April 2011

Students: Facebook Might Be Good for Your Social Life, But Bad for Your Pocket

Is Social Media Ruining Students?

Facebook and students: A happy marriage, or a receipe for disaster?

As you'd expect, the answer isn't so simple. A study and rather lovely infographic (see below) produced by OnlineEducation.net ponders this question from several different viewpoints.

As those tied to email all day can testify distractions hurt productivity, and the same is true when studying. Unsurprisingly, flicking between Facebook and studying results in 20% lower grades. Sound obvious? Turns out 79% of students don't believe it.

They're also less likely to be paying their way whilst studying, with Facebook user's working less than 5 hours per week, whilst their social-media-phobic counterparts clocking in an impressive 16 hours per week. Still, that's what student loans are for, right?

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28 April 2011 by Sam Michel

Thank You: Global Grill Donations for Japan

American Red Cross Donation for Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund

A big thank you to everyone who attended Chinwag's Global Grill during the mission to South by South West last month and contributed to the Japan Tsunami appeal.

The event, designed to bring together all of the international delegates flying in to Austin for the event, saw the generous patrons of the event donating over $500 towards the American Red Cross' appeal to support victims of the earthquake and tsunami.

A big thank you to UK Trade & Investment for supporting the event, and the lovely Christopher Dunn from UKTI's Houston office for making sure the cash got to its proper destination, top chap!

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28 April 2011 by Sam Michel

SMW London Snippet: Interview with Miguel Andres-Clavera, Head of Innovation for JWT

Miguel Andres-Clavera

We managed to grab Miguel Andres-Clavera, Head of Innovation at JWT, for a chat after the Game On! Games and Brands panel, sponsored by Nokia and JWT, on Weds 9th February as part of Social Media Week London.

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28 April 2011 by Lauren Cotton

SMW London Snippet: Interview with Mark Hindle, Communications Manager at Nokia UK

Mark Hindle

After the Game On! Games and Brands panel, sponsored by Nokia and JWT, on Weds 9th February as part of Social Media Week London, we caught up with Mark Hindle, Communications Manager at Nokia UK.

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26 April 2011 by Lauren Cotton

SMW London Round-up: The "Friend" Close: Social Sales

Social Media Week London

Social Media Week London generated so much coverage that it's taken us a little while to pull together all the information. This review brings together the video and coverage from The "Friend" Close: Social Sales.

From lead generation to closing sales, how has the sales process been affected by social media? From peer to peer recommendations to group buying to online stores, learn from the experts in using social media as part of the sales cycle.

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20 April 2011 by Lauren Cotton

"And The Winners Are..." Social Media Week Prize Draw Winners Announced

Liam Social Media Week

After Social Media Week London, we asked all attendees to complete a survey telling us about their experiences and thoughts.  As a 'thank you', all those who took the survey were entered into a prize draw.  Prizes were generously provided by our sponsors, Nokia, Kodak and Microsoft Advertising.

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20 April 2011 by Lauren Cotton

Could you be part of Metabridge BC June 2011?

Metabridge 2010

Metabridge BC June 2011 will take place over 2 days in British Columbia, Canada, bringing together entrepreneurs and their growing software and online technology companies from Silicon Valley, Canada and the UK.  Amongst the delegates will be Disney Online and Facebook.

Metabridge logoThe event is designed to create new partnerships, and collaborative projects and assist companies who have been in business and are on a growth spurt and are looking to access the US and Canadian markets more intelligently by meeting and creating potential collaborators who are in that market already.

The event is open to 5 UK companies, who will be selected via a short-list process and will then get to go and join the event.  You'll have to be quick to make the short-list, find out more below.

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18 April 2011 by Lauren Cotton

SMW London Snippet: Interview with Bruce Daisley, Digital Sales Director YouTube & Display from Google

Bruce Daisley

In a brief spare moment after The "Friend" Close: Social Sales panel (Weds 9th Feb as part of Social Media Week) we had a chat with Bruce Daisley, Digital Sales Director YouTube & Display from Google.

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15 April 2011 by Lauren Cotton

Fantastic Competitions and Offers Exclusively for Chinwag Readers...

You Win

Here at Chinwag Towers, we've been very busy recently announcing some brilliant competitions and offers exclusively for friends of Chinwag.

We've gathered together a brief summary of all the offers and competitions we currently have on offer.  Take a look through, and remember, you have to be in it to win it!

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13 April 2011 by Lauren Cotton

SMW London Snippet: Interview with Jonathan Mann, Head of Marketing & Hristina Hristova, Social Media Planner at Groupon UK

Jonathan and Hristina, Groupon UK

After The "Friend" Close: Social Sales Panel, which took place during Social Media Week on Wednesday 9th Feb 2011, we managed to grab both Jonathan Mann, Head of Marketing and Hristina Hristova, Social Media Planner at Groupon UK to talk about the panel, social sales and Groupon.

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13 April 2011 by Lauren Cotton