Here at Social media Cafe we’re off to a late start this year so we thought we would make this easy on ourselves and invite you all to a Social event.
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To wrap up the year we have a bit of a departure to our normal format with a bit of future gazing as we invite in the ghost of Christmas Future. Yes we’ll be future gazing as we tuck into mince pies and mulled wine.
We’ll be rounding up the year with some social media highlights and low lights, as we discuss Walled Gardens from the likes of Facebook, Apple and Windows; the Internet of Things or ubiquitous computing or how everyday items might one day be connected to the internet.
We’ll also be giving away with prizes (cheap ones) for those people and organisations that have rocked our world this year so if you have any suggestions then let us know.
Our speakers will be
Francis Irving from Scraperwiki
Hakim Cassimally – Co-author of The Internet of Things: enchanted objects for people
Alex Moore – Video games: what happens next?
Alex Moore looks at the video games industry, briefly looking at how it got to where it is, and where it might be heading as it responds to the shifts in the computing power available to us.
Your invited to ask questions throughout the evening and if you want to contribute a talk then your are welcome to, just let us know in advance.
We will be having a panel session at the end of the evening, where you are invited to ask any questions that have been raised during the evening or any others that you might bring with you.
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Come along and enjoy the conversations. Mince Pies and Mulled Wine will be obligatory.
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Date: 18th December 2012
Doors Open: 6pm
Talks start: 6.30pm
Close: 9pm
Venue: Static Gallery, Roscoe lane, Liverpool
This event is kindly supported by
Crowdfunding for success
Kickstarter is coming to the UK so it’s time for a Crowdfunding special.
In the present economic climate, crowdfunding is a must for many new projects but outcomes can be hit and miss. So, we’ve organised this event to share information about successful campaigns and the lessons learnt.
For some, crowdfunding can be a great way to market test their idea, for others it can help raise small amounts towards larger projects, either way, we are all working in an environment where less funding available. So be they artistic, digital or technological, crowdfunding is with us to stay, so lets use it better.
The evening will consist of 3-4 presentations by the following speakers then we will open the floor out for questions from the floor.
Alan Donohue from Bad Feeeling Film, who recently raised $16,000 to complete a quirky, upbeat, buddy-comedy/Sci-Fi adventure. Check out their Indiegogo campaign
Mark Smith from Spike Theatre who raised £2,750 through wefund towards an element of their project The Games
Jenny Monks will discuss how the team at award-winning not for profit filmmaking organisation First Take, are using the Crowdfunding site Sponsume to help get their film, ‘Big Society The Musical’, into cinemas around the country.
I am not Left Handed – this Irish indie trio have used a number of crowdfunding platforms, most recently this year Kickstarter for a trip to Canada
Niall McGuinness from Milk Slice
We are very grateful to the speakers who have willingly (in some cases) given up their free time to come along and talk to us about their experiences of Crowdfunding.
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Date: 24th October 2012
Doors Open: 6pm
Talks start: 6.30pm
Close: 11pm
Venue: Static Gallery, Roscoe lane, Liverpool
Speakers for Open Mic Night
We’ve got a fantastic line up for our next event the open mic. night with eight speakers booked so far.
Matthew Hughes - ”Social Media and Security Breaches – Handling Disaster Like A Boss”. Twitter: @matthewhughes Web: http://www.matthewhughes.co.uk
Christina McDermott – “Food Blogging”
Twitter: @christinaMcMc
Alistair Houghton – Apart from MC’ing for the evening Alistair will be giving us the latest news on the bidding for Liverpool’s new TV channel Twitter: @wimpyking
Laura Yates and Edwin Pink from tenantspin, talking about digitally engaging older people.
Twitter: @laurakristayates
Robin Brown - SevenStreets.com - Liverpool’s comprehensive culture and entertainment guide Twitter: @robinbrown78
Rood Vintage – The talk is yet to be confirmed but we should have more details soon
Twitter: @roodvintage
Alison Gow – Fingers crossed that Alison can make it as she has promised a talk around the subject of Journalism and the Digital Newsroom
Twitter: @alisongow
Plus one more….. details to come.
We’ve still got a call out for speakers so if you have something to add to the conversation then please feel free to enter your details in the Suggest a Talk page
