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Wired City Reconnected – Sheffield

Date: 5 October 2011, 6-8pm
Venue: The Circle, 33 Rockingham Lane, Sheffield, S1 4FW
Cost: £12,50 (early bird online), £17,50 (on the day or one week before)
Event website

New Collaborative Business Networking. A whole evening of ‘pure’ facilitated networking – with organised introductions based upon your businesses needs.

Wired City Reconnected is working in collaboration with folks at The Circle (venue), Sponduly (Social Network), Network Hub (Creative / Digital business in South Yorkshire) and a number of small digital / creative businesses to run the first ‘collaborative networking’ event in Sheffield.

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Ignite Think and a Drink

Date: Thursday 29 September from 17:30
Venue: The Vermont Hotel, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Cost: Free to Codeworks Connect Members and their guests, register here

5 Minutes, 20 Slides, 10 Speakers.

ignite_logoThe next Codeworks Connect ‘Think and a Drink’ will be a whirlwind of talks, drinks and networking shaken together in partnership with Northern Film and Media.

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Wired City Reconnected – Manchester

Date: 22 September 2011, 6-8pm
Venue: The Cafe, Enterprise House,
Manchester Science Park, M15 6SE
Cost: £12,50 (early bird online), £17,50 (on the day or one week before)
Event website

Collaborations over a cold beer! A whole evening of ‘pure’ facilitated networking – with organised introductions based upon your businesses needs.

Wired City Reconnected events are developing a positive reputation as a place to do business without having to listen to boring speakers or sales pitches.

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The Blades 2011 Awards ceremony

Date: 8 September 2011
Venue: Lancaster London, Lancaster Terrace,
London, W2 2TY
Event website

The Blades are back for their second year, with a brand new show, new partners and with another first for the industry.

Join the leading brands and agencies in the industry to celebrate the most creative campaigns of the year.

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IT Employer Apprentice Scheme – information event

Date: 8 September 2011, 8am
Venue: eVolve Centre, Sunderland
Cost: Free, but register in advance here

Sunderland Software City is working with the National Skills Academy for IT to help local software business recruit and develop talented young staff through the IT Employer Apprenticeship Scheme.

Apprenticeships offer businesses of all sizes an extremely cost-effective way to fill skills gaps and expand their businesses, as well as giving them the chance to take advantage of the best new talent in the region.

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M-Commerce Seminar

Date: 8 September 2011
Venue: IAB, 14 Macklin Street, London, WC2B 5NF
Cost: Free for IAB members and advertisers, £99 (+VAT) for non-members
Event website

This event is a must for advertisers, retailers and agencies looking to establish an M-Commerce strategy or for those looking to improve on an existing strategy.

In 2010, £1.25bn worth of merchandise was bought on Ebay via mobile, and with new technologies like near field communication (NFC) coming into the UK, Juniper research estimates total mobile payments for digital and physical goods could exceed £400bn worldwide in 2015.

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Sage One demo/Q&A in Newcastle

Date: 18 August 2011
Venue: PostOffice, Newcastle
Cost: Free
Event website

Find out more about the new Sage One cloud-based accountancy software from FTSE100 business Sage with this FREE demo plus Q&A session from Michael Barber (Marketing Manager, Sage Online).

Sage One was created after continuous research and talking to 100s of SMEs to find out what they need in an accounting service.

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Marketing Week/NMA 1-2-1 Digital Strategy Summit

Date: 10 August 2011, 9:00am
Central London, UK
Cost: VIP invitation
Event Website

Uncover how to plan and execute successful value generating digital campaigns.

Marketing Week’s Digital Strategy Summit 2011 brings together 12 leading brands that will showcase the top digital marketing tactics and discuss how the ‘social media revolution’ influences consumers’ behaviour and affects the way marketers work.

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Social Media: Taking it to the next level

Date: 27 July 2011, 2:00pm – 5:30pm
Venue: The Midland Hotel, Peter Street
Manchester, M60 2DS
Cost: Early bird price £180+VAT (ends 27 June), Full price £225+VAT
Event Website

This half-day seminar will take you beyond the basic tools and techniques used in social media and provide insight into the future of social media trends.

Look at ways you can take your current strategy to the next level to increase awareness of your brand, drive sales and web traffic and engage with your customers in a more sophisticated way.

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Summer Net-Together 2011

Date: 21 July 2011, 6:00 PM
Location: Gateshead College & Baltic Business Quarter
Event website

Hosted by Codeworks, The Hub Gateshead & Gateshead College, Summer Net-Together provides a valuable opportunity for creative and digital companies to network with specialists in the worlds of animation, web, graphic design, software, hardware, audio and digital.

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