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ladies rock in manchester

 Manchester Rugby Club is where the girls are at this May, as LadyRock Festival bursts onto the scene. The event is a new venture for former Manchester Pride Director Jackie Crozier who announced her departure from the Pride team at the end of last year. LadyRock will be the region’s first rock festival for women*…

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pinterest and the meetings industry

 Over the last few weeks I have started exploring the latest craze that seems to be sweeping the social web… that being the network Pinterest. For those of you that haven’t heard of Pinterest it is a website and mobile application that allows you to create virtual pinboards to which you can ‘pin’ images you find on the web. These pins can then be repinned by other users and shared with their network of Pinterest followers. To date Pinterest has been proving popular for people wanting to create mood boards and share beautiful things from furniture to fashion and craft to cake – making brands sit up and take notice. Yesterday I…

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new technologies for new audiences: the 3d’s

 Last month I attended the Extending The Margins: New Technologies for New Audiences conference in Ghent at the amazing Vooruit. To view resources from the event you can head over to the Audiences Europe Network for videos, presentations, audio and more. The branding for the event centred on an audience decked out in 3D spectacles,…

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sony make manchester your playstation

 Last Thursday I headed down to the opening of the Playstation Vita Rooms in Manchester – along with geeks, media luvies, footballers and the beautiful people of this fair city… yeah I’m even included Bez in that! Contrary to rumours Mario Balotelli wasn’t just there to to use the loos or hand out Greggs Steak Bakes to hungry…

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Jaffa Cake Trifle

in the kitchen with socialbedia

 I recently tweeted my New Year’s Eve pud, Jaffa Cake Trifle, and was asked to share the recipe… believe me very little culinary skill in required for this so anyone should be able to give this a try. Ingredients  1x small bottle of Cointreau 2x boxes of 12 Jaffa Cakes 1x tin of mandarin segments…

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tweeting and meeting

 T’other week I attended the Manchester (just one of many taking place across the region) Arts Marketing Association Tweet Meet at the Royal Exchange Theatre. As well as being a good opportunity to catch-up with colleagues from across the region it was a chance for attendees learnt about the Exchange’s Twitic campaign. The focus of the Twitic project was…

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Blackpool Beach

so! voltech and thanks for all the memories

 Yesterday I attended So! VolTech in my home town of Blackpool. The event took place at the recently refurbished Blackpool Library – the £3 million facelift is well worth a look if you get the chance. It was a pleasure to meet new folks from across the   voluntary and technology sectors. Below are are few shots taken…

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a digital day with the ama

 “Everyone needs a cat video on the internet” Last week I attended my first Arts Marketing Association Digital Marketing Day hosted in the shiny surroundings of Sadler’s Wells. The day was crammed with content for start to finish – with the necessary pauses for tea, biscuits and sandwiches, and most excellent they were too! The speakers on the day, that provided the food for thought, included: Neil Perkin, Only Dead Fish Rachel Coldicutt, Caper Susan Halligan, Halligan Consulting formerly New York Public Library Allegra Burnette, Museum of Modern Art – MoMA With so much to take in on the day it has been difficult to condense that down into a snappy blog post however…

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#instameetmcr

 There’s a new meet up in town, InstaMeet Manchester, part of the third worldwide InstaMeet day – on Wednesday 26th October 2011 from 7pm. All the action will be taking place at Pin Up Bowling, Spinningfields. Even if you can’t make it on the night there is still the opportunity to get involved. The organisers are hoping…

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snap camera shop: tomography manchester

 Lomography is coming to Oldham Street (the former No Angel store by Magma) in Manchester’s Northern Quarter… hooray I hear you photography loving types cry. Although an opening date has not been confirmed the company has been recruiting for staff in recent weeks so *fingers crossed* the doors will be flung open soon. If you’re itching…

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