London Councils using the Web to engage with the public

I’m probably a little late in writing this post but what the hell, better late than never. I’ve been invited to give a presentation to a room packed with heads of local councils in London. No, I don’t mean heads without bodies.
The subject matter is ‘how to better engage with the public through the Web’.
When [...]

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UK Startups vs the US Upstarts

There’s a buzz around the European startup community at present. Well, actually, most of it seems to be happening in London, where the passion and enthusiasm is most apparent and collaboration is easier to attain. That’s probably because it’s a big city with lots of people and all speaking the same language with no water [...]

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First come first served

Alastair Duncan from MRM Worldwide has just kindly offered me tickets to the Marketing Society’s 2007 Annual Lecture, given by Andy Duncan, Chief Executive of Channel 4.
The Lecture will take place at BAFTA tonight at 6.30pm, and will be followed by dinner and questions…
Unfortunately I can’t make it due to doing dinner with a friend, [...]

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BIMA attend NW Startup 2.0

Last Thursday night I attended the second NW Startup 2.0 event organised by Manoj Ranaweera. The idea of the event is to bring together likeminded tech entrepreneurs who can share their experiences of the undoubtedly rewarding, yet often lonely task of starting your own business.
Also in attendance were several deal brokers, investors and [...]

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Fancy a dinner date?

This is your last chance to book your ticket for a seat at the dinner table with BSkyB a posh restaurant in London tonight.
There’s a few tickets left so get in quick if you want to network with a cool bunch of very high calibre people. Food is brilliant too!
I was supposed to head to [...]

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A creative gathering

The Creative Out networking event organised by Robert Loch went down very well again last night, with a turnout of more than 70 creative types.
Supported by BIMA, Creative Out is a cool, informal gathering of creative people from all walks of life. We had a right bag of jolly mixtures… fashion designers, poets, actors, [...]

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Operators feel the pinch

We kicked off our networking events for 2007 last week with a dialog about Mobile Operators’ walled gardens. Sorry for not posting before now, no excuses, just too busy with other stuff.
Thanks to Lbi, we didn’t have to worry about sore bums on hard seats. The room was nice and relaxed with big comfy two-seater [...]

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Creative Out Event – your chance to grab the microphone

BIMA has been asked to invite you to Creative Out which is a networking event for people from across the creative industries. It’s run by Robert Loch from Internet People.
It’s an Open Forum on future trends where guests are invited to give their thoughts on future trends in their or any industry.
Date. Monday 12th March [...]

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An invitation to have dinner with BSkyB

Here’s your chance to join the debate at the next BIMA Dinner
BIMA is delighted to be able to welcome as guest speaker
Scott Gallacher
Director of Online & Partner Marketing, BSkyB
Who will talk on
Moving from talented amateur to a mature professional: The challenge for Digital
Reserve your place now to participate in this discussion and take advantage [...]

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BIMA Dialog – The Operator’s walled garden

Yet another great networking event in London. I’ll be at this one so drop me a note if you’re going and would like to have a gossip. Register now!
The walled Garden …will mobile operators’ walls tumble in 2007 (or do they know something the rest of us don’t)?
Join BIMA’s expert panellists’ debate about how mobile [...]

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