired City Reconnected Event – Business Collaborative Networking

Wired City Reconnected is a ‘purely’ facilitated event, aimed at providing each business with a bespoke programme of introductions to business matches against your needs. There are no speakers, sales pitching sessions or public utilities salespeople....aimed specifically at digital, creative and ICT business owners and freelancers

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Date: 27 September 2012
Location: The Cafe, Enterprise House, UK

Doncaster Wired City Reconnected Event

The target audience are large and smaller agencies that work across the digital, creative and marketing footprint who will be looking to rubbing shoulders with freelancers with skills in mobile applications, software development and design

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Date: 4 July 2012
Location: ACS Doncaster, UK

Internet Leaders Dinner: A Night in with Foursquare.

At our forthcoming dinner we will hear from Foursquare, one of the fastest growing social media companies that sits in the middle of mobile, social and location

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Date: 27 June 2012
Location: Elysee Restaurant, UK

LUNCH BEAT @ Cannt with Hyper Island

The dance phenomenon sweeping Sweden is spilling over to the UK. One hour of frantic booty shaking and escapism away from work, until we have to get back to our laptop-worshipping routines at the office. Brought to you by students from the Digital Media Management Masters Programme at Hyper Island in Manchester.

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Date: 21 June 2012
Location: 93 Feet East, UK

The Social Customer and Social Loyalty

With the rise of the social customer we examine the nature of them. Are they as loyal as we think they are?

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Date: 3 July 2012
Location: The Innovation Warehouse, UK

Brighton Digital Marketing Festival

The BDMF featured as a key marketing event of the month long Brighton Digital Festival, celebrating digital culture and arts throughout the city. 2011’s Pure360 event was so successful that 2012 will see the event extended to run for two days and double in size.

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Date: 12 September 2012
Location: Various venues starting at The Old Courtroom, UK

ICT KTN Online Business Essential Clinics #8: Termsheet Negotiation Skills

ICT KTN Online Business Essential Clinics #8: Termsheet Negotiation Skills presented by James Paton-Philip and Jonathan Snade of Pinsent Masons LLP

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Date: 28 June 2012
Location: Pinsent Masons LLP, UK

London Video Meetup: Show Me The Money

London Video Meetup: Show Me The Money discusses optimal monetisation strategies for online video

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Date: 2 July 2012
Location: The Centre for Creative Collaboration, UK

Financial Innovation Seminar, Tuesday June 26th @ 6pm, Farringdon, London

Our June Seminar on Financial Innovation will focus on early stage FinTech ideas and concepts and will follow with a repeat of our new and very successful panel session format. There will of course be the usual networking opportunities, and a buffet and refreshments are included at the start for your convenience.

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Date: 26 June 2012
Location: Innovation Warehouse, UK

The Appsters Awards

Taking place as part of this year’s Apps World event, the Appsters Awards are a platform created to bring together the app industry to celebrate excellence in apps and for those creatively pushing forward the rapidly growing industry to take centre stage & become recognised.

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Date: 2 October 2012
Location: Kensington Roof Gardens, UK

Find Your Ninja // Find Your Next Exciting Project!

Want to be apart of an exciting tech team? Or simply curious about projects in and around Silicon Roundabout. Join us at Skills Matter on June 25th for Find Your Ninja.

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Date: 25 June 2012
Location: Skills Matter, UK