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Blog posts in the 'Event' category
Tuesday 11 October 2011
IP and Copyright - what do you need to know?
The last in the series of 'essential media law advice' seminars takes place tonight. Has copyright reached its sell by date? What is Creative Commons? and 18 other frequently asked questions will be answered by Keith Arrowsmith in his introduction to arguably the most valuable and flexible of the intellectual property rights. Click on the link for more information.
Thursday 6 October 2011
A very secret CING Lecture
CING has announced that their second CING Lecture will be taking place in November.
The inspirational speaker they have chosen for this lecture has gained vast experience building up her highly successful company over 26 years, overseeing its growth from a family business into a global leader with 30 offices worldwide.
They are keeping her identity secret for the time being but will be releasing a different clue to her identity every day. Keep checking their event page for the clues, or follow #CINGsecret on twitter!
Creative England opens for business
Creative England is now open for business, announcing its first seven Board members and three key Senior Management appointments, and outlining details of new funding available for filmmakers in the English regions outside London.
- Seven Board Members appointed
- Three Senior Managers in place
- Film Culture funding opens on 17 October 2011
- Talent Development funding available from November
- Lottery transfer FAQs available now at www.creativeengland.co.uk/film-support
Tuesday 20 September 2011
Design Show - Tickets On Sale Now
Tickets for Design Show, a showcase and selling event at the heart of the Liverpool Design Festival, are on sale now from the Festival website.
Open to the public:
Friday 7 October – 10am to 6pm
Saturday 8 October – 10am to 6pm
Sunday 9 October – 10am to 6pm
Thursday 6 October - Income Generation Workshop
A practical event delivered by Singulier Ltd, supporting Social Enterprises to Start and Stay in Business.
This workshop is aimed at established Social Enterprises, Co-operatives, Voluntary organisations who need support to plan their Transition to Sustainability by researching Income Generation opportunities.
To register for this event please see http://socialenterprise-incomegeneration.eventbrite.com
Monday 15 August 2011
Book now for our essential Media Law Seminars
Manchester Metropolitan University School of Law, in partnership with JMW Solicitors LLP and Innospace, is delighted to present a series of three media law seminars designed to tackle current business issues facing creative companies.
Tuesday 2 August 2011
CING Network & JCI Manchester - Summer Social BBQ
It's time for the C-I-N-G Summer Social 2011 - Thursday 4 August 2011
This will be the second event in the series in partnership with Junior Chamber International (JCI) Manchester, and is a chance for those of us lucky enough to still be in Manchester over the summer, to blow off a bit of steam, meet some great new people and eat some great barbecued food!
For for those of you who missed out on the CING/JCI joint speed networking on July 13th, here's your chance to meet some of Manchester most successful young professionals as well as catching up with our regular creative talents from CING.
For more information click here.
My first time to The Children's Media Conference
Ian Wareing from Vision+Media recounts his first experience at The Children's Media Conference on 7th July 2011.
"In the two years or so that I have spent at Vision+Media, children’s content has always been high on the agenda: The Northwest already has a long and rich heritage of producing fantastic children’s programming and the region’s future is set to go from strength to strength following the BBC’s decision to relocate both BBC Children’s and BBC Learning to MediaCityUK here in Salford, demonstrating the broadcaster's commitment to children’s content production in the North. So it was perhaps inevitable that, sooner or later, I would find myself at a conference dedicated to children’s content....."
To read more click here.
Wednesday 6 July 2011
MPA Business Lunches
By popular demand the MPA are re-launching their business lunch programme with a list of dates for your diary – each of the lunch events will be hosted by a relevant part of the media or marketing communications discipline.
Dates for your diary
13th July – Magazines – Hosted by PPA
14th September – Hoted by Outdoor Media Centre
9th November – TBC
Timing
12.30pm - Bar opens for drinks and networking
1pm - Welcome and Lunch
2pm - Speakers and questions
3pm - Finish
Tuesday 28 June 2011
CING Network & JCI Manchester - Speed Networking
A first for CING, this speed networking event will be a great opportunity to meet professional contacts from both within CING and their new partner organisation, the Junior Chamber International (JCI) Manchester.
Date: Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Time: 6:00 PM
Venue: Revolution Bar (rear of Kendal's Deansgate), St Mary's Gate, Manchester
Tuesday 14 June 2011
Beyond Digital – 13 July – exploring the commercial opportunities of digital applications
Announcing Beyond Digital – a full day conference on Wednesday 13 July addressing the increasing spill over of innovation from Digital and Creative Industries to other industrial, commercial and service sectors. This conference represents a first for the North and we are fortunate to have attracted a number of outstanding regional, national and international business leaders, practitioners and academics as speakers on the day.
FutureCommerce2011 - 12 July
Your company’s website is its shop window, but just how well is it working for you and how much better could it work for you? This major one day conference on 12 July brings together outstanding digital professionals from IBM, Microsoft, Apple and others from across the UK, who will provide delegates with an insight into how your website should be the focal point of all business development activity.
Wednesday 25 May 2011
Essential Media Advice for Creative Companies
Manchester Metropolitan University School of Law, in partnership with Ralli Solicitors LLP, is delighted to present a series of three media law seminars designed to tackle current business issues facing creative companies.
