Social Media Podcast No.35 is now available - The Legal Edition with Valerie Surgenor

Firstly, our congratulations to Valerie Surgenor who, since we recorded this podcast, has become a Partner with MacRoberts, we wish her all the very best as she takes up her new role from the 1st May 2011.  The podcast was recorded at the Capella Building, MacRoberts office in Glasgow and the picture below s taken from the room during the recording.

In Social Media Podcast No.35 Gordon White and Valerie Surgenor discuss various topical issues around the law and social media, these include the following:

• The progress (or non-progress) of the Digital Economy Act
• The Bribery Act and potential web connotations
• Where does responsibility lie with social media mistakes
• Ownership of an employees online community
• Cloud Computing - security and ownership of data stored in the cloud
• European Union laws on notification of cookies on your web site
• New rules about disclosure of data breaches

We would also like to thank Tim Barlow of Attacat and Derek Lally for the questions the sent in via Twitter for this podcast.

If you have any questions you would like us to discuss on the next Social Media Podcast please forward them to gordon@fatbuzz.com and we will be pleased to include them in our discussion.  The next podcast recording is scheduled for the morning of Monday 9th May so, please send any questions or comments prior to this.

The information on this podcast is for discussion purposes only, it does not constitute legal advice; for advice on a specific issue please contact valerie.surgenor@macroberts.com

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Edinburgh New Media Breakfast - Question Time

EDINBURGH BREAKFAST - 9th December 2010 at 8am
The Tower Restaurant, Chamber Street, Edinburgh
New Media Breakfast topic: "Question Time" Panel

This month we're having a New Media Breakfast "Question" Time when you get the opportunity to ask our panel of experts anything you want to know about social networking, search optimisation, pay-per-click advertising, audio and video podcasting, legal issues, blogging, apps, plug-ins, content generation and, anything else you can think of.

We are encouraging people to send questions to us via the blog, Twitter or our Facebook Page. In addition, we will be taking questions from the floor on the day.

You can listen to the podcast we recorded at the Glasgow breakfast here, it may give you some ideas for questions that you would like to ask in Edinburgh.  You can also download or subscribe to the Social Media Podcast here.

Our panel of experts is still being finalised but will include:

• Tim Barlow, Managing Director, Attacat – who will answer Search Optimisation related questions
• Valerie Surgenor, Senior Associate, MacRoberts LLP – who will answer questions of legal aspects of social media
• Colin Gilchrist, Web and Social Media Marketing Director, Digital Face – who will answer questions Social Media Marketing
• Belinda Roberts, Managing Director, Winning Entrepreneurs and extensive user of social media for business
• Mike Coulter, Social Media Strategist with Digital Agency - who will answer questions on social media strategy

Gordon White will play the "David Dimbleby" Chairman role for the event.

We hope you can join us for what should be a fun, but informative, breakfast. If you have a specific question you would like to ask, please post it as a comment on the fatBuzz Blog. Alternatively you can post it on Twitter as a direct message @fatbuzz or you can email any of the panel at the links below:

Email
Gordon White
Email Tim Barlow

Even if you don’t have a question, the discussion will be interesting and may even prompt you to ask something on the day.

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October New Media Breakfast Edinburgh - Question Time

EDINBURGH BREAKFAST - 21st October 2010 at 8am
The Tower Restaurant, Chamber Street, Edinburgh
New Media Breakfast topic: "Question Time" Panel

This month we're having a New Media Breakfast "Question" Time when you get the opportunity to ask our panel of experts anything you want to know about social networking, search optimisation, pay-per-click advertising, audio and video podcasting, legal issues, blogging, apps, plug-ins, content generation and, anything else you can think of.

We are encouraging people to send questions to us via the blog, Twitter or our Facebook Page. In addition, we will be taking questions from the floor and from Twitterfall on the day.

You can listen to the podcast we recorded at the Glasgow breakfast here, it may give you some ideas for questions that you would like to ask in Edinburgh.  You can also download or subscribe to the Social Media Podcast here.

Our panel of experts is still being finalised but will include:

• Tim Barlow, Managing Director, Attacat – who will answer Search Optimisation related questions
• Valerie Surgenor, Senior Associate, MacRoberts LLP – who will answer questions of legal aspects of social media
• Ben Rogers, Operations & Business Development Director, Attacat – who will answer questions related to online advertising
• Belinda Roberts, Managing Director, Winning Entrepreneurs and extensive user of social media for business

Gordon White will play the "David Dimbleby" Chairman role for the event.

We hope you can join us for what should be a fun, but informative, breakfast. If you have a specific question you would like to ask, please post it as a comment on the fatBuzz Blog. Alternatively you can post it on Twitter as a direct message @fatbuzz or you can email any of the panel at the links below:

Email
Gordon White
Email Tim Barlow
Email Valerie Surgenor
Email Ben Rogers
Email Belinda Roberts

Even if you don’t have a question, the discussion will be interesting and may even prompt you to ask something on the day.

