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Looking for a Summer Internship? List #2

Internship

We've had such a fantastic response to our Internship List, we've had to start a new one to continue it.  The first lists 20 internships and placements from the likes of Neoco, Market Sentinel, Splendid Communications, HipSnip, The House, Taylor James and more.

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We'll be keeping this list updated as and when internships are submitted.  If you'd like to add your internship to the list, please fill out the form here.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

During this 3 day summit attendee’s will learn how to best utilize and integrate the myriad social media platforms to engage customers directly at a fraction of the cost of traditional marketing. Through the intelligent use of social media marketing you can, in house, have continuous direct contact with your customers.

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Date: 25 October 2011
Location: TBD, UK

Green Data Centre and Cloud Control Conference

The Green Data Centre and Cloud Control Conference are collocated events which will give attendees the hands down, most comprehensive event experience. Don't miss out on this ground breaking conference and reserve your seat now!

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Date: 25 October 2011
Location: Hilton London Tower Bridge Hotel, UK

Cloud Control Conference and Exhibition

Among the many subjects covered across the three day event a focus will be given to the following cloud topics: Benefits and Cost Analysis Security Questions, Answers and Obstacles Data Center Efficiency and Virtualization

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Date: 19 July 2011
Location: Hilton Boston Logan Airport, US

Private Social Networks

Does the value in Private Social Networks lie in private or public? Venture money and marketeers like open, big & public. With 10% of the world's population now on one big network where are the other 90%? What's the future? At new Venue - Innovation Warehouse - come along and check it out.. REGISTER HERE

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Date: 23 June 2011
Location: Innovation Warehouse, UK

Deal of the Day: Groupon, LivingSocial, Facebook, Google Compared [Infographic]

Deals, Deals, Deals… and More Deals

Always a fan of a tasty infographic and this morsel from Online MBA doesn't dissappoint, featuring a breakdown of the top-line numbers behind the daily deal giants: Groupon, LivingSocial and new entrants Facebook and Google. Amazon's announcement that it's entering the fray is too new to be included.

The figures put Groupon's eyewatering valuation in perspective: revenue of $100m, valuation of $6bn and plenty of red ink. Is there a touch of snake oil amongst the current offerings? Kevin Kelleher blogging at CNN Money seems to think so:

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Looking for a Digital Internship this Summer? Look no further...

New Intern

Following a discussion on the UK-Netmarketing discussion list, we noticed that many companies are on the hunt for interns.  We're big fans of internship / placement programmes and decided to help both companies and prospective interns by collating a Digital Internship / Placement list.

We'll be keeping this list updated as and when internships are submitted.  If you'd like to add your internship to the list, please fill out the form here.

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Linkedin Workshop London

What will you gain? Clear understanding of what LinkedIn can do for your business How your Profile needs to look to attract the right people The best ways to build your LinkedIn network How to build your reputation on LinkedIn and its applications Using LinkedIn as a powerful research tool for sales and marketing

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Date: 21 June 2011
Location: BPI, UK

Facebook Cements Global Domination of Social Media. Almost. [Infographic]

Facebook Friends Map

Facebook this. Facebook that. Facebook blah blah blah. In digital circles that's all anyone seems to talk about these days. Over 500 million people can't be wrong? Or can they? The picture isn't quite as black and white, or should that be blue and white?

PR giant Edelman recently published two social media maps looking at social networks and social media consumption across Europe and Asia along with an analysis of the most popular social networks and online usage.

At first glance Facebook is dominant, with the majority of online time spent on social networks or consuming video, with Zuck's giant dominating the European scene. From the research:

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techpitch 4.5

techpitch 4.5 is an evening pitch event created by 2Pears, in order to showcase some of the latest tech startups, including some of the startups that have taken part in the UKTI pitch-training workshops in the past 6 months. The next techpitch 4.5 will be held on 5th July 2011.

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Date: 5 July 2011
Location: The Auditorium, Pinsent Masons, UK

Building an Intranet with Drupal (Drupal Training)

This course is designed for people who need to manage internal information in companies or organisations and are looking for a solution that is robust, easy to use for staff and easy to configure for administrators.

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Date: 13 July 2011
Location: Baker TIlly, UK

Building an Intranet with Drupal & Drupal Development with Features

BrightLemon have partnered up with Nuvole who's coming to London to share thier experience in web-based solutions for international organisations.

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Date: 31 May 2011
Location: Baker TIlly, UK

Advanced Drupal Development with Features (Drupal Training)

This Drupal training course gives advanced practical advice on the tools you need for a more effective development. Organise site development in a modular way with Features and Code-Driven Development, enabling team collaboration, reusable code and precise traceability of changes.

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Date: 14 July 2011
Location: Baker Tilly, UK

AIME VIP Golf Day

Join AIME, our members, affiliates, and media partners in our 2011 VIP Golf Come and play at this fantastic course whilst networking and making valuable Industry contacts and competing against colleagues, clients and competitors.

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Date: 6 July 2011
Location: Silvermere Golf Course, UK

Enterprise Web 2.0

How is business value realised using enterprise web 2.0 and cloud technologies? How do such tools promote productivity and innovation? Will it be a smooth transition or do we have a bumpy road ahead? Join us at Microsoft's London offices to debate with experts and practitioners from BT, Microsoft, BEA Systems, Broadsight, Huddle and more.

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Date: 13 June 2011
Location: Microsoft UK, UK