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The Ecology of Engagement, hosted by the Tate Britain and Total Media, took place during Social Media Week London on Tuesday 8th February 2011 at the Tate Britain.

The event looked at the basic components that constitute the eco-system of engagement and discussed how Social Media can be put to use in the Museums, Arts and Culture Sector, to successfully initiate continually engaged communities.

Below are some of the ideas generated from the workshop part of the seminar and a presentation from the seminar.

We've had a few requests for more time to apply for the Digital Mission to Washington DC (11 - 15th July) and although time is now tight, we thought we'd be generous and allow another 5 days.  The application deadline is now Friday 17th June.

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There's a lot of fantastic events and activities planned for the mission, as well as some brilliant partners.  There's been so many exciting announcements regarding the mission the past couple of weeks, we've attempted to re-cap everything below.

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.

• Diary.com: Shoreditch, 1.7.11 - 15.9.11
• TAMBA: Staffordshire, 8wks over Summer
• Affiliate Window: Tower Hill, Immediate 3mnths
• I Spy Marketing: Covent Garden, 3 - 6 mnths
• Geocast: Shoreditch, 3mnths from June
• Collective: Farringdon, 12 wks from 4.7.11
• Aderra UK: Essex, starting July

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.

• Neoco: Soho, 4wks - Aug
• Redberry Digital: Henley-on-Thames, 3mnths - July
• Market Sentinel: Kennington, 1 - 3 mnths - July
• Community Infopoint: Kent, Home-based, July - Aug
• ArtLyst: Home-based over Skype,12 wks - Jun/Jul
• Splendid Comms: Shoreditch, 2 - 3 mnths
• HipSnip: Shoreditch, 3 - 6 mnths
• InDigital: Farringdon, ASAP for 12 wks
• The Martingale IT: Amersham, Now for 5 mnths
• Mobitto: Madrid, 3 mnths - 20.6.11
• Thin Martian: Shoreditch, 2 - 3 mnths - July
• Visibility IQ: Covent Garden, approx 3 mnths - July
• The House: Camden, 1 - 3 mnths - Aug
• TVguide.co.uk: Covent Garden, 12 wks - July
• Taylor James: Shoreditch, 12 wks - July
• Belron International: Surrey, 6wks
• Decibel: Covent Garden, 3mnths rolling
• Seven: Farringdon, 4wks - 13.6.11

Last week, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) published guidance on changes to the laws on using cookies that will affect tens of thousands of business owners.

The new law applies to all EU websites and requires website owners to get a user's consent before cookies are saved onto a device. First,  bit of background...

It's that time of year - graduates are coming to the end of their university lives and school leavers are completing their final exams.  It's the perfect time to hire a fantastic intern - and we've noticed that many companies are already on the hunt.

We're big fans of intern programmes at Chinwag and have had a few successful candidates pass through Chinwag Towers.  We've recently seen such a strong interest, we've decided to gather the information together and summarise in a blog post, or something more industrial, if necessary.

We've recently announced some brilliant competitions and offers exclusively for friends of Chinwag from: Social Media Results, Digital Content Monetization, Cloud Computing World Forum, Activate 2011 and GameHorizon.

We've gathered together a brief summary of all the offers and competitions we currently have on offer. Take a look through, and remember, you have to be in it to win it!

Brought to you by the Guardian newspaper, the Activate Summit 2011 will be taking place Wednesday 22nd June at Kings Place, London. 

Now in its third year, the Activate Summit is the Guardian's gathering place for leaders of a new global network focused on harnessing and employing technological and social innovation for human betterment.

We're delighted the organisers have offered two lucky Chinwaggers the chance to win a free conference ticket worth £595.00.

Digital Content Monetization West 2011 is taking place 21st and 22nd June in Los Angeles, California.

The conference brings together the most senior strategists and decision-makers in Games, Film, Sports, TV, Publishing, News and Music to help you sort out the best short and medium term strategies for delivering revenue through digital content. 

Social Media Week London generated so much coverage that it’s taken us a little while to pull together all the information. This review brings together the video, coverage and slides from Social CRM: Building Customer Love, sponsored by Nokia and Nixon McInnes.

Social Media has changed the playing field in CRM, some companies are embracing this change and using it to help develop stronger, more transparent relationships with their customers. 

The event looked at how different companies have used Social Media to develop meaningful relationships and recommendations and how you can take key steps to develop your online reputation.

On June 14, Seedcamp will be hosting the first ever State-side Mini Seedcamp in New York.

Mini Seedcamp New York is a one day event aiming to connect the 20 best web-tech, mobile and software talent with some of the leading entrepreneurs, developers, and experts from the US and all over the world.

Social Media Week London generated so much coverage that it’s taken us a little while to pull together all the information. This review brings together the video, reportage and tweets from Sport and Social Media, hosted by:

• Sophie Brendel, BBC’s Head of Digital Engagement (@sophiebr)
• Maz Nadjm, Ogilvy’s Head of Social Media (@mazi)
• and Dan McLaren, Adidas Social Media Lead at Carat (@danielmclaren)

The event looked at how the sports industry and the BBC are bringing social media centre stage, and featured major speakers from across the world of sport and broadcasting.

Four industry showcases were presented (Football, The Ashes, Rugby and BBC & London 2012), showcasing how sports organisations are using social media:

Just before the Sports and Social Media Panel organised by the BBC on Weds 9th February, we interviewed Adam Mountford, Producer of Test Match Special (@tmsproducer).

London's Tech Start-ups have banded together to better compete against big banks and huge recruiting budgets.

Job opportunities for computer science graduates and experienced software developers looking for their next career move, should not be limited to corporate banks or consultancies anymore, London's tech start-up community say.

The Silicon Milkroundabout event will try to stop the brain-drain of skilled software developers to big corporations by highlighting the opportunities and benefits of working for innovative, entrepreneurial businesses.

Social Media Week London generated so much coverage that it’s taken us a little while to pull together all the information. This review brings together the video, tweets and speaker presentations from Game On! Games & Brands sponsored by Nokia and JWT.

Traditionally two separate industries, games and social media have meshing together in a variety of ways, providing opportunities for brands.

Traditional games companies are embracing social media, social gaming market is set to hit over $1bn this year and brands are combining game mechanics and social media to drive campaigns.

Opportunities exist, all are benefiting from targeting a wider demographic, increasing engagement and create rewards and status to drive behaviour both off and online.