by ianravenscroft on
March 9th, 2011
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Friday 25 March 2011, 10am-12pm
Town Hall Foyer, Victoria Sq. Birmingham (map)
Next venue
After last month’s successful event, the next venue for Birmingham Social Media Cafe is again in the Town Hall Foyer. If you’ve never been before, it’s the big building with the columns in Victoria Sq. Town Hall opens at 10am, so if you arrive a little early please wait by the doors until there are signs of life.
It would be greatly appreciated if you could help spread the word before the meeting.
The listings are up on Upcoming or Facebook, so let us know if you’re coming.
If you’ve come along before then you’ll know that you’ll find a group of interesting people working in lots of different areas, all using (or looking to use) social media in what they do, whether that’s for promoting, collaborating or creating things online.
If you’ve not come along before then you might like to know that it’s a very informal, friendly and chatty gathering – we try to make new folks feel as welcome as possible. Just come along, grab a drink and join the rest of us for a chat.
If you’re a Twitter user, the hashtag for the meet-up tends to be #bsmc.
by alexjones on
February 18th, 2011
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Next meet
Friday 25 February 2011, 10am-12pm
Town Hall Foyer, Victoria Sq. Birmingham (map)
Next venue
Please note the next venue for Birmingham Social Media Cafe is the Town Hall Foyer. If you’ve never been before, it’s the large Greek-looking building in Victoria Sq. The cafe opens at 10am, so if you arrive a little early please wait if it looks closed.
Since this is the first time our event’s changed venue since it started in 2009, it’d be greatly appreciated if you could help spread the word before the meeting.
The listings are up on Upcoming or Facebook, so let us know if you’re coming.
If you’ve come along before then you’ll know that you’ll find a group of interesting people working in lots of different areas, all using (or looking to use) social media in what they do, whether that’s for promoting, collaborating or creating things online.
If you’ve not come along before then you might like to know that it’s a very informal, friendly and chatty gathering – we try to make new folks feel as welcome as possible. Just come along, grab a drink and join the rest of us for a chat.
If you’re a Twitter user, the tag for this meet-up tends to be #bsmc.
by Chris Unitt on
December 21st, 2010
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The first BSMC of 2011. Hoorah!
Friday 28 January 2011 at 10am
Downstairs at Coffee Lounge on Navigation St (map)
Let us know you’re coming via Upcoming or the Facebook Event.
If you’ve come along before then you’ll know that you’ll find a group of interesting people working in lots of different areas, all using (or looking to use) social media in what they do, whether that’s for promoting, collaborating or creating things online.
If you’ve not come along before then you might like to know that it’s a very informal, friendly and chatty gathering – we try to make new folks feel as welcome as possible. Just come along, grab a drink and join the rest of us for a chat.
This month we’re very pleased to have NHS local as our sponsor:
NHS local aims to connect citizens and staff to the best available online resources and information and, importantly, to each other. It brings together local health news, information, services and support from across the NHS and from other trusted organisations and individuals.
Moving venue
This might well be the last one at the Coffee Lounge too – we’re after suggestions for a new venue after concerns were raised about access to the downstairs area of the current venue. It’d be good to get your suggestions in the comments on this post here.
by alexjones on
December 3rd, 2010
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Next meet
Due to Christmas and New Year, the next BSMC will be on:
Friday 17 December 2010, downstairs at the Coffee Lounge on Navigation Street (map)
Everyone’s welcome, but especially people who are interested in how we organise, share, produce, profit from and/or enjoy media of any sort. There’s no sign-up, no tickets and no formalities – just come along, grab a drink and have a chat with some likeminded people.
The listings are on Upcoming and Facebook – if you’d like to add yourself to say you’re coming then people will know to look out for you.
There’s no sponsor for this month, but if you’d like to sponsor a BSMC event and get your name known/show off a thing you’ve made in front of a crowd of smart and savvy people then get in touch.
Got something you want to talk about?
We get a good mix of people coming along, so if you want to talk about something in particular then there’s probably someone else who wants to do the same – chats about alternate reality, coworking spaces, how to improve council consultations have all gained traction at the BSMC.
Drop whatever’s on your mind in the comments and we’ll see about finding those other people for you.
by Chris Unitt on
November 16th, 2010
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It’s not long to the next get-together. Same time and place as usual:
Friday 26 November 2010 from 10am to midday
Downstairs at the Coffee Lounge on Navigation Street (map)
Everyone’s welcome, but especially people who are interested in how we organise, share, produce, profit from and/or enjoy media of any sort. There’s no sign-up, no tickets and no formalities – just come along, grab a drink and have a chat with some likeminded people.
If you want to let people know that you’re coming then please do so on Facebook/Upcoming/in the comments below. If there’s something in particular you’d like to talk about then you can flag it up in advance in those places too.
