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Chinwag's Careers Day at Digital Shoreditch is this Friday, May 24th to be exact. The companies are ready and waiting to find their next star employee. Grab yourself a ticket now, it's FREE.

Make the most of Friday, get the medical attention your cv needs at the surgery, wander upstairs for a workshop and catch a presentation in the main room, read the full agenda bellow.

The only thing left to do is introduce the final six companies exhibiting: Pharmiweb Solutions, Inspiring Interns, Harvest Digital, BrightLemon, Enternships, LGCH.

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My Brain is a Temple

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Yielding to my curious side, I had the opportunity to flee the office for the afternoon, and attend Chinwag Psych. With my background in PR I had no clue what to expect from a pyschology conference, but soon enough I was up to my knees in knowledge; learning about how neuroscience, behavioural psychology and machine learning could revolutionise media, marketing and business.

In case you missed out, I’ve put together a couple of highlights from the sessions I sat in on:

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Chinwag Psych Interview: Leigh Caldwell “You might say this is what our whole lives are for..."

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Chinwag Psych saw experts across marketing, advertising, psychology, machine learning and neuroscience deliver ways best to understand your target market. 

Through a range of academic speakers and practitioners, there was a lot to be learned about how we can gain insights to run an efficient team or what a customer might be thinking.

Leigh Caldwell is a combination of both academic and businessman as the CEO of Inon and a cognitive behavioural economist. But what is that and how did he end up with that title?

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Chinwag Psych Reading Round Up: Nudge Unit Failure, Live Brain Surgery and Young Materialism

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Chinwag Psych was a huge success yesterday. We have our picks of recent revelatory reading just to keep the mind tintilated...
Handwritten revelations of the mind?
The controversial practice of graphology - deducing personality from handwriting - is still making headlines. Bad news for those of us from the 'chicken scratch' school of penmanship.
Many people, it appears, value the 'information' they can glean from a handwritten job application. Judgements can be made about the character of a person from the way that they write, let alone what they are writing. Would you pass the test? 
Find out more in Discovery News
Is advertising pushing youth materialism?
Over on Red Orbit, an intriguing article looks at a study by San Diego State University asking if teenagers are more materialistic and less likely to want to work to earn money, or if that is just the perception of an older generation.
Advertising could be driving teenagers to want more and work less. Understanding generational trends can mean the difference between a well placed campaign or a failed attempt - and so taking a look at what’s on the mind of a teenager might be less gross and more useful than you might initially think.
Read more here
Vorsprung durch technik? 
If you’re following business trends then you can’t help but notice how important machine learning is to big online companies. 
Amazon is naturally all over this, and is planning the development of a centre for cloud technologies in Dresden and Berlin. 
According to GigaOm, around 70 engineers will be hired to work on tech for management systems and operating systems as well as machine learning to be used across its businesses. 
Read more here
It’s only brain surgery...
Fancy watching a little live brain surgery? Hey, who doesn’t, right? There is an opportunity for those with a strong stomach to watch a live webcast of a minimally invasive brain aneurysm repair on May 23.
For the insatiably curious, it’s a chance to literally see what is going on inside a person’s head. 
Read more here
A healthy dose of neuro skepticism
It’s easy to be blinded by science, but critical thinking is also important when what you read may not have been interpreted correctly. 
Check out this interview in Forbes with neurologist and writer Robert Burton who has brought out a book that questions what neuroscience can and cannot do. Worthwhile reading for all of us and a good idea to help us take a closer look at the information that is presented to use because it’s ‘scientific’. 
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The nudge that failed
If you’re interested in behavioural psychology and economics then you will understand the term ‘nudge’ -  that is, using positive reinforcement and subtle suggestions to get a person to do something. 
But what if the information that nudge is based on is not quite right? 
The Guardian reports that the ‘nudge unit’ in the UK created by David Cameron has been accused by the VIA Institute in the US of bad practice after using the institute’s personality tests to pilot experiments despite being refused permission.
The problem is that the questionnaires used in the experiments were not validated scientifically and the results are pretty disturbing. 
Read more here

Chinwag Psych was a huge success last week. We have our picks of recent revelatory reading just to keep the mind tintilated...

Handwritten revelations of the mind?

The controversial practice of graphology - deducing personality from handwriting - is still making headlines. Bad news for those of us from the 'chicken scratch' school of penmanship. 

