The Good Agency opens its doors for Social Media Week 2012

This February, in celebration of Social Media Week 2012, The Good Agency will open the doors of 8 Boundary Row to host two free events, examining how collaboration can drive fundraising and communications for good things to happen.

Social Media Week is an annual festival and one of the world’s most powerful global platforms, offering a series of interconnected activities and conversations around the world on emerging trends in social and mobile media.

Guests are invited to join The Good Agency and a selection of exciting speakers for discussion and debate on the global impact of social media around the theme for 2012, Empowering Change Through Collaboration.

Is social giving fundraising’s ‘Third Way’?

On Monday 13^th February Gregory Vincent, Founder of the UK’s first crowdfunding site, Sponsume and Paull Young, Digital Director at Charity:water explore social giving when traditional community fundraising meets the digital age.

Looking at consumer psychology, they will discuss how social giving could complement individual and corporate programmes not only to drive income but also stimulate engagement and experience for lifetime value.

Find out more and book your complimentary place now.

Is eyewitness news, news? In partnership with Mynewsdesk

On Tuesday 14^th February The Good Agency’s Communications Strategist, Lauren Wyper will debate the future of news, alongside Adam Baker, Founder of citizen journalism site, Blottr; Stephen Sidlo, Head Publisher of citizen photo agency, Demotix; Jason Mills, Web Technology Editor, ITV and Fergus Ball, Digital Producer and Editor, AP.

In this post mass-media age, news stories come from anywhere, at any time and from any source. But with anyone able to frame the message, how do we put news into perspective? Whose view should we trust? And how, as organisations, can we harness this loss of control? This panel session, in partnership with news exchange site Mynewsdesk, will strive to answer these questions and more.

Find out more and book your complimentary place now.

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