DIBI 2011
DIBI (pronounced “dibby”), is the annual Design It. Build It. Conference held at The Sage Gateshead in the North East of England. DIBI brings together both sides of the web coin for an unusual two-track web conference. World renowned speakers leading in their fields of work will talk about all things web.
There will be a total of 13 speakers, 6 on each side and 1 Keynote.
What: Design It. Built It. Conference (DIBI) 2011
Where: The Sage, Gateshead
When: Tuesday 7th - Wednesday 8th June 2011
Transition to Sustainability - Income Generation Workshop
A practical event delivered by Singulier Ltd, supporting Social Enterprises to Start and Stay in Business.
This workshop is aimed at established Social Enterprises, Co-operatives, Voluntary organisations who need support to plan their Transition to Sustainability by researching Income Generation opportunities.
Monday, 6 June 2011, Registration at 8.45 - start: 9am - finish: 12.30
Venue: Innospace
Tuesday 3 May 2011
CING Creative Meetup - June 6th
Members of CING (Creative Industries Networking Group) meet up on the first Monday of every month (usually) to have a drink and chat about the latest developments and collaborations they are involved in (or even gossip) within the industry. People from any creative background or with a creative interest are welcome.
The format is very simple:
6:00pm - 6:30pm Arrival
6:30pm - 9:00pm Networking
Venue: Rain Bair, Manchester
For more information and to register to attend, please click on the link and RSVP.
Thursday 10 March 2011
Dates for The Media Festival 2011 confirmed
Dates for The Media Festival 2011, the UK\'s leading event for converging digital media, have ...
Tuesday 8 March 2011
Innospace monthly business group - 17 March
Join us on Thursday 17th March for the third Innospace monthly business group to share ideas, talk to the MMU business support network and learn something new.
This session will focus on Finance, with Mark Boyle and Rachael Leighton from HSBC leading the discussion on start-up related issues. HM Revenue & Customs will also be joining the session, looking at what you need to get your business trading.
Come along at 10am for coffee and join in the practical and interactive session, then stay and work with the MMU business support team on your business idea.
To register for the event please click here.
This event has been organised by Innospace and the NW HE Enterprise Champion Project.
Friday 18 February 2011
Innospace presents: Using Social Media for building your business
Innospace presents: An event geared towards enterprising students who want to start their own business.
Bruce Thomas is the MD of modern-english, one of the UKs leading social media development agencies and Innospace company. Working mainly with entertainment brands across the UK, modern-english have recently been appointed as the English Cricket Boards social media agency delivering new ways for fans of cricket to engage with the sport.
Bruce will enlighten you as to the power of social media by mainly looking at Facebook and ways to build a successful user network who engage with your brand. He will also discuss application-led media and mobile applications.
Two further Innospace businesses will be sharing their experiences of starting their business during or shortly after university, the challenges they faced and the rewards (speakers to be confirmed).
Following the event there will be a chance to network and refreshments will be provided.
Click here to register for the event.Tuesday, 22 March 2011, 1:00pm – 4:00pm, Innospace.
Tuesday 11 January 2011
Brain Wash Manchester date announced
BRAIN WASH is an independent short film festival which launched in London in November 2009. In October 2010 BRAIN WASH MANCHESTER played to a packed out room in the Northern Quarter's popular Bay Horse Pub.
Now in its second year BRAIN WASH MANCHESTER is pleased to announce a return to the venue, hosting a new showcase of fantastic short films on January 27th 2011 at 7.30pm.
Entry is FREE and the line up has been curated by Mike Scott, a young director from the North West, currently studying Contemporary Film and Video at MMU.
Brain Wash is a platform for up-and-coming UK filmmakers to showcase their work and it offers a programme of innovative, refreshing and simply interesting short films. Since launching just over a year ago, Brain Wash has held events in London, Birmingham and New York.
Monday 29 November 2010
Andy Clarke – Hardboiled Web Design
A chance to see one of the UK's leading web designers, authors (on web design) and speakers for 'free'. He will be talking about his new book, Hardboiled Web Design which delves into HTML5 and CSS3.
Date: Friday 10 December
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Venue: Manchester Metropolitan University, Geoffrey Manton Building (Lecture Theatre 6), Rosamond Street West (off Oxford Road), Manchester M15 6LL
For more information visit the events section.
Wednesday 6 October 2010
Ultimate iPhone OS course
Expert app developers Shiny have teamed up with MMU and The White Room (the
Tuesday 31 August 2010
FREE professional networking
If you are interested in developments at MediaCityUK BBC North or the Salford Quays area you can join a free networking group on the professional networking site Linkedin.
The MediaCityUK group is made up of 1600+ professionals from the local Salford and Manchester area including lecturers, Manchester university staff, councillors, media and film companies, as well as BBC and ITV staff.
It contains the latest news, discussions and jobs relating to the MediaCityUK BBC North and University of Salford development.
The link to join is http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=79227
Thursday 12 August 2010
An audience with Dr Jonathan Mildenhall - VP, Global Advertising Strategy and Creative Excellence, The Coca-Cola Company
Dr Jonathan Mildenhall graduated from MMU Business School in 1990 and now leads the Global Advertising Strategy and Creative Excellence discipline at The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta.