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TWE Hour 2. Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie

I wonder what Wilson would have made of social media? I’d bet he’d be there, right in the centre of what’s happening in Manchester and getting his hands dirty. Embrace it? Of course. Feel threatened by it? Unlikely. I also think he’d be right there at the beginning of i4SM and driving it forward. 13:10 - Stuart [...]

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TWE 24hr Conversation…Hour 1

Somewhat irritatingly Wordpress won’t accept iFrames in the post, so I’m just going to do updates every few minutes or so. Coveritlive would have been greate as it constantly refreshes. Never mind. I’m sure there’s a technical way around it. So, I’m sat in the press room here at Urbis. Not much sign of activity right [...]

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The Tony Wilson Experience - i4SM blogathon

Tomorrow brings the 24hr Conversation to the i4SM blog. I’ll be at Reification -  the Tony Wilson Experience and blogging throughout the time I’m there. Carefully grafted from the official website, here’s what the experience is all about: The Tony Wilson Experience - billed as the longest ever intelligent conversation - is a chance for young, talented [...]

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i4SM @ 2Gether08

Well, I can now confirm that Professor Peter Kawalek of i4SM and Manchester Business School will be attending the 2Gether08 gathering on July 2nd/3rd in London. Peter will be a speaker at the event, date and time to be confirmed. Even though i4SM is in it’s infancy, we are delighted to be associated with the 2Gether08 efforts. [...]

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2Gether08

I spent a very enjoyable couple of hours on Wednesday in the company of Steve Moore, David Wilcox, Paul Birch, Graham Brown-Martin and Safiya Ahmed to learn more about the upcoming 2gether08 festival. As I said to Steve and David on Wednesday, 2gether is one of those ideas that when you hear about it you think, [...]

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Under the surface

Well, it may seem that there is little activity around i4SM at the moment, but I can assure you that that isn’t true. we’re like ducks on the pond…serene on the surface but furious activity under the surface. We expect to be making more information available very soon, so keep posted. In the meantime, if you are [...]

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a starter for ten @ i4SM

Welcome to i4SM. We are the Institute for Social Media and we are based in Manchester. As a collaborative effort between Manchester Business School and Manchester Digital Development Agency, we are uniquely positioned to bring world class research and thinking to the social media domain. You can read more about us by clicking the link on the [...]

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