The Centre for Digital Business at Salford University, led by Dr. Marie Griffiths, focuses on research and advisory services to business leaders in the digital landscape. It engages in various projects, including partnerships with SMEs, technology research, and digital culture exploration. The center also offers courses in SEO and digital marketing, aiming to support the local business community and foster collaboration in innovation and project development.

1. Centre for Digital Business
Director: Dr Marie Griffiths
m.griffiths@salford.ac.uk
www.salford.ac.uk/digital-business
5th June 2013

2. Welcome to our launchWelcome to our launch
Photo by MartinodF

3. Photo by giladlotan

4. Okay… who are we?

5. Providing research and advice to business leaders
in the constantly changing digital society

6.  Internationally recognised research team
 Information Systems continues to expand
and reflect the societal impact of new
technologies
 Responding to changing business needs
The Centre is a rebrand and repositioning of a long
history of IS research based here at Salford

7. Okay… survey results

8. Mike Ryan
@mikemanchester
Brave New World

9. Okay… what do we do?

10. A sampler of our Digital Business projects:
 Knowledge Transfer Partnerships with local SMEs - funding,
research and business engagement -
 Totem Project – an ESRC funding project centred around QR
Technology and the internet of everything -
 Day in a Digital Life (DDL) - surveillance and privacy issues in
digital spaces -
 Innovation Bazaar – an innovation marketplace to share and
encourage new ideas in an open and collaborative
environment
www.salford.ac.uk/business-school/business-services/centre-for-digital-business/projects

11. Current research in digital media
 The Big Issue in the Northwest
 Digital Cultures workshop
 IFIP 9.5 Virtuality and Society
 Gaming
 Enterprise 2.0
 Young people and technology
 Web 2.0
 SEO & Social Media Marketing
http://usir.salford.ac.uk/view/divisions/ISOS.html

12. Take a Digital CPD Course
 The Search and Social Media Marketing course helps Manchester’s
business community by offering SEO training by the industry for the
industry.
 Listen and speak to leading experts from the Manchester SEO
community who will share their day-to-day practice
 One face-to-face evening session per week (Thursday 4-8)
 Foundation: 4 weeks Professional: 6 weeks
www.salford.ac.uk/spd/book-a-course

13.  Joe Flanagan
 Consultancy Manager
 E: j.m.flanagan@salford.ac.uk
 T: +44 (0) 161 295 4776
Talk to us…

14. MBA for Digital Business
www.salford.ac.uk/business-school/business-management-courses/salford-mba

15. Okay… what can you do?

16.  Undergraduate student
 Postgraduate students
 MBA projects
Provide a live project for our studentsProvide a live project for our students
www.salford.ac.uk/business-school/business-services/live-projects
Become a live project client
 Associate Dean Enterprise & Engagement
 T: +44 (0)161 295 5507
 E: k.l.allman@salford.ac.uk

17. www.searchmarketing.salford.ac.uk
 Become a partner for a course
 Guest lectures from your
company
 Shape curriculum
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Become a course partner

18. Sponsor a student prize
 Associate Dean Enterprise & Engagement
 T: +44 (0)161 295 5507
 E: k.l.allman@salford.ac.uk

19. Learn using our free online training resources
 International business culture
 www.businessculture.org
 Innovation in city regions guides
 www.knowledgecities.eu
 Change, Brand, IPR and Heritage
 www.enterpriseculturalheritage.org

20. Collaborate in research and development

21. www.salford.ac.uk/digital-business