If you are interested in or running a business and want to find out some tips on building an all-star team (at little or no cost) check out his workshop
Questions answered :
How to create a winning team for your business
How to “recruit” staff with no money
How to find the right people for your business
As Facebook growth plateaus niche networks are on the rise, from Instagram to Path new companies are building communities around niche requirements.
The same is true with sports and football specifically with Fanatix, Squawka and Bantr all looking for product fit.
With the recent death of Picklive and Sofanatics the question is whether there is a market for real time sports networks.
The session will discuss what Bantr has learnt in its first year and its strategy to own the real time football market.
Questions answered :
Is there a market for real time sports engagement?
During this innovative presentation Chris Smith will look at how to engage behaviour change from an environmental and ethical perspective using the tools of Social Media.
Focusing on some of the world’s most successful campaigns in the areas of social justice, enviromentalism and politics this workshop will demonstrate best practise as demonstrated across many media sectors including business, charities and NGO’s.
Chris will be sharing some of the invaluble tips, tricks and tools to manage campaigning gleaned from the highly successful workshop series How to Master Social Media
Chris Smith is an accomplished workshop facilitator, green film maker and most recently a Green party candidate in the general election. Graduating from Bath University with an Msc in ‘Responsibility & Business Practice’, Chris focused on consumerism, addiction and denial for his thesis.
Questions answered :
How to engage people in ‘green’ issues using digital and creative media
Sample of a workshop included – however it’s not the one i’m proposing
#KittenCamp is a meme-meet-up for web-loving, ad industry folk and publishers to chat memes, drink (FREE) beer and share some kitten love.
The format of the evening has three parts…
1 – The Meme Battle: our very own ‘Meme Master Meow’ takes on a guest ‘LOL-puppy’ in a round-by-round video meme off to see who can get the most audience lolz. (Tweet suggestions to #KittenCamp)
2 – Super awesome guest speakers: listen to industry folk chatting about recent fab digital campaigns, internet culture and other fun web stuff
3- Drinks and monster-musical-memes-mixer – with FREE beers!
Check out the blog to see what we got up to at the last event; http://www.viraladnetwork.net/
Questions answered:
The session looks at the nature of viral content, tracking some of the most popular YouTube trends of 2013 so far. There will also be a host of awesome guest speakers from top London agencies talking about some of their recent viral campaigns
How can we make the most of the connections around us?
With the next best thing constantly round the corner, it is easier to dismiss your own ideas as unsexy than try do something about them. But there is an alternative to shouting above the rest to get noticed online. It’s all about thinking like little fish and the willingness to demonstrate relevance to all and sundry.
This isn’t as tedious as it sounds, and it can ultimately help you build a digital ecosystem of people, relationships and skills that contribute to your idea or abstraction to create big change.
In this talk I will introduce concepts of ideas prototyping and co-production and explain how they apply to us as individuals. I will also trace the development of my own project, which was developed entirely by reaching out to others on social networks. Over a period of two years, it went from being largely ignored, to visiting 6 countries.
This talk is suitable for culture and health-care professionals as well as start-ups addressing issues within these sectors.
Questions answered :
What is ideas prototyping?
How can I use social media to create empathy?
How do the principles of co-production apply to me?
I want to get things done quietly, why should I bother with social media?
How can social networks be used to change culture of my workplace?
These days it’s not just enough to have a presence on social media platforms. There is more to it than just sending out information on a regular basis. In this seminar, Cemanthe from New Media Angels, will cover strategy and planning for social media, trends to watch out for and measuring the ROI of a social media campaign – as well as much more. If you are on social media already but not seeing the results you expected, or just starting out, this will be the seminar for you!
Questions answered :
Where does social media fit into marketing?
How do you measure the value to your business?
What is the future of social media for companies?
What are the main principles of using social media?
How do you increase engagement?
What can you use as content/generating content of value?
How do I write a strategy?
What should go into my strategy?
Tried and tested tips and tricks on creating engaging social media content
Questions answered :
- What is engaging content?
- How should you create engaging posts for Facebook and Twitter?
- What are the best ways to organise and schedule your social media content?
- How do you measure if your content is engaging enough?
Session exploring how start up businesses and creativity can work alongside each other to produce effective results using social media and mobile technologies.
Questions answered :
How can you be an entrepreneur without loosing your creative identity? What is like being a creative entrepreneur?
