Category: Don’t Panic

Welcome to our weekly Don’t Panic blog – if you’ve been keeping up with our fantastic events and innovative developments, you will know that we aim is to inspire, inform and celebrate through the fantastic events we are privileged to be involved in. Here’s what we’ve been up to…

Announcements

This week we’ve had a few awards announcements…

Pocket-lint Gadget Awards

Firstly, the Pocket-lint Gadget Awards longlist was released to the public after a first round of nominations. The awards, as in previous years, will be judged by leading industry experts, the public and the Pocket-lint team. Some awards judge products based on all public and no experts, all experts and no public, or even just members of the editorial and advertising teams, but we like to do things differently at Pocket-lint, making sure everyone has their opinion heard.

But don’t worry, you can still submit your gadgets! Nominations are being accepted through to when the shortlist is announced on 3 October 2017. Nominations can be made using the online form. There is no entry fee or charge to nominate and you can nominate as many products and times as you wish. The online form is simple, fill out a few details, note down the gadget name and tell us why you think this gadget should win!

We want to hear what your favourite gadget of the year is, so submit your nominations and votes to make sure the best gadget of the year wins! Find out more here.

Northern Marketing Awards

The Northern Marketing Awards shortlist was announced this Thursday 21 September. The awards celebrate the excellence, creativity and achievements of the marketing industry in the North so our congratulations go to all who made the cut – it truly is an honour to showcase and reward the very best marketing campaigns and agencies across the north. You can view the full lists of finalists here. The quality of entries was extremely high so we’d like to thank to our inspirational judges who had the unenviable task of deciding!

The awards will be presented on Wednesday 1 November 2017 at the Hilton Deansgate, Manchester. Join us for a night of sumptuous food and great entertainment to celebrate and reward exceptional marketers across the north. Early bird tickets are available until this Monday 2 October. You can book you place via the Don’t Panic website here.

This week’s events

This week we’ve had the pleasure of managing the annual Benchmark Search Conference for Click Consult. The event took place at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester on Thursday 21 September 2017. Benchmark Search Conference is the North’s breakthrough marketing event, offering an inspiring, engaging and entertaining day where world-class experts discuss the latest strategies and techniques, and share their own success stories.

Tonight, the events team are located in Liverpool managing the Make a Difference Awards, taking place at the BT Convention Centre, ACC Liverpool. The awards celebrate the significant contributions made to improving the health and wellbeing of patients and staff, recognition of individuals who have shown exceptional quality above and beyond what is expected and teams that have demonstrated improvements in working practices that have, or will benefit patients.

Hot off the press

Here’s our top three events you need to know about this week…

UK Social Media Communications Awards 2017
The UK Social Media Communications Awards, hosted by Connor Phillips, celebrate the very best in social media communications and reward the individuals, companies and organisations who are using online platforms to communicate in fresh and innovative ways. The shortlist for the 2017 awards can be seen here.

eCommerce Show North
eCommerce Show North is the only exhibition outside of London dedicated to eCommerce and reflects the huge commercial marketplace that is the North. Taking place on the 11 & 12th October 2017 at EventCity, Manchester, eCSN will be the biggest ever gathering of eCommerce companies, vendors and suppliers held in the North.

Free registration is now open – confirm your place here.

Search Camp 2017
Take a little summer into winter by attending Search Camp 2017, a brand new venture from the creators of the Search Awards Series. Search Camp is a two-day residential search marketing conference, taking place on 13 & 14 December at one of the UK’s best loved holiday parks; Butlin’s in Bognor Regis. The event will explore cutting edge thinking, innovation, best practice and futurism in SEO & PPC. Featuring 17 keynote standard speakers in a solo track format across two days, it will attract over 200 senior level search marketing practitioners from across Europe. Book your place here.

Don’t press the panic button yet!

The UK App Awards entry deadline is today! But don’t panic, we’re extending the entry deadline for a further week. However, entries submitted after the first closing date of 22 September 2017 at 23:59 will be charged a late submission fee. The cost per entry after 22 September and up until 22 September will be £150 + VAT.

The UK App Awards will celebrate and reward excellence in apps developed in the UK. Submit your entries before it’s too late – enter here.

About Don’t Panic

Don’t Panic is a full service events agency that specialise in seamlessly delivering all aspects of awards, conferences and more! We pride ourselves in producing innovative and profitable events, based on our strong relationships, attention to detail and unique approach.

From awards dinners to annual conferences, international exhibitions to experiential projects, we are the cool, calm events collective.

About the Speaker Bureau

The calibre of a presenter is critical to the welfare of an event. A funny, enlightening, or motivating after-dinner speech will make an award ceremony live long in the mind. A credible DJ will get an audience jiving into the wee small hours. Matching the wrong personality to the wrong audience is a tragedy. Don’t Panic.

If you need a peer-approved keynote speaker, a conference or panel chair, an MC, a host, even a Voice of God, we manage a diverse roster of regional and national personalities, public speakers, and thought leaders from business, technology, politics, academia, and the arts, to help you with your event planning. Contact Sarah Power, Speaker Bureau Manager on sarah.power@dontpanicprojects.com for more information.

