Upcoming: Public events tagged with "socialmedia"

Dec 13, 2008: MediaCampLondon #2 at Sae Institute London

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:14:36 -0700

Themes:

1. Games / web development / animation
2. Social Media / Communication / PR / Advertising / Business
3. Educational Technology / teachers /

An innovative un-conference digging on games, web development, 3D animation, communications, PR, business, educational technology, teaching, advertising, blogging, branding, new and social media for anyone wishing to get involved.

What is MediaCampLondon? - It's an UnConference with a strong educational flavour for advertisers, agencies, start-ups, PR agencies, game developers, ad agencies, constultants, bloggers, podcasts, recruiters, webTV, and new media professionals & amateurs for one day to share, explore, challenge, and grow our abilities in new media. Learn about audio and video podcasting, blogging, web marketing, photography, email campaigns, Second Life, Twitter, and all kinds of other new and social media tools. Whether you're a veteran or interested in getting started, MediaCamp is for YOU.

Mission:

Provide a forum for the networking of colleagues and peers who have dedicated their careers to new-media, with a goal of representing a large and diverse community of interests and experience.

Facilitate information exchange on issues that relate to creative business, technology embracing, advertising, new-media skills training and industry related education.

Provide a platform for: industry events, seminars, web 2.0 information exchange, web-based information outlets and professional special interest groups dedicated to specific skills and areas of expertise.

SIGN UP ON WIKI TO ATTEND
http://mediacamplondon.pbwiki.com/register

Oct 14, 2008: IM-DV (Internet Maketers of the Delaware Valley) at Bahama Breeze

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:45:26 -0700

Internet Marketers of the Delaware Valley - A "loose" group on online marketing professionals in the Philadelphia area. We meet on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at the Fox & Hound Grille or Bahama Breeze in King of Prussia. Check out our site at http://www.im-dv.org.

Nov 1, 2008: Podcamp Singapore v2.0 at Singapore Management University Administration Building

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:00:15 -0700

It’s that time of the year again. The annual unconference dedicated to exploring the world of new media. A time to share about anything Web 2.0. A time to meet up with other members of the Web 2.0 Community. But Podcamp isn’t just restricted to the current Web 2.0 community. Whether you are interested in blogging, vlogging, podcasting, social networks, or just someone curious about new media, PodCamp Singapore welcomes you with open arms. Bring a friend, a colleague, or anyone who wants to find out more about new media tools. After an amazing pioneer session in 2007, Podcamp Singapore v2.0 promises to be bigger and better. No registration fee will be charged. If Web 2.0 doesn’t charge, why should we? We believe no one should be deterred from the PodCamp experience. Sign up now!

Oct 28, 2008: Google DevFest Singapore at Singapore Management University Administration Building

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:54:25 -0700

Join Google this October as they kick off their Southeast Asian hackathon tour in style, right here in Singapore! If you are interested in or already working with the Google APIs (OpenSocial, App Engine, YouTube, Google Maps API and more...), there is only one place you must go on October 28 from 1pm to 10pm...

Here's what you can expect:

* Google will be sending 4 engineers from their Mountain View headquarters to Singapore and they will introduce the various APIs and their implementations. Knowledge of these APIs is not required though useful; knowledge of related languages such as JS (OpenSocial), Python (App Engine) is preferred.
* Depending on the experience of the audience with the APIs, the Google engineers could spend more time conducting tutorials and demos for newbies or coach experienced developers in best practices. Come ready to learn or share.
* Limited-edition Google T-shirts and other free swag will be up for grabs, while stocks last..
* Just like Google engineers who get free meals at work, you will not starve at this Google event too! Did we mention free food and beer, including ice cream? =)
* AND… win more prizes at a mystery competition to be announced, only at the event!

Oct 23, 2008: Singapore PHP User Group Meetup (October 2008) at Oracle Corporation (S) Pte Ltd

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:45:51 -0700

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Venue:
Oracle

Oct 22, 2008: The Star Challenge 2008 experts forum at Fusionopolis

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:41:51 -0700

If you think the last 10 years of Google was revolutionary, you'll absolutely love this! Here's your chance to pick the brains of the world's top researchers as they explore the cutting edge in video and image search technology.

The Digital Movement (TDM) and The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) invites you to join us for a global technology event at the brand new science and technology hub, Fusionopolis. On the evening of 22 October 2008, TDM & A*STAR will be hosting an exclusive experts forum with the finalists of A*STAR's global multimedia search technology competition, The Star Challenge 2008, who will be in Singapore to compete in the grand finals.

