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Second chance to meet Digital People in Peterborough

November 10, 2010 By Dan Thornton Leave a Comment

Last month I finally asked if anyone fancied coming along to a meet up for people working in all aspects of digital in Peterborough, UK and the surrounding area. And fortunately I didn’t end up sitting on my own in the pub, as around 12 people came along for a pint and to chat. It was great to meet a load of talented people, catch up with a couple of people I already knew and be able to find out how much we had in common etc.

So, as it went so well last time, we’re doing it the same way again this month, on Thursday November 25th from 7.30pm, in the Brewery Tap pub in Peterborough.

There’s more details and the chance to meet up with other digital people in the Peterborough area online at http://dpip.spruz.com (No www), or via a public Twitter list I’ve created for Digital People in Peterborough. And we’ll be using the Twitter hashtag #DPiP.

It’s likely to be the last one before Christmas, so hopefully everyone can make it, and in the new year, we’ll look at what we can add to the drinking and chatting to make it even more useful for everyone…

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Virtual storytellers conference begins November 11

November 8, 2010 By Dan Thornton Leave a Comment

Whether you’re interested in Transmedia storytelling, content marketing, or just creating compelling content that might engage more of your audience, then there’s an interesting two week virtual conference about to kick off which might be useful.

The Reinvention Summit takes place over two weeks, and as it’s virtual, the costs are low, with basic access at $11.11. And for that you get 30+ hours of content, online collaboration and downloadable material, with a healthy range of speakers contributing, some of whom you may well recognise from some big online sites and projects.

There’s a free ebook available, a Twitter account at @GetStoried, and the #reinvention hashtag to follow.

It’s an area in which I’ve obviously got a big interest, as my specialities are in content creation and marketing. I’m a big believer in your story as your brand – and in that being visible as your brand belief. And in the power of compelling content to drive engagement as well as traffic…

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The first ever DPiP pub meetup…

October 29, 2010 By Dan Thornton Leave a Comment

The first meet-up of Digital People in Peterborough took place last night, and seemed to be a resounding success judging by the comments and conversations in the pub, and responses on Twitter (hashtag #DPIP).

Personally, it was much needed. I’ve been up to my eyeballs in freelance work for a number of clients, meeting and chatting to people about some possible permanent roles in the future, and keeping OnlineRaceDriver updated as my main public-facing personal project.

So it was great when around a dozen people showed up last night, with a wide range of talents and interests – designers, developers, marketing, website owners. Everyone huddled round a table and started chatting, and I think that a good few contact details were exchanged and potentially some interesting new ideas were hatched…

It was great to find so many talented people are based in the area, whether they’re working for large companies, small companies or freelancing, and to be able to find out more about what they’re working on.

The plan is to meet up once a month, so I’ll share the details of the next event soon, and possibly introduce some chances to learn more about each other, specific projects and share some know-how…

Incidentally – if you happen to run a pub or suitable venue in Peterborough for 10 – 20 geeks to turn up for an evening (especially if you have plug sockets, wifi and somewhere reasonably quiet to chat), let me know!

And finally, huge thanks to everyone who was able to make it – my fears of sitting alone in the corner of the pub were unfounded! And really big thanks to @joffff for helping to organise and round-up interest, and @pjeedai for his help and buying some food for everyone to share…