Welcome to our weekly Don’t Panic blog – if you’ve been keeping up with our fantastic events and innovative developments, you will know that we aim to inspire, inform and celebrate through the fantastic events we are privileged to be involved in.

The past two weeks have kept everyone on their toes in DP HQ. Here’s what we’ve been up to…

Last week’s event breakdown

Last week we travelled down to London to host our first event of the Autumn, the UK Public Sector Communication Awards & Conference. The conference and awards took place at the prestigious Montcalm Marble Arch in London on Wednesday 6 September.

The afternoon featured inspirational presentations and talks from a number of high profile speakers in the public sector, including Pinky Badhan – Head of Campaigns for the Prime Minister’s office and Emma Hartley – Head of Campaigns and Corporate Communications for The Electoral Commission. It was a great opportunity to hear public sector communications professionals exploring a number of issues and hot topics occurring in these challenging times and informed the audience about how to successfully do what they need to do, with less money.

The gala dinner and awards ceremony took place later in the evening in the Grand Ballroom. The awards celebrate and reward excellent communication strategies and campaigns, teams and individuals in local and national government, emergency services and not-for-profit bodies from across the UK.

A huge congratulations to everyone who made the shortlist – and especially to those 20 winners who walked away with a prestigious trophy. To see the list of winners, head to the UK Public Sector Communications Awards & Conference website here.

You can see the photographs from the night on the Flickr album below:

This week’s events

The third UK Agency Awards took place at the Montcalm Marble Arch on Wednesday 13 September 2017. With our biggest attendance to date, the awards rewarded specialist agencies and teams across a broad range of sectors, showcasing excellence in the way their agency is run, marketed and grown. The event saw over 200 creative, digital, PR and marketing professionals gather for one night of celebration. Winners included; Click Consult, Epiphany, Merkle|Periscopix, M&C Saatchi Mobile and Stein IAS. The full list of winners can be found here.

You can see the photographs from the night on the Flickr album below:

To wrap off the week, the events team have been managing the #PZConnectedConsumer Conference, taking place in Manchester on both Thursday 14 and Friday 15 September. The two-day conference focuses on the Connected Consumer – “Consumers are now even more connected than they ever have been and this has had a significant impact on the way consumers behave and interact with brands globally. In this ever-changing world, it is essential for us all to know what this means for our business.”

Hot off the press

Here’s our top three events you need to know about this week…

Search Camp 2017
Take a little summer into winter by attending Search Camp 2017, a brand new venture from the creators of the Search Awards Series. Search Camp is a two-day residential search marketing conference, taking place on 13 & 14 December at one of the UK’s best loved holiday parks; Butlin’s in Bognor Regis. The event will explore cutting edge thinking, innovation, best practice and futurism in SEO & PPC. Featuring 17 keynote standard speakers in a solo track format across two days, it will attract over 200 senior level search marketing practitioners from across Europe.

The conference programme was announced this week, take a look here – http://www.searchcamp.co.uk/programme/

UK Social Media Communications Awards 2017
The UK Social Media Communications Awards, hosted by Connor Phillips, celebrate the very best in social media communications and reward the individuals, companies and organisations who are using online platforms to communicate in fresh and innovative ways. The shortlist for the 2017 awards has just been announced! You can view the full list of our finalists here. Early bird tickets are available until the 15 September, be sure to secure your team’s place at the event today – click here to book.

eCommerce Show North
eCommerce Show North is the only exhibition outside of London dedicated to eCommerce and reflects the huge commercial marketplace that is the North. Taking place on the 11 & 12th October 2017 at EventCity, Manchester, eCSN will be the biggest ever gathering of eCommerce companies, vendors and suppliers held in the North.

Free registration is now open – confirm your place here.

Don’t press the panic button yet!

The UK Search Awards entry deadline is today! But don’t panic, we’re extending the entry deadline for a further week. However, entries submitted after the first closing date of 15 September 2017 will be charged a late submission fee. The cost per entry after 15 September and up until 22 September will be £195 + VAT.

The UK Search Awards celebrate and reward leading search and digital agencies from across the UK & Europe. Submit your entries today – enter here.

About Don’t Panic

Don’t Panic is a full service events agency that specialise in seamlessly delivering all aspects of awards, conferences and more! We pride ourselves in producing innovative and profitable events, based on our strong relationships, attention to detail and unique approach.

From awards dinners to annual conferences, international exhibitions to experiential projects, we are the cool, calm events collective.

About the Speaker Bureau

The calibre of a presenter is critical to the welfare of an event. A funny, enlightening, or motivating after-dinner speech will make an award ceremony live long in the mind. A credible DJ will get an audience jiving into the wee small hours. Matching the wrong personality to the wrong audience is a tragedy. Don’t Panic.

