socialmedia

A failure of leaders to adapt to social media is the main barrier organisations face in embracing social media. This is the message of a research project - The Social Media Garden, a digital era research study about social technologies at work.

There is already a mounting body of research on the use of social media in organisations. However, none of these studies have been conducted using social media methodologies. Pioneering collaborative technology was used to create The Social Media Garden. It is, in itself, a demonstration of how social technologies are changing the way we engage in conversations and exchange knowledge about our opinions, experiences and ideas. 

Unilever and Silverman Research conducted the project (which ran Feb - Apr '12 with approx 650 participants) to provide insight to people who are developing, or expanding, the use of social media in organisations.

With two weeks left to go 'til Facebook Marketing Conference (18th Jul, ICO Conference Centre, London) we're very pleased to announce more amazing speakers joining our line-up from the likes of Cadbury Dairy Milk, Manchester City FC, TBG Digital, GlobalWebIndex and We Are Social.

That's in addition to our already super line-up: we'll be hearing from Nokia, BBC Worldwide, Yorkshire Tea and more! Find out more about our new speakers below.

There are a few tickets remaining, which you can get your hands on for only £145 + VAT. Check out the Facebook Marketing Bootcamp (17th July) for hands on training the day before the conference and if you fancy coming along to both the Facebook Marketing Bootcamp and Conference, grab a combo ticket for just £395 + VAT. Book your place now!

As you know, here at Chinwag, we love a good infographic. And we've all noticed how social media - particularly Twitter - is changing the way we watch, engage and interact with sports.

Euro 2012 set a new Twitter record, with 15,358 tweets per second during the Spain vs Italy final, as we know, Spain won - but it appears that they also won in terms of tweetage (that's a word in the Chinwag dictionary), as shown by the below infographic put together by sports website, thescore.com with Twitter data from Sysomos.

The wonderful Social Media Week competition, #InstagramYourCity, where entrants submitted edited photos of this September's 15 Social Media Week cities, has come to an end!

Running from 1st May til 30th June, here in London we've had over 1000 fabulous entries, all of which can be viewed on our two Pinterest boards:

Following on from our Speaker and Programme announcement last week, we're very excited to announce new speakers have been added to the Facebook Marketing Conference (18th July) line-up, including Vincent Sider from BBC Worldwide, Dom Dwight from Yorkshire Tea and Digital Communications Consultant, Kathryn Corrick.

Find out more about each new speaker below, and remember to book your place now!

With just less than a month remaining until the return of the Facebook Marketing Conference (18th July, Central London), we've got some exciting announcements about who'll be joining us and what hot topics will be on the agenda.

We'll be getting insight from speaker's who've worked with the likes of Nokia, Microsoft, Visa, Sony, the Guardian, BBC and loads more! See who'll be speaking at the Facebook Marketing Conference below.

If that wasn't enough, our programme will cover a huge variety of topics, including Facebook's timeline & what it means for marketing, social shopping, getting the most out of Facebook Ads & Sponsored Stories, Facebook gaming and more - more info and further Programme Highlights below.

Book your place now and join us for a day of valuable insight, analysis and case studies. Check out our Facebook Marketing Bootcamp (17th July) for hands on training the day before the conference.