Feels like yesterday that Glasgow was buzzing, tweeting and talking all about Social Media Week 2011.
Now it’s time for another SMW! From this morning to Friday, another 12 cities, including Tokyo, Singapore, Hamburg, Paris, and NYC are going to live the wonderful experience that Glasgow lived six months ago. The UK hub this time will be London, and we wish all the best to the amazing team at Chinwag who are coordinating things in an excellent way!
After the great time we had last year, we thought we couldn’t really miss SMW this time. Even if good part of it will be livestreamed, we wanted to be part of it again as close as we could, that’s why we’re going to London this week, with some of Social Media Glasgow partners.
We will be at the Hub Westminster this Thursday, the 16th of February, from 6pm for Socially Scotland, a collaborative event with twintangibles, Inner Ear & KILTR to celebrate the impact of Social Media Week in Glasgow and Scotland’s growing digital community, highlighting some of the creative output from schemes initiated during Social Media Week Glasgow, and reviewing the growing opportunities developing in Scotland.
We will share some of the highlights of the week and present the projects and initiatives born as spinoffs from SMWGla. We will also unveil some interesting figures and stats regarding Social Media Week Glasgow: who attended, what sectors were most represented, what the hot topics were, and so on. Here’s a taste of it, some voxpops from the SMWGla review night we organised last November (thanks to the great Inner Ear team):
Creative content communications company Inner Ear will talk about some of the projects they showcased during Social Media Week, including the company’s long running alternative, underground music internet radio station, Radio Magnetic and new streetwise audio walking tours producers Walking Heads. They’ll also present the results of a collaborative spinoff from SMW Glasgow: Spokenherd, a crowdsourced audiobook.
Kiltr, the rising niche network for anyone with an interest in Scotland, will take the opportunity to meet its members and discuss the latest developments of the network including the forthcoming launch of version one.
Scottish craft beer, generously offered by WEST brewery and Ayr Brewing Company, and ‘Scotland’s flavourite’ tea cakes and biscuits offered by Tunnock’s, will be available throughout the event.
Socially Scotland will be a networking opportunity for all Scots in London and for anyone interested in Scotland to get a flavour of what is happening North of the border.
The official hashtag for the event is #smwldngla – Please use it to connect and network!
Join us, be part of it again!
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