The Case for Manchester Open Data City and the Joys of Courting Corporate Philanthropy
Posted on 05. Feb, 2010 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Events, Social Media Strategies
Here come my notes from Tuesday’s Social Media Cafe Manchester event at the BBC’s offices on Oxford Road.
I’ve been a big fan of Social Media Cafe Manchester since being invited to be on the ‘panel of bloggers’ at the very first event in November 2008. Whenever I can I try to blog about each ‘#smc_mcr’ I attend, after the event.
Next Speaking Engagement: Social TV Forum, RIBA, London, 28th September
Posted on 17. Sep, 2009 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Events
I’m going to be speaking at the Social TV Forum at RIBA, London on Monday 28th September.
Billed as a discussion on the “Future of TV and Social Media”, the Social TV Forum’s agenda is to look at the challenges facing the emerging social TV marketplace.
The speakers at the Forum include Matt Locke, Commissioning Editor, Education, Channel 4; Anthony Rose, Controller, Vision & Online Media Group, BBC; Kate Bradshaw, Head of Online Commissioning, ITV; Kelly Sweeney, Head of Original Productions, Bebo UK and Damien Byrne, Head of Entertainment, T-Mobile.
From Single Mother To Social Media Celebrity
Posted on 09. Feb, 2009 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Social Media Strategies
Following on from last week’s post on the University of Salford’s newly approved MA in Social Media which got a response from the BBC’s Business editor, Tim Weber on Twitter, here’s further discussion by way of an example.
Meet Lauren Luke, a single mother who’s recently joined the Guardian as a video blogger on the strength of the popularity of her videos on YouTube.
Thanks to John Welsh for the hat tip on Twitter.
2009: The Year Social Media Becomes Big Business in the UK
Posted on 06. Jan, 2009 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Social Media Strategies
Or so it would seem.
It’s the season for predictions. From the BBC’s list of hotly tipped bands for 2009 to Wired’s list of tech predictions including a look at the wry miscalculations of yesteryear, this time of year it seems you can’t move for lists of predictions.
I’ll throw one into the mix for good measure. I think that 2009 will be the year social media makes its way into the enterprise in the UK.
A Day in The Life of A Digital Native – NOISEfestival
Posted on 25. Nov, 2008 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Backstage Interviews, Events
In between covering social media usage amongst FTSE 100 companies, I try and post blog articles sharing interesting industry events I attend.
75% of UK Facebook Users Would Not Purchase a Product or Service from a Brand’s Profile page
Posted on 07. Oct, 2008 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Engagement Marketing, Social Media Strategies
That was one of the findings of a fascinating report on Social Network Marketing in the UK sent to me by the author, Tom Chapman of www.socialnetworkmarketinguk.com.
According to the report, UK MySpace users are even less likely to purchase a product or service from a brand’s profile page: 79% of UK MySpace respondents state they would not purchase a product or service from a brand via their profile page.
Sheffield Melts Creativity – Melt 2008 Inspiration Session – Part 4
Posted on 09. Sep, 2008 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Events, Inspired, Multi-Platform Content
This is part of my write-up on the inspiring Melt 2008 Inspiration Session in Sheffield last Thursday.
Here I cover the presentations by the Melt Awardees.
Real Fresh TV Featured In eMarketer Web Television In Europe Report
Posted on 05. Sep, 2008 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Multi-Platform Content
Research firm eMarketer have included a feature on Real Fresh TV in their ‘Web Television in Europe: An Expanding Scene’ report.
The highly readable report, available as a paid subscription from eMarketer, provides an excellent overview on the web television landscape in the UK and Europe.
b.TWEEN08 Conference Highlights – Day 1 – 19th June
Posted on 20. Jun, 2008 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Events
I didn’t get a chance to blog this yesterday, got in late after attending and presenting at the extremely interesting QuickFire event at Manchester’s Circle Club.
QuickFire is the b.TWEEN conference’s take on Pecha Kucha presentations and you can find out more info about them here. You can also watch the videos from all the events at b.TWEEN on their YouTube page. The webcast is here.
I’ll put my slides up on Slideshare over the weekend. Follow today’s (and yesterday’s) events on Twitter by tracking the #btween and #btween08 Twitter hash tags using summize.com. You can also check out a pretty impressive preview here at Conference 2.0.
Now onto the Day 1 highlights… (You can also check out Day 2’s highlights)
What Bebo’s Open Media Platform Means For Branded Content Owners
Posted on 14. Nov, 2007 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Multi-Platform Content
Yesterday, Bebo, the UK’s top social networking site for 13-24 year olds, according to comScore, announced the launch of Open Media, their social video publishing platform which gives each Bebo user a personal TV channel within their profile page on the social network.
High Profile Media Launch
Open Media launched with branded channels from an impressive list of media companies including the BBC, CBS, MTV Networks, ESPN, Channel Four and BSkyB.
Content owners using Open Media are not charged to create branded channels on the platform and can use whichever video player technology they choose.
Content owners can sell video advertising within their branded channel and retain 100% of the revenue generated. Bebo will charge content owners to promote content within the network, however.
