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.
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.
Social Media represents the end of Search – The Debate Rages On At #smc_mcr
Posted on 14. Sep, 2009 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Events, Social Media Strategies
As promised on Twitter, here come my notes from last week’s incredibly enjoyable Social Media Cafe Manchester event.
7 Wonders In 7 Days – my Social Media for Social Change project
Posted on 15. May, 2009 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Inspired, Social Media Strategies
Some of you may be aware that I have recently launched an epic yet exciting project called 7 Wonders In 7 Days.
Instigated by a number of things including Channel 4’s Secret Millionaire TV programme, I’ve set out to visit all new 7 wonders of the world in 7 days, setting off on 9th September 2009 -9/09/09- with the goal of raising £777,000 for 7 worthy charities.
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:
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:
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 Touch of Liveblogging from Manchester Social Media Cafe
Posted on 08. Dec, 2008 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Events
I’m rather apprehensively dipping my toes into live event blogging via my Samsung Omnia touchscreen mobile phone.
I’m no stranger to event blogging, having done a fair bit in recent months. Writing direct to web on a touchscreen phone needs to be experienced to be believed, however, it makes you realise just how far things have advanced in mobile phone technology over the last 6 months.
Back to the 2nd Manchester Social Media Cafe. Currently listening to this month’s speaker, Heather Corcoran from Liverpool’s FACT museum share about being involved in an open source system designed specifically for media artists called pure:dyne.
Also briefly mentioned FACT TV, a HD web TV channel featuring FACT archives? Currently documenting much of it.
Really interestd in net art, showed a number of interesting video examples.
The most interesting was a ‘data mash’ fusing Rihanna’s Umbrella and The Cranberries ‘Zombie’, done by analysing the data files representing the videos and mixing the two.
Visually the effect is much like what you get with digital interference on a DVD, if there is any such thing with the characters in both videos morphing in and out of the image.
I’m going to stop now; I’ve enjoyed this liveblogging experiment but it is rather more labour-intensive than I anticipated. Will post a follow up featuring links to Heather’s examples.
UPDATE:
You can get a full list of links for Heather’s presentation via the Social Media Café Manchester wiki.
There’s also a neat round of up blogs and chatter after the event on the Social Media Cafe Manchester’s Twitter page. Particularly pointed was Tim Difford’s views over at the One Greener Day blog. Fascinating read.
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.
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!
