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Nosh: The Social Business of Food

The food business is in a constant state of flux whether it’s the rush for Michelin stars or shiny food trucks or the latest pop up restaurant. Its marketing is no exception...

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Date: 25 September 2012
Location: SMWLDN Media, Mobile and Lifestyle Hub @ Unruly Media, UK

Tech Business MiniMBA #3: Termsheet Negotiation Skills

Tech Business MiniMBA #3: Termsheet Negotiation Skills. Presented by James Paton-Philip and Jonathan Snade of Pinsent Masons LLP.

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Date: 20 September 2012
Location: Pinsent Masons LLP, UK

Tech Business Mini MBA #2: Fundraising for Start-ups - Lessons Learned

Tech Business Mini MBA #2: Fundraising for Start-ups - Lessons Learned. Presented by Tom Allason, CEO and founder of Shutl

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Date: 13 September 2012
Location: Young Foundation, UK

Tech Business MiniMBA #1: The Business Timeline - Getting the Basics Right

Tech Business MiniMBA #1: The Business Timeline - Getting the Basics Right. Presented by Mark Twum-Ampofo, Technology Partner at top 20 accountancy firm Kingston Smith

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Date: 30 August 2012
Location: Kingston Smith, UK

Drums Rolling: SMWLDN Attendee Registration Finally Open

Social Media Week London is on its way! Starting today, you can register for your favorite events. Head over to the schedule to reserve your seat & let us know that you are attending, register by doing the following:

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28 August 2012 by Lauren Cotton

Designers & Developers Fiesta 2012

Academy Class can help you with new tips and tricks on Adobe Creative Suite 6 with Photoshop, Indesign, Muse, Illustrator, and Edge, HTML5, CSS, Responsive Web, Javascript, Sencha, PhoneGap, iOS and Blackberry App Development.

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Date: 28 September 2012
Location: 15Hatfields, ,, UK

Google+ - A 'how to guide' for business and professionals

Learn about the power of Google+ Local to grow your audience, interact more effectively with your customers and use Google Maps to expand your business

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Date: 12 September 2012
Location: The London Chamber of Commerce, UK

The 3rd Big Data Insight Group Forum

Discover how to seize competitive advantage through the power of insight-driven decision making at the 3rd Big Data Insight Group Forum. Network with over 150 leading practitioners, high-level decision makers and experts and receive the answers you need to take advantage of the new possibilities of big data and advanced analytics!

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Date: 13 September 2012
Location: Park Plaza Victoria London, UK

DAVID BLANDY - ODYSSEYS - ANIME SCREENING - PRINCESS MONONOKE

Princess Mononoke by legendary Japanese film director Hayao Miyazaki is one of his most ambitious, influential and visually sumptuous films. Lighthouse and Duke of York's are delighted to bring a one-off screening special of this renowned film, chosen and introduced by David Blandy.

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Date: 17 September 2012
Location: Duke of York's Cinema, UK

Celebrate Summer with us at Chinwag's Late Summer BBQ '12

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Sizzling sausages and other char-grilled delights are on the menu at our Late Summer BBQ on Thursday 13th September, combined with the opportunity for Chinwaggers, the Digital Mission alumni and Social Media Week London-ers to gather, mingle, chat and sip a cold beverage. Let's face it, we don't need much of an excuse and it will be the end of Summer, post- Olympics and Paralympics and right before everything kicks off for Social Media Week London!

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15 August 2012 by Lauren Cotton

SMWLDN Sept '12 Hubs and their Topics

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So, all of our wonderful Hub spaces have been announced, all represented on the above map (which you can view on Google Maps here). But what event topics will be based where? And what events go into a Hub?

The SMWLDN Hub Schedules will be carefully curated to include some of the week's best events. We'll be working with sponsors and partners for some events, and other Hub spaces are open for your own inclusion! If you'd like your event to be featured in a Hub, please check out this blog post to find out how to apply.

The SMWLDN Hub Schedules will be announced soon, in the mean time, check out what you can expect to find in each SMWLDN Hub below.

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14 August 2012 by Lauren Cotton

DeNormalised NOSQL 2012 // September 20th & 21st

Skills matter is delighted to announce DeNormalised NOSQL, a two-day conference packed with talks and exchanges with experts of NOSQL solutions such as Neo4J, Cassandra, and MongoDB. Join us over the 20th & 21st of September at The Crypt, Clerkenwell.

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Date: 20 September 2012
Location: Skills Matter, UK

In The Brain of Franz Bettag, The amazing world of Scala & LiftWeb for Web Development

Franz will be presenting his experiences with Liftweb and Netty, as well as Web-Development with Scala in general. He will explain how Scala has enabled him to produce meaningful, stable and performing code and why it is endless fun for him!

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Date: 15 October 2012
Location: Skills Matter, UK

Round #2: Introducing & Announcing More SMWLDN Sept ’12 Hubs

We said there were more to come, and as promised, here they are!

In this second announcement, we have another three SMWLDN Sept '12 Hub to introduce you to, on top of our previous announcement of ExHoSo House, Google Campus, The Hub Westminster, O2 Workshop and Unruly Media - giving us a total of 8 SMWLDN Sept '12 Hubs for the week.

As explained in the last announcement, each SMWLDN Sept '12 Hubs will have a topic area, and events taking place in the Hub will focus and/or relate to that particular Hub's topic area. Each Hub's schedule is being carefully curated, Hub events will highlight and showcase some of the best SMWLDN events taking place this September. Also, with London being a bit of a beast with events taking place all over the city, we hope that this will make SMWLDN easier to navigate, both physically and on the online schedule.

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9 August 2012 by Lauren Cotton

Social Media Fundamentals #2 - Social Recruitment

During this session we will start by discussing how social media impacts recruitment, and what the wider European trends are. We will cover various case studies so you can take away tangible examples of strategies that work. We’ll then focus on the necessary elements of execution, and finish with data and measurement.

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Date: 30 August 2012
Location: Dachis Group London, UK