Hot off the press from A*STAR, the five finalists (in alphabetical order) are teams:

1. LIG from Laboratoire d'Informatique de Grenoble, France
2. LMS CTS from National University of Singapore
3. NII-KAORI from National Institute of Informatics, Japan
4. SHRC from China (includes members from Peking University)
5. UIUC-YX from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC)

Join us for an exciting evening of discussion and demonstrations with the world's visionaries in multimedia search. Admission to the event is FREE so bring your friends along for a brilliant time! A networking session with free food and beverage will be made available after the event.

For inquiries please contact TDM at audience@thedigitalmovement.org

Oct 15, 2008: Geek Dinner Singapore (October 2008)Eric Schwartzman at CHIJmes

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:35:21 -0700

Eric Schwartzman was our very first Geek Dinner Singapore guest in 2006, and now he is back. You are cordially invited to meet Eric, along with other social media friends who enjoy food and drink, at Chijmes on Wednesday evening October 15. Don't forget to check out Eric's podcast in advance! Please plan to settle your food/drink tabs individually. Thank you.

Nov 24, 2008: IT Innovation in the Community at Waterman's Art Centre

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:50:54 -0700

This DC10plus event is to show third sector groups how technology can enhance their work with individuals. The focus is not primarily on technology, but on people .

The event will cover why the third sector is important to helping bring digital equality in communities and then by using practical case studies will show how innovative projects are using new technologies to engage with wider communities.
- Wireless internet for communities
- Flexible working patterns
- Virtual Ruksak with secure data storage
- Silver Surfers
- Use of digital media through video for older and yound communities
- Social enterprise solutions and use of recycled IT equipment

DC10plus aims to promote social inclusion through the use of technology. It is a collaborative network of local authorities and their partners dedicated to creating partnerships, sharing best practice and developing new initiatives.

The event is for :
- Frontline voluntary and community groups & infrastructure bodies
- Local authorities, statutory bodies and funding agencies
- DC10plus partner organisations

Nov 27, 2008: Social Media Guided Tour at Ceili's Irish Pub & Restaurant

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:52:38 -0700

Learn to Use the Social Media Tools that can grow your Business

* Have you been "Friended" on Facebook
* Are you "making connections" on LinkedIn
* Or are you "tweeting" on Twitter.

Chances are if you are not Linked In your competition probably is!

Some might view social media marketing as a royal waste of time. Others view it as a gold mine and still others spend countless hours "twittering" away but what do they really accomplish.

* Can social media marketing be profitable?
* What are these social sites and how can I really use them?
* I don't have time for all these sites... and can find better things to do than chat online!

If you are not using social media in some way you are missing a large portion of your market and traffic to your website. Once person in our training recently discovered that he was getting 70,000 visits per month to his site from StumbleUpon (a social bookmarking site). Younger audiences are into social media, the communal "friendship" feel captures our attention. If you want to begin capturing the attention of a younger audience and foster friendships that will turn into business then this social media stuff is for you.

Special Bonus for Our Social Media Training!

Register for our social media training and we will let you Bring a Friend for Free!

Cost: $200 + Plus a friend can come for free

What will you learn in the Training?

* What makes a site a Social Media Site
* How to Pick and Choose which sites to get involved with
* Guided Tour of the some of the Top Sites.

What Social Media Sites will Guide You Through?

* Guided Tour of Facebook - Social Aspects + the Marketing Potential
* Guided Tour of Twitter - What is it and How to Use it!
* Guided Tour of LinkedIn - Is it the Facebook for professionals?
* A look at some of the most popular Social Bookmarking Sites

Who is the Facebook Training & Social Media Training for?

* The Committed - those using social media but ready to actually see a return on their time investment
* The Curious - Those who say, "I've heard about "Facebook" but I'm not sure about it.
* The Skeptical - "Twitter is really fun - but it seems like a total waste of time!"
* The Clueless - "Facebook..Twitter...what are you talking about

Grab a Friend - Register for the Training and start seeing streams of new traffic sources opened up to your website!

Nov 11, 2008: Intro To Blogging at Ceili's Irish Pub & Restaurant

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:36:00 -0700

Explode Your Growth with a Blog

Andy Wibbels, author of Blogwild: A Guild for Small Business Blogging, in a phone interview recently said that, "Blogging could be your first step into building your business." Blogging is an effective way to market your business and also to build quality following of loyal fans. Attend our blog training and make the most of blogging.

Cost: $149.00 - Register for all 5 3 hour events for $499 and save $348. Learn about Blogging, Google Adwords, Search Engine Optimization, Online Video and Social Meida

Limited to 20 Participants

Learn more about Blogging Course

Feb 2, 2009: Web Directions North Denver at Grand Hyatt, Denver

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:48:55 -0700

Web Directions North returns in 2009, this year moving to Denver Colorado.