BOOK FOR QUESTION TIME NEW MEDIA BREAKFAST EDINBURGH HERE:

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Social Media Podcast 26 - Live form the "Question Time" New Media Breakfast

Edition 26 is a live recording from the 1st Anniversary of the New Media Breakfast.  The event was "Question Time" style with a panel of 5 answering questions from the floor and, questions sent in via Twitter, Facebook and email.

We had around 70 people in attendance who were treated to champagne or buckfizz on arrival to celebrate the 1st Anniversary of the event.



Our panel included:
Valerie Surgenor, Senior Associate, MacRoberts LLP
Ben Rogers, Operations & Business Development Director, Attacat
Belinda Roberts, Managing Director, Winning Entrepreneurs
Gordon McIntyre-Kemp Managing Director, Intelligise
Gary Ennis Managing Director, NS Design

Gordon White took the Chairman role for the event.

We had a range of questions on a variety of subjects including the following:

Can you explain the difference in my rights as a blog owner if I elect for a moderated or unmoderated blog?

And, what defines a moderated blog? Is a blog deemed to be moderated if:
• I choose to approve comments before they are posted
• I use a spam filter
• I delete offensive or, irrelevant posts

We are seeing more and more video online. Will this eventually overtake the written word and how can we stay ahead of the game with videos online?

What is the panel's advice for getting more people to view your video content?

Is it possible to have a meaningful social media presence using just one platform? If so, which one?

As a Non Executive Director of Scotland's largest Children's Charity Aberlour Childcare Trust we are working with fatBuzz to embrace and embed Social Media across our 47 locations in Scotland. What ideas do the panel have to help third sector organisations such as Aberlour get there opportunities, events and needs across to potential Staff, Volunteers, Individual Donors, Corporate Sponsors and Trusts?

Can you offer any guidelines about what proportion of your marketing budget should be spent on social media?

What content aggregator tools are available to assist with gathering and monitoring content?

Does the arrival of Google Instant require any radical amendments to my search marketing strategy?

I hope you enjoy the podcast and, if you have any comments or questions please leave a comment below or, on the fatBuzz Facebook Page.

You can download or subscribe to the podcast here.

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SPECIAL 1st ANNIVERSARY CHAMPAGNE BREAKFAST

The next New Media Breakfast in Glasgow on the 24th September is the 1st Anniversary of the New Media Breakfast and to celebrate our first year we are hosting a special 1st Birthday Champagne Breakfast. In addition to the usual food and beverages you will be offered a complimentary glass of champagne or Bucks Fizz. So, come along and help us celebrate a year of breakfast presentations in style.

For the 1st Anniversary we are hosting a New Media Breakfast Question Time when you get the opportunity to ask our panel of experts anything you want to know about social networking, search optimisation, pay-per-click advertising, audio and video podcasting, legal issues, blogging, apps, plug-ins, content generation and, anything else you can think of.

In response to recent requests, we will also be allowing additional time for networking and getting to know your fellow attendees – most likely over a refreshing Bucks Fizz!

We are encouraging people to send questions to us via this blog, Twitter or our Facebook Page. In addition, we will be taking questions from the floor and from Twitterfall on the day.

Our panel of experts will include:

• Valerie Surgenor, Senior Associate, MacRoberts LLP – who will answer questions of legal aspects of social media
• Ben Rogers, Operations & Business Development Director, Attacat – who will answer questions related to online advertising
• Belinda Roberts, Managing Director, Winning Entrepreneurs and extensive user of social media for business
• Gordon McIntyre-Kemp Managing Director, Intelligise
• Gary Ennis Managing Director, NS Design

Gordon White will play the "David Dimbleby" Chairman role for the event.

We hope you can join us for what should be a fun, but informative, breakfast. If you have a specific question you would like to ask, please post it as a comment on the New Media Breakfast blog post. Alternatively you can post it on Twitter as a direct message @fatbuzz or you can email any of the panel at the links below:

Email Gordon White
Email Valerie Surgenor
Email Ben Rogers
Email Belinda Roberts
Email Gordon McIntyre-Kemp
Email Gary Ennis

Even if you don’t have a question, the discussion will be interesting and may even prompt you to ask something on the day.

No.29 Members Go Free – If you are a 29 Member you can attend the breakfast free of charge. Please email malcolm@fatbuzz.com with you membership number and he will add you to the attendance list.

I hope you can make it along to this event. If so, I look forward to seeing you on the day.

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Social Media Podcast No.23 now published

We caught up we Valerie Surgenor of MacRoberts Solicitors to talk about the Digital Economy Act following the release of Ofcom's Consultation Paper on the Act. Valerie explains the contents of the consultation paper and outlines how the act will be enforced and the impact it will have on ISP's.

We also briefly discuss the New Media Breakfast "Social Media and the bottom line" with Gordon McIntyre-Kemp and we get a tour of "Capella", their fabulous new Glasgow offices.

You can download or subscribe to the podcast on here on iTunes