If you need a peer-approved keynote speaker, a conference or panel chair, an MC, a host, even a Voice of God, we manage a diverse roster of regional and national personalities, public speakers, and thought leaders from business, technology, politics, academia, and the arts, to help you with your event planning. Contact Sarah Power, Speaker Bureau Manager on sarah.power@dontpanicprojects.com for more information.

Over the past two months, we’ve been very busy securing some new faces to our speaker bureau. The calibre of a presenter is critical to the welfare of an event. A funny, enlightening, or motivating after-dinner speech will make an award ceremony live long in the mind. A credible DJ will get an audience jiving into the wee small hours. Matching the wrong personality to the wrong audience is a tragedy. The Don’t Panic Speaker Bureau matches our speakers to your event perfectly. If you need a peer-approved keynote speaker, a conference or panel chair, an MC, a host, even a Voice of God, we manage a diverse roster of regional and national personalities, public speakers, and thought leaders from business, technology, politics, academia, and the arts, to help you with your event planning. Contact Sarah Power, Speaker Bureau Manager on sarah.power@dontpanicprojects.com for more information.

We’d like to welcome our latest members below:

 

Professor Greg Whyte
Physical Activity Expert

World-renowned physical activity expert Greg Whyte is a two-time Olympian and professor of applied sport and exercise science at Liverpool John Moores University. He has published over 200 peer reviewed papers and eight books in the fields of sports performance, exercise physiology, and medicine. He is the Director of Performance at the Centre for Health and Human Performance, and he has helped to raise over £35 million for Comic Relief and Sport Relief.

http://www.dontpanicprojects.com/events/speakers/Greg-Whyte

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Holly Hamilton
Award Winning Journalist, Presenter & Reporter

Holly Hamilton is an award winning television journalist, presenter and reporter currently on BBC1, BBC2, the BBC News Channel and BBC Sport. Originally from Greyabbey in Northern Ireland, Holly achieved a Masters in Politics and French from Dundee University and has spent over a decade working on some of the UK’s biggest networks.

http://www.dontpanicprojects.com/events/speakers/Holly-Hamilton

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Phil Lewis
Speaker, Mentor and Founder of Corporate Punk

Phil Lewis is an award-winning strategist, speaker, author, mentor and business leader. His work transforms the fortunes of organisations around the world. Phil speaks with rare authority on how to build impact cultures: harnessing energy within organisations to deliver both creative innovation and commercial performance. He’s been doing it internationally for over 20 years, in both creative agencies and management consultancies.

http://www.dontpanicprojects.com/events/speakers/Phil-Lewis

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Daniel Prince
Associate Director for Security Lancaster and Cyber Security Expert

Dr Daniel Prince is the Associate Director for Business Partnerships and Enterprise for Security Lancaster, which is Lancaster University’s multidisciplinary research centre for security and protection science. He works closely with external organisations to develop collaborative research and educational activities in security and protection science. This includes helping define business strategy and growth plans for companies both large and small.

http://www.dontpanicprojects.com/events/speakers/Daniel-Prince

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Sean Collins
Comedian, Awards Host & After Dinner Speaker

Comedian Sean Collins has 25 years experience in stand up comedy, with initial success leading to ‘Best Male Stand Up’ nominations at the Canadian Comedy Awards, a Just For Laughs Gala set at Montreal and his own hour long special on Canadian television.

http://www.dontpanicprojects.com/events/speakers/Sean-Collins

 

Hot off the press

UK Agency Awards 2017
The UK Agency Awards celebrate and reward all creative, design, digital, marketing, advertising, media and public relations agencies that are based in the UK. The event will take place on Wednesday 13 September 2017 at the prestigious Montcalm Marble Arch, London. There is a limited number of tickets available, click here to book your place or contact Elle Kersh on 01706 828 855.

UK Social Media Communications Awards 2017
The UK Social Media Communications Awards, hosted by Connor Phillips, celebrate the very best in social media communications and reward the individuals, companies and organisations who are using online platforms to communicate in fresh and innovative ways. The shortlist for the 2017 awards has just been announced! Click here to view all of our finalists. Early bird tickets are available until the 15 September, be sure to secure your team’s place at the event today – click here to book.

UK Search Awards 2017
The UK Search Awards deadline is looming! With one week to go, the UK Search Awards 2017 entries are open until the 15 September 2017.

The 2017 awards, hosted by Jimmy Carr, are now in their seventh year and attract hundreds of entries from the leading search and digital agencies from across the UK & Europe. There are 30 categories open for entry – you can find out how you can get involved and enter here.

 

Don’t press the panic button yet!

The UK App Awards, a new awards for 2017, celebrate and reward excellence in apps developed in the UK. There are 29 categories rewarding exceptional design and UX in a range of verticals and awards for agencies, individuals and in-house teams. You can find out how you can get involved and enter here. Entries close on 22 September 2017.

 

About Don’t Panic

Don’t Panic is a full service events agency that specialise in seamlessly delivering all aspects of awards, conferences and more! We pride ourselves in producing innovative and profitable events, based on our strong relationships, attention to detail and unique approach.

From awards dinners to annual conferences, international exhibitions to experiential projects, we are the cool, calm events collective.