A social media surgery is an informal event where “patients” get to spend one-to-one time with “surgeons”, looking at how social media can benefit their community organisation.

Need Help? Want to know how Twitter can help you campaign? How can Facebook help you connect? Or maybe you just need a basic starter? Please come along and join us…

Can Help? Can you spend an hour or two with a cup of tea and some local community projects, helping explain and show some of the ways social media could work for them? Please join the surgery…

Smiths Fan? You can also visit the Smiths’ Room, and have your picture taken to add to it!

Where and when

Date: Thursday 08 December 2011
Time: 4.30pm to 6.30pm
Venue: Salford Lads’ & Girls’ Club, St Ignatius Walk, Salford, M5 3RX (Google Map for the venue)

Find out more

Visit the Social Media Surgery website for more information and to book a slot.

A social media surgery is an informal event where “patients” get to spend one-to-one time with “surgeons”, looking at how social media can benefit their community organisation.

Need Help? Want to know how Twitter can help you campaign? How can Facebook help you connect? Or maybe you just need a basic starter? Please come along and join us…

Can Help? Can you spend an hour or two with a cup of tea and some local community projects, helping explain and show some of the ways social media could work for them? Please join the surgery… (Alan Holding from MDDA will be going along as one of the surgeons.)

Smiths Fan? You can also visit the Smiths’ Room, and have your picture taken to add to it!

Where and when

Date: Thursday 10 November 2011
Time: 4.30pm to 6.30pm
Venue: Salford Lads’ & Girls’ Club, St Ignatius Walk, Salford, M5 3RX (Google Map for the venue)

Find out more

Visit the Social Media Surgery website for more information and to book a slot.

We will meet at Dukes 92 (18 – 20 Castle Street, Manchester, M3 4LZ) at 6pm.

If you would like to come attend, please visit the MoMo LinkedIn page and for more information on Mobile Mondays please visit their website.

Let Chi-chi Ekweozor, director of leading social media training and implementation consultancy, Real Fresh TV enthuse you with actionable strategies for using these new ways of communicating to engage with new customers, generate qualified leads and reduce marketing costs. The net effect for your business: increased sales.

Attend one of our social media training courses and learn how to:

• Use social media marketing to increase your website traffic: get on page one of Google’s search results without spending a penny!
• Use Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to reduce marketing costs by generating more qualified leads.
• Use free online tools to monitor the online reputation of your business or organisation.

All Real Fresh TV’s training courses are included in the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) http://www.cipr.co.uk/ Continuous Professional Development (CPD) scheme.

Testimonials

“Thank you for a very informative session today. I really enjoyed it and have put it to good use already.” Danielle Trachillis, Ma Baker @ World of Water, Blackpool

“I really enjoyed the course, it was extremely engaging, with a good mix of learning methods. It has taught me invaluable tips for Twitter and blogging, as well as how to make the most out of social media monitoring tools. I now feel confident in devising and implementing a social media campaign for my clients.” Laura Beccaria, MC2

“I found the course very useful and it gave me what I needed. I now need to implement my new found knowledge. I enjoy your presentation style and you make everyone comfortable and at ease.
I will book on the next course as soon as possible.” Chris Conboye, Cat3 Systems

Read more testimonials at http://www.realfresh.tv/testimonials/

Our half day courses take place from 9:30am to 12:30pm at Peter House, Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 5AN

Please note: places are strictly limited and are available on a first come first served basis only. Book now to avoid missing out.

Social Media Marketing Training Events in June 2011

Level 1 – Social Media Starter Course
‘A thorough grounding in the theory, practice and business benefits of social media marketing’

The Social Media Starter Course, the UK’s longest running ’social media for beginners’ course is an insight-filled half day workshop designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge to grow and market a business using social media. Learn which social media tools are best for connecting your business with potential customers, tips and techniques to get started and in-depth case studies of businesses doing it right. Early Bird: £120+VAT, Standard: £150+VAT.

