innovation

Never Mind The Boxset: The Album Post-iTunes

This think tank will look at just what the recordings industry can do to revive the album's flagging condition. Full details: http://www.musictank.co.uk/events/album-format

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Date: 20 May 2010
Location: The Basement, PRS for Music, Copyright House,, UK

TEDxCardiff

For those of you that have ever visited TED.com, this event will need no introduction. Needless to say, we're very excited to bringing it to Cardiff!

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Date: 14 April 2010
Location: Wales Millenium Centre, UK

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

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

MiniBar Workshop Series: Workshop 1

MiniBar's first workshop in a 5 part series: Search Engine Optimization and Analytics. Join Daniel Sim and Malcolm Coles for a practical non-nonsense workshop on using Google Analytics and Plugin SEO, effective copy writing for search engines and how to use Google sitemaps and website indexing to maximize coverage.

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Date: 10 March 2010
Location: The Young Foundation, UK

Pixels at Dawn

Come and watch a mash-up of broadcast and design professionals respond live to a challenging brief and get collaborating yourself, with a few free drinks thrown in.

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Date: 24 November 2009
Location: Rich Mix, UK

Thinking Digital

Thinking Digital is an annual conference where the world's greatest thinkers and innovators gather to inspire, to entertain, and to discuss the latest ideas and technologies from across the globe.

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Date: 25 May 2010
Location: The Sage Gateshead, UK

Technology World 2009

Technology World 09 - Miss it and miss out on business opportunites.

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Date: 23 November 2009
Location: Ricoh Arena, UK

Mobile Web Africa

If you, or the organisation that you represent, is currently involved in the development of mobile in Africa or is interested in exploring the potential business and developmental opportunities then Mobile Web Africa is an event that you should be attending. Please get in contact for more information.

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Date: 13 October 2009
Location: Michelangelo Hotel, ZA

Chinese Mobile Leaders Visit UK

Man on Mobile in ChinaAn interesting invite popped through Chinwag's virtual letterbox this morning: an opportunity for a spot of networking with some of the top brass from China's mobile and ICT sectors.

The visit sees representatives from government agencies Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), China Academy of Telecom Research (CATR) and Hong Kong-based mobile value-added service provider, Mtel Ltd visiting London, Cambridge and Edinburgh on a trip organised by UK Trade & Investment as part of the Enabling Innovation Intiative to build stronger links between industry in the UK and China.

The three events are scheduled for:

  • London (Science Museum), 7th July 2009
  • Cambridge, 8th July 2009
  • Edinburgh, 9th & 10th July 2009

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Micromedia futures or the emperor’s new clothes?

Disposable, atomised media is all the rage and I’m as guilty as the next person of wallowing in it.

Web 2.0 and all its trimmings is no exception to this trend, in fact it glories in all things transient.* But what does it add up to? This question is an itch worth scratching, so sometimes we revisit particular events after their initial outing.

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Digital Mission NYC events line-up revealed

Big Apple here we come! The Web 2.0 Expo in New York is less than four days away and the Digital Mission calendar is now looking good and poised to host some serious action...

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