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Event Recap: Q&A with Richard Ayers

Last night saw the first UKSN event of 2013 take place. Check this out if you want a recap of what happened through storify with our Q&A session with Richard Ayers

UKSN Event – 22nd January w/ Richard Ayers Q&A

To help celebrate our 3rd birthday we’ve put together an event here in London to start the New Year with a bang! Come along and get together for a drink with friends old and new in the industry. With us we will have Richard Ayers who will be taking part in a Q&A session, which UKSN founder Dan McLaren will be hosting

Hatton rallies support for comeback with #RickysCorner

Ahead of this weekends comeback fight, Ricky ‘The Hitman’ Hatton has made social media a big part in the plans to help build up the fight, his career and get bums on seats.

Digital Sports: a Naive Vision of Data

Guest post by Oscar Ugaz. His view that an important part of the future will be in the hands of mathematicians and statisticians. And the reaction it received from more traditionally placed ‘experts’.

Sports Tech Meetup: Content, Content, Content

After the success of the last Sports Tech Meetup, almost 4 months ago now, we are delighted to announce the latest instalment of the event series

The State of Sport on Social Media – how the SFA & Scottish Athletics use social

As part of Social Media Week in Glasgow, Mark and his colleagues hosted a Social Media & Sport event which included speakers from Scottish Athletics, The Scottish FA and Supporters Direct. Here is a recap of what happened.

Guest Post: Team GB and the Socialympics

Guest Post: Joe Morgan is the Online Editor and Digital Manager at Team GB. He was at the forefront of delivering team content for the Olympic Games this summer and here is his unique summary of how it went.

UKSN to chair global keynote with London 2012 Head of New Media, Alex Balfour

Tomorrow sees the start of the acclaimed Social Media Week here in London and I’m delighted to have been asked to chair a ‘fireside chat’ with Alex Balfour. Here’s your chance to ask Alex a question about London 2012. Read on for more info…

Sports Tech Hack Day – 8th/9th September

Our partners from the recent Sports Tech Meetup, Mobile Roadie have put together another awesome event which takes place this coming weekend.

Tweets per minute breaks 100k for 100m Final

Usain Bolt’s victory in Sunday night’s 100 meter final saw twitter reaction peak 33 seconds after his lightening 9.63 second Olympic victory with 2,360 tweets per second