Social Media Starter Course – Tuesday 27th October, 9:30am – 12:30pm
Posted on 18. Sep, 2009 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Events, Social Media Strategies
It’s been a little while since the last Social Media Starter Course but I’m pleased to announce there’s one scheduled for Tuesday 27th October 2009.
Real Fresh TV’s innovative Social Media Starter Course was developed over a year ago and launched in October 2008 as the first dedicated Social Media for Beginners training course in the UK.
It has proven incredibly popular, with academics, marketers, PR companies, photographers and even non-profits attending over the course of the year.
Attendees even requested a more hands-on follow up course, the Learning Social Media By Doing Course which has since been developed.
Here’s some of the fantastic feedback the Social Media Starter Course has received:
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.
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?
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.
The first Social Media Single: “Credit Crunch Christmas” by Micky P. Kerr
Posted on 19. Dec, 2008 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Engagement Marketing, Social Media Strategies
Earlier this week I shared how Peter Hartey, a recent attendee of the Social Media Starter Course was seeing some fantastic online success around a social media project he launched after attending the course in October.
Hot on the heels of Peter’s good news, I’ve been contacted by another Social Media Starter Course attendee with details of a fascinating social media project, this time featuring a Christmas single!
Liam Walsh of Ask Me PR is currently promoting an inventive musician’s Credit Crunch-themed Christmas single using social media.
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.
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!
Mapping Creativity with Manchester’s Beacon
Posted on 25. Oct, 2008 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Inspired, Social Media Strategies
This week I’ve been working with one of the finalists of the Manchester Beacon Mapping Creativity competition.
Mapping Creativity is a £25K commission “for an interactive project that drives Manchester’s collective creativity.”
Manchester Beacon is part of a nationwide project to support public engagement throughout the UK.
5 Reasons Why Stockport is Set To Shine with Social Media
Posted on 17. Oct, 2008 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Events, Social Media Strategies
As announced earlier in the week, on Wednesday evening I was thrilled to speak at an event on social networking for business organised by the fledgling Stockport Creative Industries Network.
Over the last year or so, the Creative Industries Development Service (better known as CIDS), one of Greater Manchester’s key creative industry support agencies has been working with Stockport Council to develop a networking forum for creative businesses in the borough.
Wednesday’s event, set rather fittingly amongst Stockport Art Gallery’s Life on Mars exhibition was the first in a second season of networking events designed to bring creative businesses in the area together to discuss and debate key topics and issues affecting the sector.
Study Of Social Media Usage Amongst FTSE 100 Continues To Gain Coverage
Posted on 30. Aug, 2008 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Audience Analytics
Our study of social media usage amongst FTSE 100 companies continues to attract readers.
It has been added to social bookmarking site StumbleUpon and internet marketing social site Sphinn and was recently picked up by social media industry blog, Social Media Today.
Yesterday it was covered by SinoTech Media, one of China’s largest digital marketing agencies in a blog post reviewing the surging mainstream interest in social media.
Here’s what they had to say:
