TECH JPR

Not at SXSW? Then be at #notatsxsw.

SXSW is awesome. But sadly we can’t all be there every year.

Also awesome? A bar tab, good company and a great venue. For our newest ‘Not at’ event, we’re partnering with Ogilvy Director, James Whatley and Josh Russell from GDS to bring you #NotatSXSWLDN on Friday, March 15th, 2013.

Join hundreds of tech journalists and PRs next week to catch up, pitch made up startup ideas and act like a texan.

Tickets are available via the Eventbrite page on our Facebook group and there’ll be a few five minute speakers making an appearance too, with Jed Hallam, VCCP Share and Ben Southworth, Tech City leading the roster so far. Nothing too heavy but smart people that will no doubt keep you entertained.

And finally, we still have a few sponsorship slots open for this one. If you love the community of technology journalists and PRs out there and want to prove it by buying them all a beer or two, get in touch.

However much you can contribute, you can bet we’ll appreciate it on the night and make sure everyone knows who to thank.

See you there.

Join us if you’re “Not at MWC”

We’re well known for our Mobile World Congress parties in Barcelona and we’ve had some pretty epic ones over the years.

But this time, we’re taking a break from city of Gaudi and opting for a more local affair. Speaking with our friends James Whatley and Dan Lane, we’re joining forces to bring the TJPR community to their “Not At MWC” event on February 28th.

So while suckers ship themselves to Barcelona to complain about tired feet and touchscreens, sign up to attend the event in comfort at All Bar One, New Oxford Street, on Thursday 28th February from 7pm.

Confirm that you can make it and find the details here — we look forward to seeing you there.

- TJPR

Tech JPR Xmas 2012 - thanks for coming

Photos follow at the bottom of this post — but first, a word.

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We’ve thrown some amazing parties. But our latest affair was an experiment. If we stripped back all the glitz and glamour and focussed on just the essentials, what do we end up with.

The answer is the best technology media community out there today. You guys funded the event, you made up the team that put it on, turned up in your droves and you showed what makes this community great.

It’s not some dirty networking excuse - it’s a place where job titles and professional backgrounds take a back seat to the personalities and relationships. And I’m not sure anywhere else makes that possible in the same way.

The next year will be about building out from the foundations of last night in all the right places. When you donate money to these events, you need to know we’re getting the maximum bang for you’re buck — and that’s the plan with our next event early next year.

If you have requests, suggestions or feedback, or you’d like to be involved then get in touch with us.

Thanks

Golin Harris and Daryl Willcox Publishing, our headline sponsors (and cracker suppliers.)

And our community sponsors:

• Will Head, Fixation Video
• Patrick Smith, Joshua PR
• Jonathan Weinberg, Ten14Media
• Andrew ‘Spode’ Miller, ThinkWall/ justFDI
• Kate Stevens, AxiCom
• Max Tatton-Brown, Tradeshift
• Sarah Lafferty, Round Earth Consulting
• Steph MacLeod, Kaizo
• Ivana Farthing, Diffusion PR
• Renee Wo, The Works
• Adam Parker, Realwire

See you next time…

Our Xmas Party Calendar

Hopefully by now you’ve seen our Xmas party has launched.

If not, go there now, buy the world a drink (or two) and start looking forward to the bits we haven’t revealed yet, which will be showing up on Facebook soon. The sponsors are rolling in already and we’ve had some really generous contributions from normal members of the community too so it looks to be a good one!

Since it’s the season, we thought it would be useful to create something that makes your party life easier too.

So we’re also launching the first TJPR Xmas party calendar.

Now, we know, people have tried to do this before but ours is different: it only requires two details:

• What’s the event?
• Who do I contact for more info?

When it comes down to it, whether you’re organising an event or hoping to attend one, those are the two fundamental things you need.

If someone wants to build it out into a fuller list only journos can see or add it to one they already have, this will give them a head start.

How do I add my event?

To add an event: head to the doc and request editing right (so we can see who changes what) and then you’re away.

To view the events: simply head there now.

We’re starting with space for two events each night, since it looks nice. Beyond that, you’ll need to contact one of the people already on the list if the cells are already full.

If you know for sure there’s another event happening already then feel free to add it once you get editing rights — it’ll fill up faster that way and if it’s incorrect, there’s a good chance the person who’s email is down next to it will find out and correct it pretty quickly.

And that’s it. Tis the season to be jolly but hopefully now it’ll also be organised.

Let us know your thoughts and feedback.

Welcome to the new UKTJPR - Tech JPR

Like many of you, I grew up with UKTJPR. And it was awesome. As an account exec, it created an environment full of all the things you needed at that point in life: a great party, a chance to get to know the rest of the industry and, of course, free booze.

And as time passed, the faces (both in person and on Twitter) became more and more familiar and, if anything, it got even better.

So it’s time to give a little back. Andrew Lim has asked me to join the team and help usher UKTJPR into a new era.

What does that mean?

As a team, we want to do two things:

1. Increase the ways you can benefit
2. Increase the ways you can contribute

Luckily these go hand in hand.

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