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Chinwag Psych Interview: Karen Pine "Breaking the Habit - The Professional Perks of Behavioural Flexibility."

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Learning

Getting ready for the Chinwag Psych conference next month? On May 9, a you can find out how neuroscience, machine learning and psychology are good for business. 

One of the speakers sharing knowledge is Professor Karen Pine. She’s an author, a founding director of Do Something Different and holds the post of Professor of Developmental Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, so she knows a thing or two about how to motivate teams in business.

The underlying message for Do Something Different is learning by doing. So how does this apply to business? We had a chat with Karen about how changing your ways can help you professionally as well as personally.

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Chinwag Psych Interview: Benjamin Ellis, "Human Big Data - Using Behavioural Aggregates in Business"

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Brain works

The Chinwag Psych event is coming up fast - do you have your ticket? 

If you do, you’ll witness a compelling investigation inside the human mind, and how the results can be applied to business.

One of the speakers to catch is Benjamin Ellis. As the principle CEO of two businesses, Redcatco and SocialOptic, he has his eye on how people can work together better and which software can provide the insights on how that happens.

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A Content Marketing Manifesto

Content Marketing is a powerful tool, and it’s set to soar. 

At Byte9 we’ve developed seven steps to optimise your strategy.

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Chinwag Psych - Reading Round-Up

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Bird Brain

The Chinwag Psych event is just around the corner. You can still get your ticket for May 9 if you are interested in learning about how psychology, machine learning and neuroscience might be helpful to your business.

If you are coming along, you can expect some great presentations from the line up of speakers who will be sharing their knowledge. So, what are you going to talk about in the coffee breaks?

We’ve been gathering a few news articles and further reading for you each week so that you will be right up to date about the topics involved. Consider it a conversational cheat sheet and a few interesting articles you might want to consider if you are not likely to be combing the web while you’re working on other things.

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Announcing Gender 50/50: Striving for Balance Among SMW's Global Community

SMW 50/50

Toby Daniels, Founder of Social Media Week introduces Gender 50/50 and his company's commitment to striving to keep the balance.

In the words of Sheryl Sandberg:

“Women are held back by many things: bias, lack of opportunity and lack of flexibility. We also hold ourselves back. We don’t sit at the table; we don’t raise our hands; we don’t raise our voice. I believe our world would be a better place if half our companies and half our countries were run by women.”    

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For The Win - Competitions on Chinwag

There maybe no such thing as a free lunch but there is definately a free ticket.

Here at Chinwag we get offered some of the hottest tickets in town to share with you lucky ducks.

Just follow the links below to find out more and be in the running to grab a golden ticket.

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Behind You! Design Drives Online Sales

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Chinwag Psych's very own Nathalie Nahai has given us a taster of what she'll be talking about at the conference. Have a read about the importance of a website's design and how it can influence what customers buy.

The background image and colour of your site can prime consumers, claims new research.

With a boom in commercial websites and the range of products on offer, how do we decide what to buy?

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One-to-one to millions: The DMA's Technology Summit

Harper Reed, chief technology officer of Obama for America 2012, will share the business-critical insights from the campaign’s use of social, email, online and technology to micro-target supporters and win the election.

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Date: 30 April 2013
Location: Royal College of General Practitioners, UK

CodeMaker by MiniBarLabs

One day introductory coding course run by MiniBarLabs

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Date: 18 April 2013
Location: Mother London, UK

More Speakers Announced for Chinwag Psych

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Chinwag Psych (@ChinwagPsych) is fast approaching and we have more speakers to introduce you to. 

May 9th is the date and Chancery Lane the place. 

The full day conference is jam packed full of case studies, theory, insight and plenty of practical advice centred around the latest thinking and application of psychology, neuroscience and machine learning.

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Neuro, Psych and Machine Learning - a Quick and Dirty Primer

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Reading the Dictionary

The Chinwag Psych event is coming up on May 9th and there’s a whole host of interesting presentations lined up with people who are going to speak their mind about your brain and business.

The outline for the event is of course Psychology, Neuroscience and Machine Learning. But what exactly do we mean when we throw these words out and what would the connection be to business? I think the real question you might ask is - why is this relevant to me?

Here’s a quick and dirty guide to get you thinking.

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Chinwag Psych Reading Material Round-Up

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Kindle

Chinwag Psych May 9, is a conference and online publication covering psychology, neuroscience and machine learning for business and marketing. 

To give you a run down of the most interesting articles on the internet this week Jamillah has curated a list for your reading pleasure.  

To grab a ticket for the event there are some great deals available, simply click here, to find out more.

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Get Involved in Chinwag's Careers Day @ Digital Shoreditch 2013

BL-NK

Chinwag has rejoined Digital Shoreditch to bring you the biggest and best Careers Day so far, taking place on Friday 24th May. 

The aim is to find and fill roles within the digital industry.  Here's a scoop: news of the location and a preview of the first companies who will be exhibiting.

Get your free ticket here.

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Riding the Multi-Platform Video Wave

Video

Using video to boost your online presence isn’t new, but making it work across devices is a challenge for even the most committed of digital marketers.

Video marketing is often the most likely to be shared, so knowing the basics of video solutions is key.

Here are my tips to utilise its value in a marketing campaign.

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Two Heads Are Better Than One

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Boogie Brains

Two heads are better than one, or so the saying goes.

Chinwag Psych is hosting a conference on May 9th exposing the secrets of neuromarketing, big data and machine learning, leaving science fiction to the silver screen.

Nathalie Nahai - The Web Psychologist is speaking at Chinwag Psych she is also hosting a masterclass on April 17 with Jo James bringing you their expertise to optimise sales through your website.

We have partnered with Nathalie to offer all you Chinwaggers a special ticket for both events for just £499. Get them while they are hot.

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