business & innovation

RE.WORK Technology Summit, Berlin 2014

Discover emerging technologies shaping the future of business & society.

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Date: 19 June 2014
Location: Umweltforum, DE

Selling through Social

Social media is an excellent tool for startups and freelancers to sell their products and services, it's also a great way of building a personal brand, but how do you convert tweets and likes to sales, and how do you make sure you don't turn into an annoying, shouty, 'buy my product, buy my product' type of person?

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Date: 22 May 2014
Location: TechHub @ Campus, UK

First Party Data - The New Gold

Forrester Analyst, Luca Padernie and Intent HQ’s CEO Jonathan Lakin join forces to discuss how publishers and media owners can use first party data to increase revenues, boost profits and grow loyal audiences.

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Date: 18 June 2014
Location: Hospital Club, UK

Conscious Business - Tomorrow’s Company Today

How can tomorrow's businesses respond practically to an exponentially changing world? See the future of business and meet next generation business leaders. Hear from people doing it today and find out how you can too. Speakers: David Wood - Chair of London Futurists, Tom Nixon - Founder of NixonMcInnes, Jack Hubbard - Founder of Propellernet

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Date: 2 June 2014
Location: Post*shift, UK

The Art of Customer Satisfaction

Through panel discussions and workshops, speakers from leading brands including Home Retail Group, Expedia, Dotmailer and Oasis will share their expertise. They will explore topics like omnichannel customer service, optimizing self-service, social media, business intelligence, measurement and metrics, and getting the most out of your team.

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Date: 28 May 2014
Location: RIBA, UK

Steal A Creative's Idea Today

Inventing is no easy feat; we just have to watch an episode of Dragons Den to appreciate that. 
Remember some of the more, shall we say, interesting ideas?
Mike Carr who entered the den with an idea to solve all Expats driving nightmares. A single glove that you put on your right hand when you travel abroad to remind you to drive on the correct side of the road.
Yes, that’s right. A glove. And for this glove, he wanted £100,000. 
Then there was SuperkneeS. Essentially an ugly pair of rollerskates to strap to your knees to go from one kneeling job to another at high speeds. Erm what?  
But what if these ideas (or maybe some of the better but rejected ones) could be given a new lease of life as food for thought for others. 
Well they can. 
A new website, Ideas To Steal Today, offers just that, Created by Kalle Everland and Timo Klaarenbeek, the site encourages creatives to post their rejected work, with a short explanation and a visual. So all those creatives who poured blood, sweat and tears into their ideas, can now see it put to use. All of the ideas on the website are free to use as long as their new co-owners credit the person who originally posted it. 
There is a huge range of ideas on the site. There’s an App that connects to your Nike Fuel Band but rather than urge you to pick up the pace, it urges you to take it easy, relax and enjoy what’s out there more. 
A website that allows you to look busy for your boss using Excel/photoshop backgrounds while you can actually ‘be busy’ still reading your ebook. 
And even an app that lets you find your keys, with your phone. How has that one not taken off yet? 

Inventing is no easy feat; we just have to watch an episode of Dragons Den to appreciate that. 

Remember some of the more, shall we say, interesting ideas?

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TechTalks@Cass - Behind the Scenes of Spotify, Summly and CoinDesk

TechTalks@Cass (in partnership with Thomson Reuters) are intimate, in-depth interviews with some of the UK’s most innovative and inspirational tech entrepreneurs. Meet them up close and personal at Cass Business School, with plenty of time for your questions. Tech Writer Matt Cowan interviews Shakil Khan, Serial Entrepreneur

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Date: 20 May 2014
Location: Main Auditorium, Cass Business School, UK

Speaker Boutique - When to let go of…People, Products, Companies

In this event for founders, business owners and CEOs, hear from three seasoned entrepreneurs as they talk candidly about the difficult decisions they had to make for the good of the business. They will share the “when” and the “how”, as well as the good, the bad and the ugly of letting go of people, products and/or companies.

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Date: 21 May 2014
Location: 3 South Place, UK

Speaker Boutique - When to let go of…People, Products, Companies

In this event for founders, business owners and CEOs, hear from three seasoned entrepreneurs as they talk candidly about the difficult decisions they had to make for the good of the business. They will share the “when” and the “how”, as well as the good, the bad and the ugly of letting go of people, products and/or companies.

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Date: 21 May 2014
Location: 3 South Place, UK

Kendal and South Lakeland Wired Cumbria

digital and creative business and freelancers from Kendal, South Lakeland and Barrow Peninsula to join us for an evening of business networking over some liquid refreshment and some nibbles.

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Date: 5 June 2014
Location: The Factory, UK

Kendal Jelly

Kendal's first Jelly event on Thursday 22nd of May.....opens at 10.30am until 3pm ....and The Factory, Kendal.......bring you computer, work and coffee cup....and join us.

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Date: 22 May 2014
Location: The Factory, UK

Real-Time Advertising Summit

Who Will Attend? Brands Agencies Ad Networks Ad Exchanges DSPs SSPs

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Date: 19 November 2014
Location: London, UK

Services in the City (Open Data) Design Jam

Services in the City (Open Data) Design Jam is a fully funded design jam and explore the potential of open data to enhance our city, by creating new services or helping improve existing services.

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Date: 3 June 2014
Location: The Work Foundation, UK

Meet the Tech City Event Startups

A Demo Night to help you learn about the coolest event technologies born in the heart of London. Come and meet some of the most disruptive young companies and network with other London event professionals.

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Date: 20 May 2014
Location: The Bakery, UK

A digital conversation about building the next generation of the web.

The next evolution of the web promises to be even more profound but are we prepared to be more agile this time around? We think it's time to have a digital conversation about the next web, what it looks like, what are the emergent trends and how should we, as developers, designers, strategists, marketers and digital managers respond?

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Date: 11 June 2014
Location: The Phoenix Pub, Cavendish Square, UK