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Brands on Film: Working the brand-film opportunity

Brands On Film looks at how brands and film makers are coming together to make entertaining content. Sony, Philips, M&C Saatchi, LBi, Vice Media, Film Tree and Thinktank will demonstrate how best to manage brand-film collaboration, and pretty much deliver the director's cut in the art of films and marketing.

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Date: 21 October 2010
Location: LBi, Atlantis Building, Truman Brewery, UK

"Best of British" Games Networking event

You’re invited to the ‘Best of British’ games networking event Date: Thursday 2nd December Venue: Tiger Tiger, Haymarket, London Time: 6pm until late GameHorizon would like to invite you to a networking event celebrating the best that the British games industry has to offer.

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Date: 2 December 2010
Location: Tiger Tiger, UK

Web Wednesdays

Web Wednesdays is an informal networking drinks for people who earn their living online in Surrey.

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Date: 6 October 2010
Location: Bed Bar, UK

Facebook Like Button: The Stats So Far

LIKE Fusion 2010 by Retinafunk

They're pretty much ubiquitous already, but do you remember way back when, to April, when Facebook Like buttons were launched? When Zuck hit London in June, the company announced 350,000 sites were using the buttons, with over 1bn impressions served daily.

So the volumes are enormous, but what's the impact for publishers? Facebook's Director of Media Partnerships Justin Osofsky recently released a presentation that shared some juicy tidbits from major publishers (see below for full presentation).

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30 September 2010 by Sam Michel

All of a Flutter as Twitter Passes MySpace

three dog tug by boltron-

Twitter has been hitting the marketing trail over the last couple of weeks as the work to entrance the media buying world was kicked off with stints as ad:tech London and the IAB MIXX in New York and the news that promoted tweets are well on the way.

And it looks like there's plenty to crow about as newcomer(ish) Twitter.com has overtaken MySpace.com. According to comScore (and reported by the WSJ), Twitter had nearly 96 million users last month (August), up 76% from last year, whilst MySpace.com dropped 17% to a mere 95 million uniques.

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29 September 2010 by Sam Michel

Discover the future that Twitter holds for PR & Marketing

Join your fellow communications professionals at a dedicated Twitter conference for the PR industry. The will address the opportunities and challenges presented by the fast rise of this powerful new medium.

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Date: 30 September 2010
Location: BSG House, UK

Three Reasons to Apply for Digital Mission to New York 2010

Digital Mission to New York

Over the last five Digital Mission trips, it's been a privilege to work with some of the UK's leading digital companies. Getting the chance to spend a week away with people who are taking the scary, but exciting, journey of expanding their business into the US is a great way to really understand what makes entrepreneurs tick.

So, it was rather humbling last week, when we announced the third Digital Mission to New York (deadline's Fri, by the way), to see these tweets from Digital Mission alumni @kierondonoghue, @mr_mcd and @stuartbruce...

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27 September 2010 by Sam Michel

Monitoring Social Media (London)

Monitoring Social Media (London) will bring together leading brands, PR and marketing experts to discuss the latest ideas, trends and techniques in social media monitoring and measurement.

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Date: 22 November 2010
Location: Cavendish Conference Centre, UK

Digital East 2010

At Digital East 2010, hear from dozens of industry thought leaders and innovators on topics such as Social Media, Cloud Computing, Web Analytics, Online Marketing, Ecommerce, Email, and Search among others.

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Date: 18 October 2010
Location: Hilton Mclean, US

MiniBar: Drupal 101 workshops

Our popular Drupal workshops are returning for a triumphant second round in October. The course is aimed at: people who want to become Drupal developers, graphic designers who want to start building websites, and developers who use frameworks such WordPress.

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Date: 5 October 2010
Location: Young Foundation, UK

Getting yourself out there- CV Workshop £50

CV Workshop with expert Christine Pyke

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Date: 19 October 2010
Location: Vision+Media, MediaCityUK, UK

Cross-Platform: Generating New Projects & Markets

One-day workshop covering the business-side of planning, creating and pitching multiplatform content. Great for crossover projects between tv, web, mobile and app. Practical session, great insider insights, case studies, hands-on pitch at end with advice. Eligible for up to 80 per cent saving through Skillset Multiplatform bursary.

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Date: 14 October 2010
Location: Indie Training Fund at Lux, UK

Bootlaw: October 2010 - Using and abusing trademarks online

On 6th October 2010 we are delighted to welcome back Ian Silcock, an IP barrister at Hardwicke Chambers, to discuss the latest developments in the use (and abuse) of trademarks on the internet.

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Date: 6 October 2010
Location: Winston & Strawn, UK

YouTube Research: How Online Video Works

YouTube has commissioned significant pieces of research looking at how online video works - across the whole web.

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Date: 28 September 2010
Location: London Business School, UK

Win Chelsea vs Fulham Football Tickets from Social Gaming Summit London 2010

Making Google Search A Social Game by Cambodia4kids.org Beth Kanter

Two new conferences arrive in London in November with the world of online gaming firmly in their sights. The Social Gaming Summit and Virtual Goods Summit take place on consecutive days at Chelsea Football Club in West London.

To set the scene with a little real-life game, we've got together with organisers Rising Media to run a competition to win two tickets to the Chelsea vs Fulham home game on Tue, 9th November.

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20 September 2010 by Chinwag Team