Here, we go then: Edinburgh gets a Scottish Social Media Dinner*. The format’s fairly familiar by now: three speakers, three topics, but this time two courses (helping you all fit into your holiday clothes) and three drinks for the price of a ticket…

UPDATE: This event has been postponed until April 29. See this link for more details.

This time the event is not only all-girl speakers, but also one with three varying topics:

• Running an online business: More4Mums are going to pop along and talk about the joys of trying to run an online store, how to engage with customers and make money online.
• Running a Facebook group/page and campaign: Jacq Kelly is going to be there to tell us about the hows and whys of running Facebook and what you can do to make your pages and campaigns a success.
• How to do a Twestival: Two of the organisers from last night’s Edinburgh Twestival - Victoria Raines and Kate Trussler – are going to speak a little about what it takes to organise and pull together a Twestival event – and a successful one at that as thanks to their efforts (and those who attended) more than £3000 was raised – enough to buy a well for a village.

So if you’re interested in running events with an online element, an online business or online campaign with Facebook, this is the dinner for you.

The venue is Moo on Brandon Terrance, which comes well rated (I haven’t been) and the owner is opening up especially for us, which is really nice. The one thing everyone should be aware of is that it’s BYOB. There’s no corkage charge, but similarly there’s no beer unless you bring your own. Whyte & Mackay whisky, Jura whisky and the ethical vodka Snow Leopard Vodka will be providing a little tipple (feel free to go follow them all online as a token of gratitude) as chasers for the speakers though.

For those of you who like a beer it won’t surprise you to hear me suggest a company I used to do work for – BrewDog – as a tipple of choice (if you like traditional lager and aren’t sure which BrewDog is for you, get the 77 Lager). If you want to find out which of their beers is best for you, I suggest a quick blog hunt for reviews of their lovely products. There will actually be little samples of a few BrewDog drinks on the evening too.

Anyway, that’s the speakers, the location, the drinks, all that’s left to point out is the cost and where to get a ticket…

They’re £25 per person and any profit made on the night goes into the coffers of the Edinburgh Twestival. Now, you’re getting at least three drinks, two courses and four speakers for that and some fantastic company (well, depending on who you sit next to…).

As always, any question, feel free to ask and hopefully see you on the night!

(For those wondering, the plan is this: April 21 is the next one in Glasgow – all about podcasting – then we’ll have one in Edinburgh in May and then in June we’ll do Dundee and Glasgow before winding down for the summer and we’ll bounce back in August with events alternating between Glasgow/Edinburgh and the odd one elsewhere as an extra. If there’s any interest and the weather stays good, we could throw a social media picnic somewhere in the summer, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves…)

* Yes we know this one is a late announcement but we didn’t want to distract from the Twestivals. Charity before dinner. Or something like that…