Featuring

• two days of intensive workshops
• two days of inspiring, educational, practical conference sessions from world leading experts
• two days of networking on the slopes of the world famous Breckenridge ski resort

Web Directions will leave you

• up to speed with best practice and the state of the art in web design, development, interaction design, user testing, and much more
• inspired to put these latest techniques into practice
• even better connected with your peers in the industry

Wherever you work - in enterprise, government, education, a design firm, as a freelance - Web Directions delivers the real world expertise from real world experts you need to do your job even better.

Stay tuned for speaker announcements in coming days ands weeks

Oct 21, 2008: Transformed! Information, Bioscience and Web 2.0 at Lake Washington Rowing Club

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:50:55 -0700

A key problem of modern technologies is too much information. Social structures that were created to deal with Industrial Age processes are inadequate for dealing with Information Age approaches.

The series of talks will examine how the rate of diffusion of innovation in an organization influences creativity, how the huge amounts of data being generated in science today are affecting the ability of human social networks to innovate, how new technologies in Bioscience are only making matters worse, and how new online tools will help us leverage human social networks as we attempt to surmount the barriers of information overabundance.

Oct 30, 2008: Social Media Guided Tour at Ceilis Irish Pub & restaurant

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:15:59 -0700

Learn to Use the Social Media Tools that can grow your Business

Special Bonus for Our Social Media Training!

Register for our social media training and we will let you Bring a Friend for Free!

Cost: $200 + Plus a friend can come for free

What will you learn in the Training?

* What makes a site a Social Media Site
* How to Pick and Choose which sites to get involved with
* Guided Tour of the some of the Top Sites.

What Social Media Sites will Guide You Through?

Who is the Facebook Training & Social Media Training for?

Oct 21, 2008: BlogHer at GA Tech Hotel and Conference Center

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:37:32 -0700

We're taking this show on the road! For the first time ever, BlogHer is launching a two-week tour, bringing all the highlights of the annual event to six different cities. These one-day conferences will feature a broad range of topics and speakers, cocktail parties for networking and socializing, and a little bit of local flavor. We'll be focusing on topics that seem to resonate strongest in each city, and looking for your local bloggers to lead the discussions.

The tour is planned for October, 2008 with stops in Boston, Washington DC, Greensboro, Nashville, Atlanta, and New Orleans.

Oct 15, 2008: Executing Social Media Conference & Roundtables at AT&T Midtown Center

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:38:06 -0700

The 4th Communitelligence Executing Social Media Conference & Roundtables is a must-attend event for anyone in need of good advice on using the new social media tools for business advantage. The conference delivers practical, how-to take-aways from the most experienced experts and practitioners who are boldly executing successful new media programs today.

Executing Social Media Atlanta will include four tracks: Understanding, Collaborating, Listening and Talking. The format includes case studies, panels and roundtable discussions on topics such integrating emerging media into traditional media, bringing social media inside for communication and collaboration, monitoring and reacting to what's being said on the blogosphere, best processes to gain management support for social media programs and much more.

Conference moderator is Eric Schwartzman, Founder and Chairman, iPressroom Corporation. Keynotes include Joel Postman, principal of Socialized, and author of the forthcoming book, SocialCorp: Social Media Goes Corporate; and Rohit Bhargava, author, Personality Not Included.

Confirmed corporate speakers include IBM, Dell, H&R Block, Sun Microsystems, iContact, Sabre Holdings and the Department of Defense.

Oct 23, 2009: Social Media in Business at Crowne Plaza Hotel

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:02:57 -0700

Social media is influencing corporate communication, reputation and marketing.

Social Media is now in everyday public use as well as being an integral part of the marketing industry.

The world of social media enables ALL your consumers, employees and parties with a vested interest to communicate to thousands within seconds, garner opinion and amplify the “noise” both positively and negatively.

Are you positioned to deliver a strategy and measure its outcomes?

Social Media In Business - will empower your company to understand the potency of Online conversations & more importantly when and how to engage with a meaningful response .

Social Media in Business - aims to facilitate the key intelligence and insight that all major companies and brands need to understand if they are going to communicate effectively with their key stakeholders, be they customers, the media, shareholders or their employees.

Social Media in Business - has grown out of the highly successful Social Media Mafia unconference series and draws on that success in helping companies understand the power of online conversation and how to deliver a meaningful response.

Social Media in Business - is the next step in that process. It will offer insights into how to protect and improve your brand’s reputation in the face of an increasingly demanding public.

