business & innovation

Agile Testing & BDD eXchange London 2013

Be part of an intensive day of deep technical insight and friendly discussion to learn, adopt and share new innovative ideas, tools and practices in Agile testing. Keynote speaker Gojko Adzic will be joined by an array of leading experts, including Tony Bruce, Martine Devos, David Evans, and Christian Hassa - and many more!

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Date: 22 November 2013
Location: The Skills Matter eXchange, UK

Chinwag Psych Reading Material Round-Up

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Kindle

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

To give you a run down of the most interesting articles on the internet this week Jamillah has curated a list for your reading pleasure.  

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

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Tech Success - Discover the secret to building a £million pound company.

Tech Success - Discover the secret to building a £million pound company. More than 5 Serial Entrepreneurs are descending on London to reveal the secrets to their success and how they have built over 8 successful companies in just a few years.

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Date: 5 April 2013
Location: Dexter House, UK

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

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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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SMW REWIND: Oversharing or Misunderstood? Automatic Sharing in Social [video]

Betapond: Oversharing or misUnderstood?

Oversharing or Misunderstood? Automatic Sharing in Social was hosted by Betapond on Thursday 27th September 2012 at the Advertising & Marketing Hub at Facebook.

When Facebook unveiled Open Graph and made it possible for apps such as Spotify, Netflix or social readers for the Guardian, Independent or Washington Post to share automatically, it divided opinion. “Frictionless sharing” is a great way to discover new stuff from friends but some think it’s Too Much Information.

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Apps World – Discover the future of multi-platform apps

The flagship Apps World show will be returning to London for two days of engagement and high level insight and discussion around one of the largest growing industries - mobile apps.

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Date: 22 October 2013
Location: Earls Court 2, UK

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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Measuring Social Media with Google Analytics - Workshop

A unique 1/2 day workshop hosted by Our Social Times exploring how the free to use Google Analytics tool can be used to measure the value of your social media activity.

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Date: 17 April 2013
Location: Cavendish Conference Centre, UK

The Power of Engagement: How social media can help your business

The purpose of this Master Class is to provide a workshop that allows delegates to review a full array of social media tools, and to understand which of those tools can best serve their businesses. Delegates will leave the workshop armed with tools they need to grow their social media presence and reach a much wider audience.

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Date: 19 April 2013
Location: The Work Foundation, UK

Start-Up Diaries: Tips for Brits taking on the US

Table Crowd New York

I was part of Digital Mission to New York, and picked up some great tips for UK businesses wanting to take a bite out of the Big Apple and beyond.

Here’s a round-up of the key things you need to know before heading Stateside.

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Infographic or Visual CV as a Job Application [Infographic]

Future Gov: Head of Comms

When applying for the role of Head of Comms at FutureGov, I knew that the job posting would attract a lot of interest and high quality applications. Indeed, there ended up being several dozen people applying for the job.

I needed to make my application stand out.

Yes, I made sure to have a top notch CV, Covering Letter and References. But I wanted a little something extra to put my application on top of the pile.

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SMW Global Theme - Open & Connected: Principles For A Collaborative World

Everything Is Connected

There is an innate feeling in all of us to achieve progress, to advance, to solve problems. Emerging technologies have changed how we communicate and engage with the world.

We can now share our passions openly and across cultural and geographic boundaries.

One voice can ripple to millions.

Change is happening everywhere. Startups are disrupting entire industries and scaling their businesses globally. Tyranny, injustice and unethical behavior are being exposed. Groups are self-organizing to take positive action. Transparency, accountability, information sharing and collaboration are accelerating progress to levels never before seen.

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