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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.

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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?

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Presenting A Beginner’s Guide to Social Media at #smc_mcr

Posted on 15. Jan, 2009 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Events

There has already been much discussion on the web about the incredible meeting of minds that was the first Social Media Cafe of the year last night at The Northern.  You can read Manchester Evening News blogger Sarah Hartley’s 5 takeaways at the Mancunian Way blog which includes links to videos.

The first in the unconference format, myself and all the other speakers were bowled over by the enthusiasm of all who attended.

I presented a well attended Beginner’s Guide to Social Media session, slides after the jump:

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And We’re Off, Manchester’s Social Media Cafe Opens For Business

Posted on 12. Nov, 2008 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Events, Inspired, Social Media Strategies

Last night’s Social Media Café event at The Northern exceeded my expectations.

Firstly, turn out was impressive, I’m not sure of numbers but there were at least 50 people in the audience.

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Real Fresh TV wins Manchester Evening News Blog of the Week award

Posted on 07. Nov, 2008 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Announcements, Inspired

 Wow, I’m completely blown away by this.

Paul Robinson, seasoned tech blogger and contributor to the Manchester Evening News, the widely read regional newspaper that shares a venerable heritage with the Manchester-born Guardian newspaper has awarded this site ‘Blog of the Week’ on the site’s The Mancunian Way blog!

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