TO REGISTER AND PURCHASE TICKETS PLEASE VISIT THE EVENT WEBSITE:

http://socialmediainbusiness.co.uk/

Nov 11, 2008: Chinwag Live: MoSo Rising at The Slug & Lettuce (Downstairs)

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:09:44 -0700

The rise and rise of mobile social networking and services is upon us, but is ‘mobile access’ enough or do users seek more?

Are location-based services going to be key to its success, or is there more to the future of this most social of devices? How can brands engage in the mobile social space?

Spurred on by web leaders like Facebook and MySpace and with lower data charges spreading for mobile web access, mobile social usage has soared.

Will there be a battle for survival among the current myriad of mobile-only social networks and video / blogging platforms, or can they succeed with focus on novel functionality and user experience? Should online niche social networks also make the move to mobile? Where are the revenue streams and how effective can the ROI be?

Join us on 11th November to discuss the emerging trends around mobile social networks and media with our panel of industry experts...

SPEAKERS:

Justin Davies - Founder, BuddyPing
Alfie Dennen – Co-founder & CEO, Moblog
Jessica Sandin - Head of Mobile & Senior Consultant, ?What If! Digital
Chris Seth - MD Europe, Piczo
CHAIR: Bena Roberts - Mobile Media & Advertising Consultant, Founder & Editor, GoMo News
(Final speaker to be announced shortly)

Complimentary drinks and snacks will be served beforehand - arrive early!

TICKETS:
Cost: £25+VAT (early bird - limited numbers available), £40+VAT thereafter

TIMINGS:
6.00pm doors open for drinks & networking. Discussion starts 6.30pm sharp. Debate ends 8.30pm.

BOOKINGS & MORE INFO:
http://www.chinwag.com/live/mosorising

Oct 28, 2008: Chinwag Live on Tour: Social Media ROI @ Ecommerce Expo at Olympia National Hall

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:41:07 -0700

Chinwag Live goes ‘On Tour’ to the Ecommerce Expo at Olympia, where we'll be delving deep into the topic of social media metrics, following on from our popular Measuring Social Media session first held in February 2008.

Our session asks: How are we measuring our return on social media engagement? Is social media ROI (return on investment) a key to campaign success?

With hundreds of tools for tracking, monitoring, analyzing and general probing of online social activity, what should we be measuring for ROI effectiveness? And with the economic downturn making waves, just how effective can these tools be and how are they impacting campaigns?

Join us at E Commerce Expo 2008 to discuss approaches to measuring ROI on social media engagement and explore the issues this are raising for marketers and business.

PANEL:
Alex Burmaster – European Internet Analyst, Nielsen Online
Stuart Bruce – Founder and Managing Director, Wolfstar
Robin Grant - Founder and Managing Director, We Are Social / Advertising 2.0 blog
Helen Lawrence - Social Media Planner, Dare London
Ankur Shah – Co-founder, Techlightenment
CHAIR: Philip Buxton - Digital Strategy Consultant

TICKETS:
FREE - register on the Ecommerce Expo website

TIMINGS:
12.30pm-1.30pm

BOOKINGS & MORE INFO
http://www.chinwag.com/live/ot-ecomexpo2008

NB: This is a FREE event but registration on the Ecommerce Expo site is required to gain entry to the free conference and expo.

Nov 6, 2008: Social Media Workshop at Conrad Dublin

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:01:42 -0700

Includes presentation by Neville Hobson.

Feb 19, 2009: Northern Voice 2009 at UBC

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:41:29 -0700

NOTE: ***No dates have been set for NV09***

In fact, we don't even have confirmed organizers yet.

Consider this a placeholder. Feel free to leave comments on what might make you come / not come.

Oct 16, 2008: eMarketing Summit @ InnoTech at Austin Convention Center

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:14:53 -0700

4th annual eMarketing Summit happening Thursday, October 16. A full day of online marketing topics for business related professionals.

eMarketing Summit is the premier event for understanding best practices in online marketing, and provides a venue for quality peer-to-peer networking. Topics include online communities, social media marketing, email, lead nurturing and much more.

This event is supported by the American Marketing Association - Austin Chapter and Austin Interactive Marketing Association.

Oct 24, 2008: Podcamp + Wordcamp Hawaii at Hawaii Convention Center

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:55:06 -0700

We are having a combined Podcamp and Wordcamp 2-day event, the first ever in Hawaii! Lots more details to come soon, so for now, *please save the date!*

REGISTRATION IS OPEN AT EVENTBRITE!

Please get on the email list and follow our progress at podcamphawaii.com

Please follow us on Twitter for updates.

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