It’s not long until event registration opens on 6 September for this year’s Social Media Week (for which Glasgow is the proud host city for the UK). But with so many events taking place online and throughout the city, which ones should you pencil into your diary now?
Monday 19 September
9-10am: Online, Mobile & Digital — Legal Issues in Modern Marketing for Businesses
Equip yourself with some advice from the professionals at Harper Macleod to help you navigate the thorny legal waters particular to social media. Probably a good place to start.
10am: Blog Off
Having a business blog can get you 55% more traffic, but it’s a tough thing to get right. How can you consistently and frequently come up with engaging ‘wow’ factor content, set the right tone avoid feeling like you’re talking to yourself? This event is run for and by the blogging community and they’re open to topic suggestions, just tweet @Social_Chem.
Tuesday 20 September
6pm: Social Media and the Scottish government
While over at Westminster David Cameron seems to think he could shut Twitter down, this event will see speakers like the Scottish governments education secretary Michael Russell and head of digital communication William Paul discuss how government can harness social media to educate the public on serious policy issues.
Wednesday 21 September
6.30pm: The Social Buzz Awards — Trends and Insights
It’s judgment day for the Social Buzz Awards nominees. This free event will see seasoned social media experts like the BBC’s social media manager Chris Jones and many others thrash out various issues thrown up by social media. Questions from the audience are welcomed.
Thursday 22 September
Our very own event; an online, croudsourced, t-shirt design competition. Just tweet us using the hashtag #SMWTShirtFactor to put your idea forward or pass judgment on other entries. We’ll also be blogging our assessment of the entries as they come in here at the BIG Blog.
1-1.45pm: Managing Your Digital Personality
Do you ooze charm or come across as a bit smarmy? Can you be a bit of a know-it-all? Do you lack any trace of a personality, or suffer from having too many? The good people at Equator are on hand to help.
6-8pm: Go WEST — A Social Beer Tasting
WEST brewery are holding what they promise to be ‘a truly global beer tasting event’, with beer from breweries from various Social Media Week host cities being sampled. They’ll be linking up with the other breweries, getting expert opinions from the likes of Hops and Glory author Pete Brown and streaming the whole event live. Cheers!
Friday 23 September
8am-11am: Business Banter — Friday Finale
Think Different Events s is hosting daily ‘Business Banter’ sessions involving a set of micro-presentations (social media types have been known to be prone to having short attention spans) as well as networking opportunities. If you’ve missed the other sessions earlier in the week, be sure to set your alarm for Friday morning. It’s set in a coffee house, which should help with the 8am start.
6pm: Social Media Trends for 2011
What do the next few years have in store for the ever-changing world of social media? Will Google+ kill off Twitter, or even Facebook? How will technology change and shape the way we engage with each other? A nice way to round the week off.
We’ll also be putting an appearance at oh-so-social Google+ hangouts (every evening at 10pm) organised by the Social Media Week Glasgow team, so see you there!
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