What exactly happens at a Manchester Social Media Surgery event?
Posted on 18. Jan, 2010 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Social Media Strategies
Cross-posted from the Social Media Cafe Manchester Ning. With some additions in italics below.
Just sharing about the January Social Media Surgery event which took place at Manchester Metropolitan University’s Business Incubator Innospace on Chorlton Street on Tuesday 12th January 2010 from 2pm to 4pm. You can read about the first event on 8th December 2009 here.
Using Twitter to Raise Money for Charity AKA Social Media For Social Good – #smc_mcr
Posted on 08. Apr, 2009 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Inspired, Social Media Strategies
Last night’s Social Media Cafe Manchester, the 6 month anniversary of the events was a fantastic reminder of just how quickly social media has gripped the imagination of the British public.
Make that how quickly Twitter has gripped the imagination of the British public.
I attended the Twitter Titters session at yesterday’s unconference-style face-to-face social networking event(!). There’s more details on the other session by Futuresonic founder Drew Hemment here.
Hosted by Louise Bolotin and Christina McDermott, two thirds of the team behind the Twitter Titters book put together to raise money for Comic Relief through Twitter, it was a fascinating insight into how to use Twitter to raise money for charity and promote a book on the web. You can follow Louise Bolotin and Christina McDermott on Twitter.
Already, there are some great write ups about the session on the interwebs. Jon Clements of the PR Media blog posts his take here and here’s Democracy PR’s Jennifer O’Grady’s helpful overview.
What follows are my notes from the event:
Is That A Degree Qualified Social Media Consultant?
Posted on 01. Feb, 2009 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Social Media Strategies, Trends
I don’t know about you but I think Social Media has started off the year with a bang!
From being talked about at the World Economic Forum in Davos to cropping up on Twitter accounts of the great and the good, it looks like participatory media has finally arrived in the UK.
You want more examples?