Event Summary: Social Media Starter Course
Venue: Peter House, Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 5AN
Date: Tuesday 7 June 2011
Time: 9:30am-12:30pm
Early Bird: £120+VAT, Standard: £150+VAT.
Register: http://socialmediastartercourse-june-2011.eventbrite.com/

Level 1 – Introduction to Social Media for Media Professionals
‘A thorough grounding in the theory, practice and benefits of marketing content using social media’

The Introduction to Social Media for Media Professionals course is a tailored social media starter course for media and marketing professionals. Designed specifically for professionals and freelancers in the digital, TV, radio and games industries, it focuses on developing multi-platform content development skills. Learn how to develop a content strategy for connecting new customers with your media business or brand using social media including LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. Early Bird: £120+VAT, £150+VAT.

Event Summary: Introduction to Social Media for Media Professionals
Venue: Peter House, Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 5AN
Date: Thursday 9 June 2011
Time: 9:30am-12:30pm
Early Bird: £120+VAT, £150+VAT.
Register: http://introtosocialmediaformediapros-june-2011.eventbrite.com/

Level 2 – The Learning Social Media By Doing Course
‘Hands on skills development in developing and implementing a social media strategy’

The Learning Social Media By Doing Course was developed after attendees to the Social Media Starter Course demanded a more hands on, practical workshop in which to develop skills and experience in using social media to grow their businesses and connect with new customers. Topics covered include social media monitoring tools and how to use them, using a blog to improve natural search engine rankings and growing a professional network using LinkedIn and Twitter. Early Bird: £120+VAT, Standard: £150+VAT.

Event Summary: The Learning Social Media By Doing Course
Venue: Peter House, Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 5AN
Date: Wednesday 8 June 2011
Time: 9:30am-12:30pm
Early Bird: £120+VAT, Standard: £150+VAT.
Register: http://learningsocialmediabydoing-june-2011.eventbrite.com/

Level 3 – Social Media Monitoring Training Course
‘Hands on training in how to save time by using social media to manage social media’

The Social Media Monitoring Training Course is designed specifically for people who, now familiar with using social media, need to manage the time they spend on the various platforms effectively.
The course has been developed in response to requests for a hands-on training session on how to use free online tools to measure the success of a social media campaign and listen and respond to comments on Twitter, blogs and the wider web. Early Bird: £120+VAT, £150+VAT.

Event Summary: Social Media Monitoring Training Course
Venue: Peter House, Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 5AN
Date: Tuesday 21 June 2011
Time: 9:30am-12:30pm
Early Bird: £120+VAT, £150+VAT.
Register: http://socialmediamonitoringtrainingcourse-june-2011.eventbrite.com/

About the Event Course Organiser

Real Fresh TV http://www.realfresh.tv/ is a social media training and implementation consultancy based in Manchester. Founded by early online video pioneer, Chi-chi Ekweozor in 2005, we are a small but ambitious digital creative outfit specialising in delivering social media powered marketing and PR solutions.

Our services include:
Managed social media marketing solutions, website and blog design and development, social media strategy development and implementation and social media marketing training.

We advise organisations as varied as T-Mobile, Arts Council England, iknowUK and Contact Theatre on how to engage effectively with people online using social media. We also deliver industry-leading continuing professional development (CPD) training on social media.

Thinking Digital brings together leading thinkers, creative’s and innovators from around the world to share and inspire us with their insight and innovations.

So if you can’t make it to Gateshead, come to The Annexe and get a taster of their amazing line up of speakers for yourself. You will be able to ask you questions or comment using the twitter hash tag #TDC11 (and Cornerhouse wifi).

Tickets

£25 full / £20 concs for one day or £35 full / £30 concs for the 2 days

Price of the ticket includes teas, coffees and biscuit throughout the day and a glass of wine at the end of the second day.

Please note: 2 days passes are only available when booking on the phone (0161 200 1500) and in person

More Information

www.cornerhouse.org/thinkingdigital

Programme

Full details, including speaker’s biographies, can be found on the Thinking Digital Website

Wed 25 May
08:15 doors open, 08:45 Live cast starts
08:45 – 10:30: The Future of Media (Gerd Leonhard; Atau Tanaka; Paul Rawlings; Walter de Brouwer)
11:05 – 12:50: Session 2 – Thinking Digital (Nicole Yershon; Bobby Paterson; Steve Rubel; Conrad Wolfram)
12:50: LUNCH BREAK.
14:05 – 16:00 Session 3 – Mind over Matter (Sam Martin; Caroline Philips; Steven Bathiche; Patrick Meier)
16:30 – 18:15: Session 4 – Resonance (Nancy Duarte; Wladimir Baranoff-Rossine; Erin McKean; Heather Knight)

Thu 26 May
08:30 doors open, 09:00 Live cast starts
09:00 – 10:30: The Medium is the Message (Paul Smith; Matthew Postgate; Carlos Ulloa; Caspar Berry)
11:05 – 12:50: From Data to Wisdom (Chris Hatala & Wesley Burt; Vincent Li; Jer Thorp)
12:50: LUNCH BREAK.
14:05 – 16:00 Session 3 – Cognitive Surplus (Dan Serfaty; Alan Cohen; Tan Le; Tom Scott)
16:00: Drinks and networking on The Annexe balcony.

As part of a global ‘Twitter Festival’, we’re coming together at an event on Thursday 24th March to raise money for Wood Street Mission, a local charity whose aim is to alleviate the effects of poverty on children in families in Manchester and Salford. The charity was chosen with input from across the community.

Watch a video about Wood Street Mission

This is a great opportunity to meet people you’ve already been tweeting and find new people to follow, as well as raising money for a great, local cause. People coming will be a mix of ordinary tweeters, digital and creative types and everyone else!

Venue

This year, Twestival is being held in the unique stylings of NoHo, an independent bar that is set in a truly one-of-a-kind space in the heart of the Northern Quarter. The Grade II listed building has stunning floor to ceiling windows, original parquet flooring and has kept its height for an ‘open feel’.

Event

Doors will open at 6.30pm and go on til late. We’ll have readings from award-winning local bloggers, a charity auction for some unique prizes and a DJ so you can dance the night away.

Tickets

We look forward to seeing you there – tell us you’re coming – buy your tickets now!

When: 26/01/2011 at 19:00 – 22:00
Location: MadLab, 36-40 Edge Street, Manchester, M4 1HN in the Northern Quarter (just opposite Common)
More Information: http://madlab.org.uk/content/get-jquery/

Welcome to the first ever jQuery meet up in Manchester being held at MadLab. If you’re looking to start with jQuery but don’t know what to do first, are quite a dab hand and looking to learn a bit more or class yourself as an old pro there will be lots to gain from getting together and sharing our experiences with this JavaScript library.

The first session will be split up into three main parts: Firstly, you’ll have the opportunity to meet and greet and get to know everyone who wants to be a part of the MadLab jQuery group.

Secondly, the floor will be open for discussions about what you want to achieve from the jQuery meet up. This could be recommendations of live demos, presentations and workshops and is a great opportunity for you to help define the direction the MadLab jQuery group.

Lastly, Jon Vines will be giving a presentation ‘Learning jQuery’, delving into the whereabouts of some fantastic resources and how you can burrow into this information to improve your own knowledge of jQuery. If you want to get involved right away, and have an idea you’d like to share, get in touch with Jon Vines at getjquery@webvines.co.uk If you’re keen to get involved we can fit you into the first session and hit the ground running.

Video

Make art with your i-Pod.
Create digital music for dancers.
Control an orchestra with your Wii remote.
Use DJ turntables to mix live video.
Have a virtual cinema experience.
Play games.
Plus much much more…

Register

Register for the event at http://playspace.eventbrite.com

Play Space is a day to create, play and visit virtual worlds. Come join us in a fanastic day of connectivity, inspiration and interaction, where digital spaces collide with reality featuring PlayHouse Installations by MadLab; When We Meet Again – a virtual experience from Me And The Machine; games from Larkin’ About; Unconference sessions and more…

Artists! Win a connectivity commission worth £1500!

There will be a chance for a group of artists and digital creatives to pitch for a Connectivity Commission of £1500. If you are interested you must register on the day between 11:30 and 12:15.

Presented by Contact, RE:CON, Contact’s Young Programming Team, MDDA, Manchester Beacon, MadLab, BBC Connect & Create, and Manchester City Council.

Supported by FutureEverything.

Play Space Schedule

11.30 – 12:15 Registration and arrivals – Space 5
12.15 – 12:30 Introduction to the day – Space 1
12.30 – 12.45 Live link to Zion Arts Centre – Space 1
13:00 – 22:00 When We Meet Again – Meeting Room

Slots every 10 minutes throughout the day.

A wearable film and one-to-one performance. A bizarre sensuous experience featuring you, your invisible friend, a 3D soundtrack, an old forgotten dance, an ocean, a flavour and me. Video filmed from a first person perspective is played on video goggles, replacing your point of view by that one of a performer in the screen. When you are prompted to look down upon your body, what you see is… someone else’s. The brain is tricked into the illusion of being inside a new body and in a foreign space, through which you move and encounter mysterious invisible presences (the performer who interacts with you).

13:00 – 14:00 Unconference Sessions – Space 3 / Dressing Rooms

We’re kickstarting the unconference with 4 themes – curation in a digital age, Tech 2 Create – using 3D printing and Arduinos creatively, Is the arts…open? – looking at issues of open data and open innovation, and Digital storytelling, through games, journalism and online. Join us for invigorating conversations – and later in the day make your own.

13:00 – 18:00 body>space>data Telepresence – Space 1

A five-hour dance workshop around the theme of ‘Identity and multi-identity’ emphasising connectivity and community belonging, through blended virtual physical space. It is for a maximum of 20 participants (emerging to professional dancers).

14:00 – 16:00 iCreate: Music – Media Lounge

Two hour workshop that let’s participants learn how to make music using the iPod Touch/iPhone for a maximum of 10 participants who have a particular interest in making music. Participants will need to bring their own iPhones or iPod touch to fully experience the workshop.

14:00 – 16:00 Video Mixing Workshop – Space 5

A VJ workshop using Serato Scratch Live Video and Resolume Avenue. Participants will learn how to use traditional vinyl turntables to control and manipulate video using baic scratch and fade techniques. First, there will be 2x 30 minute taster workshops (14.00 – 15.00), then a 1 hour advanced workshop (15.00 – 16.00). Places are capped to 10 per workshop.

14:00 – 16:00 ‘Identity Remixed’ Visual Installation Space 2

Participants will be creating content for the installation via an automated video system. The system will capture voices, drawings, and video of the participants. The collected footage will then be remixed throughout the installation. Led by AlbinoMosquito.
4 x 30 minute workshops for maximum of 8 participants per session.

16:00 – 17:30 Unconference Sessions / Larkin’ About Games Building wide

Larkin’ About’s programme includes a preview of their exciting new team game Village of the Dragon, which draws inspiration from ye olde computer games from times gone by…

A dragon lives in the castle of Contact Theatre. The castle dwellers love it for keeping unsavoury sorts away, even if it does eat their sheep (or any castle dweller daft enough to get too close). Now the dragon is threatened by marauding knights, the dwellers must find a way to save it…

Also look out for people scurrying up and down Oxford Road creating stories from nothing more than camera phones and general signage…it’s sure to be good wholesome fun!

17.30-19:00 Comixed Playback: Identities – Space 2

Manchester Beacon and Contact Playback will present an interactive session where the topic of identity will be explored through a series of engaging presentations.

Members will have a chance to give their responses and reflections to the talks and have them played back using improvisational theatre and live VJ-ing.

19.00-20.00 Games and Food! – Space 5 and Public areas

Free Food, Super Political Street Fighter and Larkin’ About

Larkin’ About’s programme includes a preview of their exciting new team game Village of the Dragon, which draws inspiration from ye olde computer games from times gone by…

A dragon lives in the castle of Contact Theatre. The castle dwellers love it for keeping unsavoury sorts away, even if it does eat their sheep (or any castle dweller daft enough to get too close). Now the dragon is threatened by marauding knights, the dwellers must find a way to save it…

Also look out for people scurrying up and down Oxford Road creating stories from nothing more than camera phones and general signage…it’s sure to be good wholesome fun!

