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September’s Social Media Week almost doubled in size over last year globally. Thanks to all who took part in Social Media Week Berlin, the city’s 157 events in 14 venues garnered almost 12,000 registrations and plenty of conversation. Check out this great infographic featuring some global highlights: Don’t forget to continue to follow the conversation at @SMWBerlin…
It’s less than two weeks until Social Media Week Berlin 2012, September 24-28th! As Social Media Week gets closer and closer, we are as busy as ever organizing, planning and nailing down all the details. This is where you come in. We are looking for a number of volunteers to help out during the biggest free…
Deutschlands größte freie Web-Konferenz Social Media Week Berlin presented by Deskwanted findet vom 24. bis 28. September statt. Unter dem Motto „Empowering Change through Collaboration“ warten 100 Veranstaltungen auf mehr als 6000 Besucher.
How social media is leading us to a strange state of immortality (A refined transcript of my opening address at Social Media Week Berlin, Sept. 20) Normally a conference organizer gets on stage to tell you about all the amazing speakers they have lined up for the week. But I’d like to tell you about…
One SMW event that was quickly booked out was “Social Media Overload: Internet Time Wasters”, a workshop by Nadja Sayej. Nadja explained some old-fashioned tricks to cutting back on your social media addiction. If you missed out on a seat at the workshop, here’s your chance to audit the class! Nadja has posted an audio…
Social Media Week Berlin 2011 was a huge success, with over 5300 participants registered at 66 events at 10 locations across the city. There were many highlights, including Gabe Zichermann’s entertaining talk on “gamification”; an emotional retelling of the Egyptian revolution by blogger Ahmed Abdel Alim; and an insightful political explanation of the rise of…
The best way to get a job in social media is to start participating in online communities of start-up companies. That’s one of the insights to emerge from a week of career-related events at Social Media Week Berlin, which heard from a variety of speakers about how to enter this emerging industry. The conference heard…
Wer in zu Besuch auf der Social Media Week Berlin ist, sollte am Freitag die Augen offen halten und nach blauen Ballons ausschau halten, die durch die Straßen von Berlin fliegen. Nokia, der Unterstützer und weltweite Sponsor der Social Media Week wird Berliner glücklich machen! Zum Abschluss einer spannenden Woche fliegen am Freitag als Eye-Catcher…
If you are in Berlin for Social Media Week, keep your eyes peeled for blue balloons floating through the sky and in the streets. Why? Friend of Social Media Week (and global sponsor) Nokia will be in town, on the look-out for lucky Berliners to make happy with Random Acts of Kindness. They’ll be looking…
Die Bedeutung von sozialen Netzwerken für Unternehmen wie auch im Leben von Privatpersonen steigt weiterhin. Jenseits der naheliegenden IT-rechtlichen Fragen stellen sich dabei auch in vielen anderen Rechtsgebieten neue Fragen. Schwerpunktmäßig sollen die Themen „Einladungen zu Veranstaltungen über Facebook“ sowie „Soziale Netzwerke und Arbeitsrecht“ beleuchtet werden: Welche Risiken bestehen, wenn ich zu Veranstaltungen über Facebook…