July 2013

The Guardian: Activate London 2013

conference

Chinwag was invited to The Guardian Activate: London 2013, which took place at King’s Place next to the Guardian offices in King’s Cross. Two members of the Chinwag team, Terri and myself, were sitting in the audience soaking up all the information.

It was evident from the beginning of the summit that bringing people together through technology was the theme of day.

The auditorium was packed all day, buzzing with exciting live demos and international speakers (a good old chunk of them were Americans making me a little home sick and realizing I am actually not that loud).

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11 July 2013 by Ksenya

Is Facebook bringing us closer together, or pushing us further apart?

eye in keyhole

Whatever the reason may be, we all use Facebook on a regular basis.

But we have never spotted to ask the question, is Facebook bringing us together or pushing us apart?

Aaron Balick explores this in abridged version of his original post which you can read here.

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9 July 2013 by Chinwag Team

Social Media Week 2013 - Meet the Chinwaggers

Teamwork

Social Media Week 2013 is produced by Chinwag and powered by Nokia. One of the ways it is able to happen so fluidly is the team that makes up Chinwag.

This year there have been old and new faces added to the team.

Keep reading to learn about each individual team member...

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8 July 2013 by Ksenya

Social Media Week 2013: Meet the Advisory Board

Team Building Made easy

If history (or comic books) teach us anything is that success needs teamwork. 

Chinwag knows this. With Social Media Week London 2013 powered globally by Nokia, coming up we want to introduce you to the Advisory Board whose support and brains ensure the event succeeds.

Here is the first half of the all-star team...

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4 July 2013 by Ksenya

Understanding Social Business, Social Data and Social CRM

Social CRM

Understanding Social Business, Social Data and Social CRM

The true value of social media, say the wise, lies in business, data and CRM.

Those elements, along with customer service and engagement marketing, will be discussed in detail next week, on July 8-9 in London, at Social CRM 2013.

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3 July 2013 by Chinwag Team

Social Media, the Ego, and the Self

chinwag psych 9th may header

mind-works

How does social media affect (or reflect) the basic ways in which we understand ourselves and others? One question seems to resurface: is the development of “Web 2.0” is changing us in some way, or is it simply a technological development in which the same old psychological traits express themselves differently?

Social media has penetrated into the social and interpersonal lives our connected-up society rapidly and continues to grow. Facebook alone reports that it has more than 800 million active users. Unsubstantiated reports across Twitter inform me that it is fast approaching one billion. There must be something very compelling about social networking.

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3 July 2013 by Chinwag Team