When the the annual Talk About Local unconference opens its doors this Saturday, it will be the culmination of some hard work and planning which couldn’t happen without the generous support of our sponsors. Ahead of the big day we invite you meet our sponsors. They will all be represented to participate and provide more [...]
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#TAL12 timings
For those of you who are heading in to Birmingham on Saturday for #TAL12 here are the session times for the day. We have tried to make #TAL12 busy but leisurely, so you won’t be racing between rooms, the rough timings for the day are: 09:30 – Doors open for the early birds to start [...]
Discover Digbeth before #TAL12!
The Maple House venue for this Saturday’s #TAL12 unconference is lovely and central but it’s not in the very best bit of Birmingham, which is of course Digbeth! (See Digbeth is Good for a million reason why.) That’s why the pre-#TAL12 entertainment this Friday 26th April will be geared towards discovering Digbeth. We’ll be starting at 6.00pm with a [...]
Links for Monday 23rd April
Here are some links the Talk About Local team found interesting for Monday 23rd April: The BBC, Regional News and Sport, and Hyperlocal Blogs | Andy Mabbett, aka pigsonthewing - The BBC are keen to explore the potential for including items from hyperlocal sites in the “From other news sites” links within their online regional news posts. [...]
Are you in Google News yet? Help us track it
As we reported earlier in the week, lots of hyperlocal news sites have found their way into Google News. Presumably some changes have taken place in the giant algorithm and now it seems people searching for local news and information in some areas are as likley to be presented with a hyperlocal blog as they [...]