Preston Social
Debate to ask whether Preston is now really a city
16th, May 2012 by Ed WalkerA debate will take place at the end of this month to discuss whether Preston has made the move from a town to a city. The latest Preston Social will see a panel of speakers from the arts, culture, business and political spectrums of Preston come together to ask whether, ten years on, Preston in 2012 feels like a city. The Continental on South Meadow [...]
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Next Preston Social will tackle trolling
18th, April 2012 by Ryan Owen GibsonThe next Preston Social gathering will take place on Tuesday 24th April, and this month’s topic promises to take you over to the dark side. Preston Social #10 discusses the perennial issue of trolling, a problem which has been thrust into the spotlight recently by TV presenter Noel Edmonds coming face to face with the author of an online hate page, and only today by the [...]
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New Preston Social Announced – Discussing online dating
23rd, March 2012 by Joseph StashkoThe Preston Social has announced a new event this Tuesday, discussing the pitfalls, quirks and promises that come with online dating. The group are keen to state that it is not associated with dating at all, it’s the usual Preston Social format of speakers and open discussion at the Forum on Winckley Street. Ian Forrester, a senior producer at the BBC in research and development [...]
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Review: 7th Preston Social at the Forum Bar
27th, October 2011 by Joseph StashkoThe Preston Social held its first event at the new location of the Forum on Winckley Street on Tuesday, with the topic focused around debating the contentious idea of responsibilities and rights surrounding young people online. Attendees heard from Duncan Hodgson, who develops applications for young people through his work with Plings and rubothered.co.uk, which he designed, developed and has maintained since its origin. The [...]
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7th Preston Social next week – and we’ve got a new venue!
17th, October 2011 by Joseph StashkoWith this event the Preston Social moves to a new and more central venue, the Forum on Winckley Square. We hope you’ll join us for an evening of social media discussion, networking and socialising with others in Preston. You can sign up for the event by using the form at the bottom of the page. With the news that a father in Northern Ireland is suing Facebook over [...]
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6th Preston Social announced, sign up for free
19th, September 2011 by Joseph StashkoNext Tuesday sees the return of the Preston Social, the event based around discussing social media at the New Continental pub. With the news that a father in Northern Ireland is suing Facebook over suggestive photos of his 12 year old girl posted on the site, the question of whose responsibility it is to ensure that children and young people are safe online is getting more heated. [...]
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5th Preston Social this Tuesday, discussing the value of networking
26th, August 2011 by Joseph StashkoThe fifth Preston Social is due to take place at the Continental pub this Tuesday, with the title “Does Networking Really Work?”. We’re in age of social network proliferation. With Linkedin, Twitter, Facebook and Google+ we’re able to discover, meet, collaborate and acquire business and success through online platforms. What then, does this mean for good old, traditional face-to-face networking? Has social media devalued meet-ups? [...]
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Fourth @PrestonSocial at the Continental this Tuesday
21st, July 2011 by Joseph StashkoThe fourth edition of the Preston Social meetup has been announced for this coming Tuesday, and you can reserve your free place here. The meetup will take on the theme of activists using social media, as well as a short brainstorming session to discuss the future of the Preston Social. Attendees will be tasked with suggesting what they want to see from the event in [...]
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No @PrestonSocial this month, but some exciting news
28th, June 2011 by Joseph StashkoThose of you who normally come along to the Preston Social will have noticed that we’ve been quiet this month. The simple reason is because we haven’t been able to secure an event space. However, we do have some exciting news for the future of the meetup. We’ve managed to find a permanent home at the Continental. On an organisational side, this means that we can focus [...]
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3rd Preston Social – A summary
2nd, June 2011 by Joseph StashkoLast Tuesday the Preston Social returned to the New Continental for the monthly discussion based around social media. This time around, the topic was based around transparency and how we present ourselves online – taking in the concepts of online openness, reputation management and making information publicly available. Leading the conversation were journalist Daniel Bentley, lecturer in online reputation Tom Stables and John Walker, who [...]
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Verdict on the second @PrestonSocial
28th, April 2011 by John WalkerThe Preston Social is an event based around social media organised in part by Blog Preston. Co-founder John Walker here gives a run down of the latest event which happened earlier this week. It’s been two months since the last Preston Social, but on 26th April it returned to the New Continental to bring Prestonians together to discuss social media. On the cards this time [...]
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Thoughts on the first Preston Social
18th, February 2011 by Joseph StashkoThe first Preston Social saw over forty people come to the New Continental this week to see Nathaniel Cassidy and Tom Stables talk about online reputation, personal branding and digital personas. It was very reassuring to have such a good turnout for the first event, and proved that there is a niche and demand for this kind of gathering in Preston. The balance between a formal talk and [...]
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Introducing: The Preston Social
17th, January 2011 by Joseph StashkoThe Preston Social is a forthcoming bi-monthly event in Preston, Lancashire, designed to bring together those interested in social and digital media from the local area to learn, teach and meet each other. Similar events have become well established in both Birmingham and Manchester, and we feel that there’s no reason why we can’t do the same for Preston. The city has a small but [...]
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