This month the teas and coffees will be sponsored by bmibaby and, if I’m not very much mistaken, we’ll be joined by their managing director, Julian Carr.
bmibaby have been making some interesting moves with social media, with Free Flight Follow Fridays and Twitter Q&A sessions with senior management, so picking their brains about the whys and hows could be very interesting.
by alexjones on
September 27th, 2010
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The next BSMC will be on:
Friday 29 October 2010, downstairs at the Coffee Lounge on Navigation Street (map)
The listings are on Upcoming and Facebook – if you’d like to add yourself to say you’re coming then people will know to look out for you.
Got something you want to talk about?
We get a good mix of people coming along, so if you want to talk about something in particular then there’s probably someone else who wants to do the same – chats about alternate reality, coworking spaces, how to improve council consultations have all gained traction at the BSMC.
Drop whatever’s on your mind in the comments and we’ll see about finding those other people for you.
by Chris Unitt on
August 31st, 2010
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Next meet
The next BSMC will be on:
Friday 24 September 2010, downstairs at the Coffee Lounge on Navigation Street (map)
The listings are on Upcoming and Facebook – if you’d like to add yourself to say you’re coming then people will know to look out for you.
For this month’s meet up, we’ll be supporting the Macmillan Coffee Morning.
The meet-up will go on as per usual, but we’ll also be collecting for the good cause so have some pennies at the ready if you’re feeling generous. We’d love to collect as much as possible, so please spread the word and invite your friends.
Got something you want to talk about?
We get a good mix of people coming along, so if you want to talk about something in particular then there’s probably someone else who wants to do the same – chats about alternate reality, coworking spaces, how to improve council consultations have all gained traction at the BSMC.
Drop whatever’s on your mind in the comments and we’ll see about finding those other people for you.
by ianravenscroft on
August 2nd, 2010
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The next BSMC will be on:
Friday 27 August 2010, downstairs at the Coffee Lounge on Navigation Street
The customary listings are on Upcoming and Facebook – add yourself to say you’ll be coming and people will be able to know to look out for you.
Coffees (and cooler drinks) will be provided by this month’s sponsor News Dash:
News Dash is a project to help community organisations tell their stories, using online and offline methods. It’s being produced by Meshed Media and is part of Say Hello, a Hello Digital project.
You’ll be asked to sing for your supper drinks – nothing too tricky, but you might be asked to give a leave a tip for how a community organisation or charity might use social media to help achieve their aims.
Remember, you can now also follow Birmingham Social Media Cafe on twitter here.
See you there…
by ianravenscroft on
June 30th, 2010
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The next BSMC will be on:
Friday 30 July 2010, downstairs at the Coffee Lounge on Navigation Street
The customary listings are on Upcoming and Facebook – add yourself to say you’ll be coming and people will be able to know to look out for you.
This month’s sponsors has just been confirmed as Rhubarb Rhubarb, the photography training and development agency. Coffees and teas will be on them so come down and say hi.
As an added bonus, as part of a series of events Rhubarb Rhubarb are running over the next few weeks, there will be a seminar on Thursday 29 July at 1pm and BSMC folks can get tickets for half price (see below):
Now that the whole world is blogging, tweeting and Facebooking, what does this mean for the image? Is this obsession with technology for pleasure, self promotion or the hard sell? Does it begin with creativity but end up being financial? If you give more, do you get more back? Are there really free marketing possibilities and what do they look like? How do you integrate the demands of sharing technologies into your life and business? Where do creativity, well being and a sense of community live in your world? What will the fine art of the future look like and who will be making it, showing it, and where? How will artists be able to find their way through this myriad of electronic riddles and live to tell the story?
Speakers include Simon Roberts, Christian Payne and Mark McPherson.
Tickets are £20 for most people, but there’s a 50% discount for people who hear about this event via the BSMC. Just get in touch with Lorna Mary-Webb at lm@rhubarb-rhubarb.net, tell her we sent you and claim your £10 ticket.
by Chris Unitt on
June 1st, 2010
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As usual, the next BSMC will be on:
Friday 25 June 2010, downstairs at the Coffee Lounge
The customary listings are on Upcoming and Facebook – add yourself to say you’ll be coming and people will be able to know to look out for you.
At this point, a quick thank you to Screen WM who have confirmed that they’ll continue supporting the BSMC – they’re this month’s sponsor, so teas and coffees will be on them.
Thanks also to everyone who came to the last get-together. It was good to see yet more new faces and to hear afterwards that people found it useful. After asking around it seems that people are still using the BSMC to get to know each other, find people to work with and discuss better ways of doing what they’re doing. That’s the idea!
Hopefully, I’ll see you down there again next time.
In the meantime, Digital Brum is worth a look to see what other ‘digital’ events are happening.