Could a video game like Street Fighter offer anything at all to the political process? Probably not. That’s why it’s a game. However, it might be fun to try and introduce gaming into the political process somehow! So welcome to Super Political Street Fighter – the 2 round game show experience that gives you, the people, the REAL chance to do things differently (Probably) Join your David Dimbleby on steroids like host and his 2 tamed, professional and political street fighters as they invite members of the audience to voice their political ideas, champion their heroes and do ultimate battle in this, the greatest of arenas. FIGHT!

20.00-21.00 Bringing it all Back Home – Space 1

Presentation from body>space>data and a live pitch session where six ideas generated as part of the unconference will be judged by a panel from Contact, MDDA, Manchester Beacon, Future Eerything, Zion, and Cornerhouse. The event will conclude with a co-mixed video of the day and interactive summary from Contact Playback.

21:00-23:00 Mixed Movement – Space 5

Contact’s regular improvised dance event will be an opportunity for dancers and physical theatre artists to collaborate with the digital musicians who have trained earlier in the day.

Corridor Connections believes that there are real future opportunities for Software Developers and other businesses to add value to the BBC:North Project. To facilitate the connection between the BBC’s needs and the capabilities of the businesses located on Corridor Manchester we are holding a workshop on 30th November to focus on the development of a ‘Talent Bank’ to showcase services to the BBC and provide a platform for collaborative activity. This workshop is for all businesses that would like to share in this opportunity and help shape its development. This event will bring together key individuals from the BBC, the knowledge community and businesses with a connection to the Corridor Manchester.

DATE: 30th November 2010
TIME: 9:00am – 1:00pm (with lunch and networking)
LOCATION: MDDA, 117-119 Portland St, Manchester, M1 6ED

TO BOOK: http://corridorconnections-bbc.eventbrite.com

What is Corridor Connections?

Corridor Connections is a two year pilot project delivered by Manchester Science Park and funded by NWDA and the Manchester Innovation Investment Fund. The project will stimulate commercial cross-sector activity on the Corridor Manchester. Corridor Connections is part of the Corridor Manchester partnership. Businesses on the Corridor will benefit from creating innovative collaborations with other Corridor companies/organisations, as well as national and international organisations. For further information please contact the project team at: Corridor@mspl.co.uk, Tel.0161 2324594 Or visit our website www.corridorconnections.co.uk

Facebook is now being valued at more than $33bn (£21.3bn) as investors try to secure a stake in the social networking site in anticipation of its flotation on the US stock market (Guardian). Put this in contrast with the value of some of the best known tech companies: Apple: $219bn, Microsoft: $208bn, IBM: $157bn, Google: $143bn, Cisco: $120bn, Intel: $102bn, HP: $89bn, eBay: $30bn, Dell: $22bn and Yahoo: $18bn.

Most of us dream of listing our tech companies one day. Some of us have already achieved this dream or in the process of going through such a journey. If listing is an option for your company, you need to start preparing for it now as the time period from decision to IPO could well take 3 years or more.

If you are interested or involved in IPOs, this is the event for you. Our key objective is to stimulate the discussion of listings once again in the north west of England.

Speakers and Panelists (more to be added)

Marcus Stuttard, CEO, London Stock Exchange – Alternative Investment Market (AIM)

Anish Kapoor – ex CFO Telecity and CEO Yuuguu.com

John McGuire, CEO, FreshTL

Simon Elms – Warthog, Tiger Telematics and Image Metrics

When

8th November – 6pm – 9pm

Where

Horwath Clark Whitehill

Fee

Maximum Capacity: 50 (last two events were sold out!)
£35 + VAT (£41.13) until 5th Nov
£50 + VAT (£58.75) on 8th November
Event is free for Members.
Event is catered.

More Information

More information can be found on the techcelerate Website