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Texas Tuttle

Join the Tuttle Club in Texas on the Digital Mission stand, with coffee, pastries and of course, proper English tea. Network with some of the UK's leading digital lights who have made the trip to Texas.

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Date: 14 March 2010
Location: Austin Convention Center, US

How To Sell Your Multi-Platform Content (London)

London: How to sell your multi-platform content: Media-sauce, Own–it and Skillset are offering a limited opportunity for digital media professionals to participate in a 1 day intensive, workshop which will show you different ways to exploit your content. This workshop will be run by media lawyers and professionals.

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Date: 25 March 2010
Location: 01zero-one, UK

@media web design and development conference

Bringing together world experts in design and development, over 2 days of conference and 2 days of workshops, Web Directions @media is the professional and networking event of the year for the web industry.

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Date: 8 June 2010
Location: Southbank Centre, UK

MiniBar Workshop Series: Workshop 5

Workshop 5: Business Model Development for Web Start-Ups. Building a stable business model online is challenging and has given rise to some pundits heralding the age of ‘FREE’ business to others. This workshop will focus on how to build revenue models ranging from freemium models, subscription, to b2b2c options.

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Date: 12 May 2010
Location: Young Foundation, UK

MiniBar Workshop Series: Workshop 4

In this workshop, we hope to help you find out ways of fundraising for your company, such as; When and when not to go to a venture capitalist, methods to designing a fundraising strategy, and common issues to look out for (i.e. understanding a termsheet, different classes of shares)

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Date: 28 April 2010
Location: Young Foundation, UK

MiniBar Workshop Series: Workshop 3

MiniBar Workshop 3: 101 of Online Marketing with Social Media. At this workshop, social media experts will introduce you to several strategies on how to turn social media tools such as, Facebook, Twitter, and the blogosphere into powerful marketing devices.

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Date: 14 April 2010
Location: Young Foundation, UK

MiniBar Workshop Series: Workshop 2

MiniBar Workshop 2: Workshop 2: Effective Software Development Management. This workshop will cover different management methods such as ‘agile software management’ and what processes to use to arrive at a web development plan that translates business goals into achievable and workable web implementation.

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Date: 24 March 2010
Location: Young Foundation, UK

Music 4.5 - Tune into the New Sound of Opportunity!

Music 4.5 will bring together music tech start-ups, serial entrepreneurs, investors, artists, band managers and key industry players to share knowledge, discuss strategies for business success, debate market trends and evolution, as well as network. Use code JAC10 to get a 20% discount.

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Date: 4 March 2010
Location: Cavendish Conference Centre, UK

Toy Collector: Future of Online Shopping in Social Media

Toy Shop window - FlickreBay and Amazon may be the twin giants of online shopping but there's still plenty of space for specialist retailers with strong communities of buyers.

Meet Martingale, an alumni of the Digital Mission to NYC 2009. They’re helping to transform the world of buying classic toys by making things much more socially interactive.

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New Central London Freelance Hub in Shoreditch

London graffiti art - Flickr photoAre you currently freelancing to pay the bills? It's great working in your pyjamas but are you running low on office banter? Fed up with talking to the wall?

A new digital freelance space has opened up in the heart of Shoreditch, Central London, and it's cheap, cheap like the proverbial budgie.

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Wired Sussex Media Jobs + Skills Fair

Looking to start or accelerate a career in media, want to go freelance or just had enough of commuting :The Wired Sussex Media Jobs + Skills Fair is free to register with over 20 recruiting companies, industry advise, keynote speech by BBC TV’s Virtual Revolution's Aleks Krotoski and information on the Sussex Internship programme

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Date: 4 March 2010
Location: Wired Sussex Media Jobs + Skills Fair, Corn Exchange, UK

Apps Mixer*

A networking event for people working in, affected by and interested in the emerging apps. Register: http://www.mashupevent.com/apps-mixer Price: £15 + VAT (Includes: beer and pizza)

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Date: 9 February 2010
Location: SUN office, Regis House,, UK

Digital Mission Company Win at Midem

SXSWi long horned bull - FlickrBandCentral have been shortlisted for a BidemNet Lab award at the world's premier music festival, Midem, Cannes.

The Online Band Management company, that lets anyone be a music manager, have recenty launched a revamped version of their site with souped-up features and cutting edge enhancements. 

It was only a few short weeks ago that BandCentral joined the Digital Mission to New York, run in conjunction with UK Trade & Investment.

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IAB Metrics and Optimisation Course

This intensive one-day course will introduce you to the importance of web analytics, teach you how to develop a digital ROI strategy, give you access to the latest brand tracking case studies and look at different testing techniques to help you improve website performance.

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Date: 8 March 2010
Location: Internet Advertising Bureau, UK