Last Friday I attended Jeecamp – the Journalism Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Unconference - in Birmingham. The event, organised by Paul Bradshaw from Birmingham City's School of Media, brought together journalists, editors, academics and entrepreneurs for a day of interesting discussion.… Continue Reading
Last week I spoke at the Eurasian Media Forum in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The conference brings together journalists, business leaders, academics and politicians for two days of discussion ranging from news coverage of global events such as the current economic crisis… Continue Reading
It must be social media event season again as I've got quite a few things creeping up in my diary: 16 April: SOMESSO pre-event, hosted by Headshift (my employer) – please RSVP if you fancy coming along for some informal… Continue Reading
It appears that conference season has begun. On Tuesday I moderated a panel about using social media to have "difficult conversations at Social Media Influence in London with panelists Headshift's Lee Bryant (my boss), Andy Hobsbawm from Agency.com and Paolo… Continue Reading
I'm taking part in a panel discussion about Twitter at DNA2009, being held in Brussels on the 4th and 5th of March 2009. I enjoyed it last year and there are, for me at least, some even more interesting people… Continue Reading
At last month’s New Media Event in Dubai I was interviewed by NewzMakerz, which describes itself as “an online broadcast platform with a focus on enhancing business and economic ties between the Middle East and the rest of the world.”
I'm the Dubai Marriott for The New Media Event, billed as "the first event in the region dedicated to the growing power of new media…" I've not made much of an attempt to value add in this post – it's… Continue Reading
I've been really busy speaking at different events the past few weeks. At the end of October, I spent an afternoon at the News of the World Editors Conference. I'm afraid I can't tell you much more about that but… Continue Reading
On Sunday, I’m heading to Ghent to take part in Blog Boat 1.0 – Citizen Journalism. As the name suggests, it’s an event about blogging and journalism which will take place on a boat but, rest assured, the organisers tell… Continue Reading