Experts offer help at Social Media Cafe

Proving that Manchester’s digital community is all about sharing best practice and collaboration, attendees for next month’s Social Media Café have already started volunteering their time and expertise for sessions.
For the first time, the now monthly fixture will be run as an “unconference” or barcamp style event where different sessions covering a variety of topics will be hosted by members who want to share their experiences.
The following events have already been arranged;
1. Earning an income through your blog.
Advertising ideas for online publications but also thoughts on selling products and your own skills by Craig McGinty.
2. Are Social Media tools the key to unlocking truly productive multi-location projects? Can the face-to-face demands of collaborative team-working be replaced or simply augmented by Social Media? by Tim Difford
3. Are GPS enabled smartphones the future of social networking? Would also talk about developments location targeted content by Julian Tait.
There’s expected to be another session to come. If you want to attend the meeting, or speak, there’s an attendance list and further details about the event at the official wiki and news about the group’s developments will be posted at this blog and also on the dedicated Twitter stream .
The next Social Media Café is on Wednesday, January 14 from 6pm to 9pm at The Northern, Tibb Street.
Coverage of the event across many platforms is tagged #smc_mcr.