As part of the global festival that is Social Media Week, taking place in 14 cities this September including our very own capital, we’re asking you to represent London and capture it’s unique British beauty. This contest will be taking place across all this September’s host cities, including Barcelona, Berlin, Bogota, Chicago, Doha, Glasgow, Hong…
Social Media Week Returns to London, 24-28 September 2012
April 12th, 2012
We have a VERY exciting announcement for the future of Social Media Week London, and we wanted you to be the first to know! You may have heard that the first few cities returning to Septembers Social Media Week lineup have been released. London, Social Media Weeks second largest city, will also be joining this…
SMWLDN Video: ‘Social Media, The Olympics and BBC – Preparing for London 2012′
March 15th, 2012
Our pals at BBC hosted their very own Social Media Week event in London this year. Did you catch it? ‘Social Media, The Olympics and BBC – Preparing for London 2012‘ is now available to watch on video at Chinwag.com! The session boasted a very athletic panel, including Olympians Gail Emms, Zac Purchase MBE and Mark…
SMWLDN Global Keynote ‘Freedom of Tweet: Censorship, Governments, Marketers and The Law’
March 14th, 2012
Did you happen to catch the Social Media Week London 2012 Global Keynote event? You can now watch the event on video at Chinwag.com! Freedom of Tweet: Censorship, Governments, Marketers and The Law‘ features Kathryn Corrick conducting a live interview, discussion and Q&A session with Mark Stephens CBE, one of the UK’s leading legal minds, a veteran of Wikileaks &…
Social Media Week Awards 2012: And the winners are…
March 9th, 2012
Your votes are in, London! After a mammoth Social Media Week for 2012, it’s time to reveal who youdubbed as this years best SMW Event and Speaker in London, as well as Social Media Personality and Campaign of the year! Thankyou to all who participated in voting, Chinwag is delighted to announce our category winners…
Watch the Google@SocialMediaWeek event online now!
March 7th, 2012
Google+ hosted their sellout Google@SocialMediaWeek event in London on Thursday 16th February 2012 at the SMWLDN 2012 Hub, sponsored by Google! (What a mouthful!) If you weren’t one of the lucky one’s who managed to snap up a ticket, head to Chinwag.com where you can now watch the event online! Watch it now. Hear the latest…
Missed #smwldn? Weep no more! Check out events on Livestream
February 24th, 2012
Social Media Week London is officially done and dusted for 2012 – wow, what a week! Over 180 events took place in celebration of social media and over 15 000 digital lovers flocked to sessions all over Central London. Now, we realise that alot of amazing sessions clashed throughout SMWLDN and appreciate that one can’t…
Highlights which got us all going a-Twitter #SMWLDN
February 22nd, 2012
With over 180 events in London alone last week and over 15,000 registrations not including the people enjoying all the action on Livestream, it was a serious hit! Don’t forget that eleven other cites were simultaneously taking part in Social Media Week 2012, although London being our amazing city made the most noise on Twitter throughout…
Guest Blog Post: Can social customer service lead to loving your bank? The first direct Future of Banking debate
February 22nd, 2012
The first direct Future of Banking: Social Customer Service event brought together key figures from the Financial Services and social business industries on Valentine’s day to discuss the changing face of customer service in a socially-enabled world. At HSBC HQ, perhaps not the most romantic of Valentine’s settings, 6 panellists, chaired by Liz Lumley of…
Guest Blog Post: Social@Ogilvy, Launch Party on The London Eye
February 20th, 2012
This blog post about Social@Ogilvy is brought to you by DeadSoci.al as part of Social Media Week London 2012. On Monday I attended Social Media Week’s ‘Opening Reception’ hosted by Chinwag. It was a good chance to meet some of the fellow startups who are attending SXSW this year. Towards the end of the evening I…



