Sheesh, is it really six months since I left Chinwag? Crazy times. Half of my hybrid role there (the other being planning, wireframing and launching/editing the new website) involved hatching ideas for and bringing to life their wish for an events programme…
What shall we call it, Sam mused, when I joined in October 2006. I processed this while getting other stuff done. A few hours later I blurted out “It’s a bit cheeky, but how about Chinwag Live?”. So, he asked with his customary chortle, what’s it all about then D? “Casting light on trends in the digital media and marketing industry” I reasoned, deadpan. Actually, it was Sam who insisted we add the words “and marketing“.
So I got onto it. Oh yeah, and the marketing and the PR and the whole social media fandango. Bloggishness? Obligatory. Old skool press release? Easy. Facebook Goup? In an instant. Upcoming? Check. Oh, now we need a Facebook Page too huh? Sorted. Flickr photos of every event? At once. Multiple Twitter accounts? We have the technology. Endless networking across the digital fleshpots of London (and Texas)? But of course…
It would all be nothing of course without the thousands of incredible people who were there over the 24+ events… Whatever happens with the recession and the government’s Digital Britain initiative, I know that the UK is a very special place for digital debate and enterprise…
Here’s a run-down of the Chinwag Live events that resulted during my tenure, plus the offshoots: Chinwag Clinic; Widget Week 2007; and not forgetting Big Summer ’07 – officially the biggest ever party for digital practitioners in the UK with some 2,000 folk attending.
MY CHINWAG EVENTS CALENDAR:
Chinwag Live: Wobble 2.0 – 6th Feb 2007
Chinwag Live: Mobile Metamorphosis – 26th Feb 2007
Chinwag Live: PPC Earthquake – 27th Mar 2007
Chinwag Live: PR Unspun – 24th Apr 2007
Chinwag Live: PPC Earthquake @ Internet World – 2nd May 2007
Chinwag Live: Media Widgetised – 16th May 2007
Widget Week 2007 – 14th-22nd May 2007
(in collaboration with Mobile Monday & NMK)
Chinwag Live: Dark Side Of Social Media – 19th Jun 2007
Big Summer ’07 – 5th Jul 2007
(a superhuman team effort!)
Chinwag Live: Web TV Takeover – 18th Sep 2007
Chinwag Live: Media Widgetised @ Ad Tech London – 27th Sep 2007
Chinwag Live: Xmas Futures, Crystal Balls? – 5th Dec 2007
Chinwag Live: Skills Emergency – 29th Jan 2008
Chinwag Live: Measuring Social Media – 18th Feb 2008
Chinwag Live: Tomorrow’s Ad Formats – 18th Mar 2008
Chinwag Live: User Centered Advertising (with Manchester Digital) – 15th Apr 2008
Chinwag Live: Real World Usability – 22 Apr 2008
Chinwag Live: Measuring Social Media @ Internet World – 30th Apr 2008
Chinwag Live: Micro Media Maze – 20th May 2008
Chinwag Live: Search vs Recommendation – 2nd Sep 2008
(in co-ordination with Elizabeth Varley)
Chinwag Live: Micro Media Maze @ Ad Tech London – 24th Sep 2008
Chinwag Clinic: Search Marketing Surgery – 30th Sep 2008
(in co-ordination with Elizabeth Varley)
[Testimonials For Search Marketing Surgery]
Chinwag Live: Search and LBS – 7th October 2008
(in co-ordination with Elizabeth Varley)
Chinwag Live: Social Media ROI @ Ecommerce Expo – 28th Oct 2008
(in co-ordination with Julia Eilon)
Chinwag Live: MoSo Rising – 11th Nov 2008
(in co-ordination with Julia Eilon)
Chinwag Live: Xmas Futures, Crystal Balls? – 2nd Dec 2008
(in c0-ordination with Julia Eilon)
That is all.
Want more? Are you for real? Okeydoke, here’s a round-up of My NMK Events.