We are looking for digital natives who care who need £5K to launch a social enterprise

Web 2.0 tools enables social networking; for people to connect, share and collaborate. Social networks are bigger than the sum of their parts

We want to help some budding social entrepreneurs to explore the web 2.0 phenomena to make a difference; to provide online tools that enable people to connect for a social or environmental cause

Some examples of the kind of project we want to support are:

Irrepressible.info
Witness Video Hub

b.TWEEN ( 18/20 June) is a cross media industry gathering where interactive ideas are seeded, shared and sold

see http://www.btween.co.uk

Delegates come from TV, tech, web,marketing,advertising, investment

This year our our high-level industry delegates will help budding social entrepreneurs to develop their ideas and pitches

Unltd will give £5,000 to the best idea

Interested or know someone who might be? phone 01142210589 or mail info@just-b.com

Chinwag is on the hunt for a new team member of the technical variety.

We are looking for a Frontend Developer to unleash their skills on our numerous HTML newsletters as well as various web projects we have glinting on the horizon. This is a cracking opportunity for the right person and offers excellent career prospects. We’d love to hear from you no matter what your experience level, as this position is very flexible - we are simply looking for the right person.

http://jobs.chinwag.com/jobs/19565/

If you, or someone else you know might be interested, please get in touch!

Our joint survey with UK Trade & Invest closes on Monday (18th Feb) - it'd be great to get your input on how they're planning to promote the UK's Digital industry overseas.

There's more information about UKTI and the marketing strategy they're putting together on our website:
http://www.chinwag.com/ukti/survey

Hi folks,

Some updates for Skills Emergency on 29th Jan...

Laura Jordan Bambach - Head of Art at Glue (http://www.gluelondon.com/) and Co-founder of SheSays (http://www.shesays.org.uk/missing-out.aspx) joins the panel.

Craig Hanna - Training Director at E-consultancy (http://www.e-consultancy.com/) completes the line-up of special guest contributors who are actively pursuing projects to tackle the skills shortage in digital media.

Don't forget - Early bird rate of £25+VAT expires Fri 25th!
£40+VAT after that. Includes some complimentary drinks and snacks.

Book here:
http://live.chinwag.com/skillsemergency

We've announced our next event on Jan 29th - Chinwag Live: Skills Emergency.

The skills crisis in digital media is deepening. 2008 promises to be a crunch year for some and the pain is widely distributed. So what are we going to do about it?

Join us for some joined-up debate about the solution...

PANEL:
Matt Alder - Head of Digital, Barkers
Tim Elkington - MD, Enhance Media
Harry Fowler - Senior Digital Consultant, Major Players
Fiona Kilkelly - Interactive Manager, Skillset
CHAIR: Sam Michel - CEO, Chinwag

GUEST CONTRIBUTORS:
Mandy Berry - Director, Zero-One
Thayer Driver- Co-founder, Chinwag Jobs
Robin Gurney - Owner, Altex Marketing & Founder, Angloestonian
Steve Hutson - European Manager for New Media, Aquent
Laura Jordan-Bambach - Head of Art, Glue & Co-founder, SheSays

There's a Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=15555630117&ref=mf

But you need to book tickets on the official website:
http://live.chinwag.com/skillsemergency