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Share This Live

Standage’s talk will be supported by an expert panel of speakers from top UK and international brands, organisations and agencies including:

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Date: 11 July 2013
Location: Microsoft, UK

Chinwag Psych Interview: William Higham "Gut feeling, instinct and research for trend forecasting"

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Missing Chinwag Psych? Fear not - we still have some great content to share with you from our speakers. The day focused on machine learning, neuroscience and psychology and how these disciplines can be successfully applied to business. 

One of the great speakers was William Higham, consumer strategist, futurist, author and founder of the Next Big Thing consultancy. His understanding of the way consumers think helps him to advise businesses all over the world.

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Nokia and Brilliant Noise at Chinwag Psych: "If you only get 6-7 hours sleep per night, you might as well be drunk"

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Chinwag Psych brought experts from advertising and marketing who were eager to share their knowledge of machine learning, psychology and neuroscience. 

One highlight was seeing Nokia’s Global VP of digital and social marketing Chris Schaumann and Antony Mayfield, founder of the digital strategy agency Brilliant Noise discussing Nokia’s Smarter Everyday program.

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Chinwag Psych Interview: Cat Jones, Unruly Media “Go Forth and Amplify.”

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Chinwag Psych was a huge success, with a fantastic selection of great speakers sharing insights into how psychology, neuroscience and machine learning can open new avenues for business.

One of the day's speakers, Cat Jones, talks to Chinwag about her presentation.

As many of us online become accustomed to social sharing, it’s no surprise that there are practitioners looking into how it can be exploited.

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Chinwag Psych Interview: Daniel Bennett & Marina Clement from OgilvyChange

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Chinwag Psych is almost here. Grab a ticket and prepare to learn all sorts of intriguing things about machine learning, psychology and neuroscience in business and beyond.

A formidable list of speakers span academic principles, marketing skills, psychology for teams, behavioural economics and much more. If you’re already signed up, be sure to catch Marina Clement and Dan Bennett of Ogilvy Change.

They will be talking about how Ogilvy Change one a pitch for News International. As a result they completely redesigned the subscription process to attract more customers.

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Chinwag Psych Interview: Fabian Stelzer "Changing Design to affect Consumer Decisions"

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Tomorrow is the day for our
Chinwag Psych event where attendees can learn from the experts working with psychology, machine learning and neuroscience in business.

If you fancy a little food for your brain, grab a ticket and join us, it’s going to be a packed event with more than enough to inspire.

One of the great speakers in our lineup is Fabian Stelzer, co-founder and CEO of EyeQuant.

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#KittenCamp Vs BuzzFeed – Digital Shoreditch Special!

#KittenCamp Vs BuzzFeed in the ultimate viral showdown for Digital Shoreditch 2013. We'll also be joined by a host of awesome ad industry speakers, DJs and plenty of FREE beer!

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Date: 22 May 2013
Location: Cafe 1001, UK

Neuromagic and Psychological Alien Detection: Get your head around this!

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Not long now until the Chinwag Psych event on May 9. If you don’t have your ticket yet you can still grab one here.

Meanwhile, whether you can attend the event or if you’re just interested in a little reading on the topic of psychology, neuroscience and machine learning, here’s our weekly round up to get you thinking.

Happy Birthday to the father of modern neuroscience

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Social Media Marketing Training Workshop

Expert tuition at our 1 – day intensive social media marketing workshop held in London this May. Hosted by Our Social Times founder, Luke Brynley-Jones with several guest speakers throughout the day.

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Date: 23 May 2013
Location: Prospero House, UK

EyeQuant, Unruly & Draftcb: The latest ChinwagPsych speakers

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The list is complete. We have all our speakers for Chinwag Psych and it’s looking great.

Tickets are still available for the conference. Get yours here now.

Find out more about the latest additions from EyeQuant, Draftcb and Unruly Media. 

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Chinwag Psych Interview: Nathalie Nahai, "Subliminal Success - The Psychology of Sales."

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Brain Operator

The Chinwag Psych conference is coming on May 9. Selected experts will be presenting talks on neuroscience, psychology and big data for business.

If you’re not sure why this event is for you, we have a Quick and Dirty Primer. The speakers are key, and they include Web Psychologist, Nathalie Nahai.

Nathalie recently published her book, Webs of Influence , a guide to discovering secret strategies that make us click.

Since its release she has been outlining why thoughtful design and marketing goes a long way.

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