Penny Power, Founder of Ecademy, looks at Community Managers and what they can do to help their Social network survive.
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moreThe Y Design Awards (YDA), part of London Design Festival, is now open for entries. Covering nine categories, the awards recognise excellence in the UK’s digital creative industries at a designer level. more
Part showcase, part confessional - ten of the UK’s finest digital designers bare their creative souls and share their work and wisdom. Each will reveal - in less than seven minutes - ‘the best advice I’ve ever been given’. more
Creative companies and individuals based in London are being offered a unique opportunity to develop their business skills, gain a better understanding of how to put their creative skills to the best use of their businesses, and how to maximise the revenue derived from their talents. more
In order to make sure your site meets your audience’s needs, you need to start by understanding your audience. This one day course demonstrates a variety of industry-standard tools and techniques that allow you to gain insight into your audience, what they are looking for online, and how to give it to them. more
Many thanks to George Grylls for taking videos of the iDesign conference on September 18. The first 23 of these have now been uploaded to YouTube. more
A one-day event analysing and celebrating digital interactive media, which provides the main digital focus for the London Design Festival.
Book now to take advantage of the Early Bird Rate. The prices will go up in August!
idesign 08, a one-day event providing the main digital focus for the London Design Festival, analyses and celebrates digital interactive media. Featuring leading practitioners and thinkers from the web, virtual worlds, mobile, games and interactive TV, the event will explore how our collective digital future will pan out, which trends will prosper or fail, and the role of interactive design in our cultural and social life.
In addition to the full conference programme is an exhibition in the foyer space, with cutting-edge interactive installations and lunchtime presentations. You will also gain access to the Portfolio Clinic, offering one-to-one diagnostics from London's leading interactive design agencies.
Discount Price: the concessionary rate is available to students, unemployed, freelancers, not-for-profit companies and charities. Group discount rates are available for parties of five or more by application to Michelle Hardiman.
Where's The Money? Sort out the hot trends from the overheated hype, interactive design wheat from the chaff. What technologies, disciplines and practices will make the biggest difference to your bottom line and your reputation?
3D to 5D. Digital design enters the worlds of film and architecture with the rise of 3D worlds, for both consumer and professional audiences. What are the special challenges created?
Future Interactive. Learn what you need to know about the slash/slash generation, emerging technology, global trends and their potential impact on interactive design in 2009 and beyond.
Design Showcase. See, meet, and touch, the latest and greatest stars in digital design in a showcase of inspiring, surprising and sometimes unsettling interactive work.
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Adrian Shaughnessy, Independent Art Director and Author - Graphic Design on the Radio
Andy Cameron, Design Director, Fabrica
Ann Longley, Digital Strategy Director - Media Edge: CIA
Brendan Dawes, Creative Director - MagneticNorth
Colin Jenkinson, Design Director - Cogapp
Michael Nutley, Editor-in-Chief, NMA - NMA
Simon Waterfall, Creative Director of Poke and president of D&AD - Poke
Stacey Spiegel, President, Parallel Worlds Lab
Ximo Peris, Creative Director - Smoothe
More information about speakers at the Digital Design Day website.
London’s digital creativity is uniquely showcased by dynamo london. Launched in December 2006, the website and supporting event programme provide the capital’s digital creative and commercial talent a platform for industry promotion and shared enthusiasm. The website www.dynamolondon.org, subtitled ‘Why didn’t I think of that?’, promotes collaboration and encourages visitors to register and recommend pieces of work that they have found particularly inspiring. The event programme focuses on promoting the role of the digital designer as a conduit for achieving business successes. It is a joint initiative of NMK and AIG with support from Fabric Interface.
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