‘Social Media & Sport Summit’

This July saw the first 2 ‘Social Media & Sport Summit’ events held in Nottingham and London.  Both were massive successes with a high level of interaction, networking as well as top speakers brought to them both. 

We are planning another #smss event for the end of 2010/ start of 2011 which we will keep you updated about as plans become more solid.  It will build on the tremendous start which has seen speakers come together such as;

• Matt Owen  (Liverpool FC)
• Mike Dunphy  (MD Media Consulting)
• Tom Webb  (Lotus Racing)
• Andy Barber   (England Athletics)
• Adam Vincenzini  (Paratus Communications)
• Ben Thompson  (Macesport)
• Bill Boorman  (TruEvents)
• Nick Howard  (UK Athletics)
• Ed Hartigan  (Spearfish Labs)
• Daan Jansonius  (SocialMedia8)
• David Naylor, Lewis Cohen & Rebecca Swindells  (FFW)
• Phil Jeffs & Ben Taylor  (Fudge)
• Roger Ahn  (WeWin Games)

The events have also brought together a fantastic list of attending companies with some of the top sports clubs, businesses and associations coming a long to hear from others in the industry and learn from the days.  These companies have included;

Walt Disney Company, Speedo, Chelsea FC, Tottenham Hotspur FC, NBA, Notts CCC, Football League, The Cricket Foundation, RFU, Football United, BBC, Ipswich Town FC, Slipstream, IMG, The FA, Revolution Sports Marketing, LTA, Octagon, Synergy, Trufflenet, EMDA, Notts City Council, Huddersfield Town FC, English Table Tennis, Press Association and many more.

Special thanks must go out to 3 attendees who flew over from Germany specially for the London event who came from RESULT Consulting GmbH and Neuland & Herzer.  We have already had requests for event dates from people in Spain and Australia, a real international flavour is in store for the end of year event!

Social Media & Sport Summit delegate comments;

“I attend at least a couple of events a week, many of them Social Media orientated, and I have to say yesterday was one of the best I have been to so far. The speakers were excellent.”

“Really enjoyed today, thanks for organising a great event, really useful”

“Great event this morning, well done. Good speakers, good interaction, good networking. Spot on.”

“The session was extremely useful, insightful and informative have definitely benefitted from attending.”

“Ryan and Andy have come back enthused by what was discussed.  So well done, and I think you’ve just made my job even harder now!!”

“Great to meet you yesterday and thank you so much for inviting me to such a fantastic event. So much useful information, my head is still buzzing! ”

“Attended the cracking Social Media & Sport Summit. Made some great contacts and picked up some good tips”.

“V interesting day on social media at #smsslondon yesterday – recommended for anyone looking to get the most out of Twitter, Facebook etc”

“fantastic day at #smsslondon – some great insights and contacts made – speak soon all! and Many thanks to @uksportsnetwork”

“Thanks @UKSportsNetwork for great event #smsslondon – superb new contacts and info. Knowledge is power, but its all in the implementation ”
       

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UKSN Sports Networking Events

 Networking is an essential element for any business no matter the size or industry, and that includes sport.  With the first event in Preston on 22nd April 2010 we have held successful follow ups in London, Manchester and Reading.  In London we co-hosted an event with US social media favourite Lewis Howes which attracted over 130 sports industry professionals! 

There are sponsorship opportunities for the events.  Current sponsors include UKSN’s signage partner Colorset and for London we were delighted to work with Football Fans Census.

“I would just like to congratulate UK Sports Network on its’ inaugural meeting held at UCLAN in Preston. I found it very informative and made some very useful contacts. “

“Thanks for last night I really enjoyed the talk and the networking and thought as an event it went really well. What was really good also was the atmosphere – you would have thought people had known each other for years instead of having just met.”

“Thank you Daniel. Had a really enjoyable evening…”

“….was a good event and took plenty away on the power of social media that I didn’t ever think off.”

“…the event was great really glad it was up north and definitely will be attending the others.”

“Good to finally meet you Daniel – A broad pallet of sports pro’s from various fields, but we found it useful to talk first-hand…”

 Event Partners;

Event Signage Partner:  Colorset