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On Your Marks - Event Submission for SMWLDN Opens Tomorrow!

SMWLDN

Ready. Steady. GO!

If you hadn’t heard Social Media Week will be back in beautiful blighty this September the 23-27th to be exact, you probably knew that already. Did you know that tomorrow, that’s right the 23rd of April event submission finally opens!

We are so excited to see your entries we could almost shout it from the rooftops! So guys if you haven’t already come up with some fantastic events what’s the hold-up? Get those thinking hats on and knock our socks off with your submissions.

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Chinwag Psych - Lets Get Reading.

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Head

Chinwag Psych May 9, is a conference and online publication covering psychology, neuroscience and machine learning for business and marketing. 

Jamillah brought together the best of the reading material the internet has to offer for the week.

To grab a ticket for the event there are some great deals available, simply click here, to find out more. 

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CodeMaker by MiniBarLabs

One day introductory coding course run by MiniBarLabs

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Date: 18 April 2013
Location: Mother London, UK

It's Not Just the Early Bird That Catches The Worm. Discount for Digital Shoreditch.

Digital Shoreditch

Digital Shoreditch is back for its third year and looks to be the best yet, Digital Shoreditch is opening the doors of Tech City for a two-week digital wonderland, 20-31 May. 

Missed the early bird tickets? Don’t fret, we have a mighty tasty 25% discount to share.

The folks at Digital Shoreditch have given us this link to give you guys 25% off until the 29th of April, don’t miss out and grab a ticket now. 

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The Tech Business MiniMBA #1: IP Basics for Technology Businesses

The Tech Business MiniMBA #1: IP Basics for Technology Businesses presented by Ciaran Hickey, Gurminder Panesar and David Deakin from Wiggin LLP, a specialist law firm in for the Media industry.

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Date: 16 April 2013
Location: Wiggin LLP, UK

Thinking Digital Announce 2nd Annual Thinking Digital Start-Up Competition 21st May

Thinking Digital

Thinking Digital Conference have partnered with Sage to bring you their second annual Thinking Digital Start-Up Competition.

Up to ten companies will be shortlisted to give a 3 minute start-up pitch before a panel of expert industry judges and a 500+ audience on the 21st of May during the pre-conference activities of Thinking Digital.

You have until the 30th of April to enter. Apply here.

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Neuro, Psych and Machine Learning - a Quick and Dirty Primer

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Reading the Dictionary

The Chinwag Psych event is coming up on May 9th and there’s a whole host of interesting presentations lined up with people who are going to speak their mind about your brain and business.

The outline for the event is of course Psychology, Neuroscience and Machine Learning. But what exactly do we mean when we throw these words out and what would the connection be to business? I think the real question you might ask is - why is this relevant to me?

Here’s a quick and dirty guide to get you thinking.

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Win a Ticket to Big Data Week London – Putting Data to Work 25th April 2013

Big Data Week

Putting Data to Work is a day long conference bringing some of smartest people from across the Big Data domain to Imperial College London and Big Data Week are offering 2 lucky Chinwag readers a chance to win a free ticket to the April 25th event.

The competition closes on April 22nd, so act quick! See below for entry details.

Big Data Week have also given us a discount code for Chinwag readers of 10% off.

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Get Involved in Chinwag's Careers Day @ Digital Shoreditch 2013

BL-NK

Chinwag has rejoined Digital Shoreditch to bring you the biggest and best Careers Day so far, taking place on Friday 24th May. 

The aim is to find and fill roles within the digital industry.  Here's a scoop: news of the location and a preview of the first companies who will be exhibiting.

Get your free ticket here.

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Old Dogs, New Tricks: Social Media Results

Social Media Results

The Social Media Results Conference - on May 15th 2013 - offers proven strategies to win.

 Keep up with the smart players and see how 20 top brands are achieving real, measurable results from targeted social media marketing.

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Two Heads Are Better Than One

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Boogie Brains

Two heads are better than one, or so the saying goes.

Chinwag Psych is hosting a conference on May 9th exposing the secrets of neuromarketing, big data and machine learning, leaving science fiction to the silver screen.

Nathalie Nahai - The Web Psychologist is speaking at Chinwag Psych she is also hosting a masterclass on April 17 with Jo James bringing you their expertise to optimise sales through your website.

We have partnered with Nathalie to offer all you Chinwaggers a special ticket for both events for just £499. Get them while they are hot.

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What is This User Experience Thing?

What is this UX thing? Click to view entire comic

User Experience, aka 'UX', is talked about a lot within the web development world, yet I speak to many people who are still unsure of what it actually is.

I tasked my colleague Bonny with coming up with a simple explanation of what UX is and why it's important.  Her response came in the form of a comic.  It's pretty good!  I wanted to share it here to see if anyone else would find it useful too.

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Enterprising Music Redux - The only Way is DIY [video]

Neon Notes

Enterprising Music brought together entrepreneurs, start-ups and individuals eager to join the music business.

Waiting for the next business guru proclamation and 'perfect' new music business model may seem like a good plan but are you really just procrastinating?

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Approaching Responsive Web Design

A free event lovingly brought to you by The Digital Pond. Our excellent line-up of experts will be sharing their experiences, ideas and techniques to help you make better responsive websites.

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Date: 18 April 2013
Location: The Old Sessions House, UK

Designing for E-Commerce

Huge London events are open to anyone with an interest in tech, UX, design, strategy and more. Join us for snacks, networking and discussion with industry experts.

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Date: 10 April 2013
Location: Hoxton Gallery at The Arch, UK