Four days of training to learn how to talk to people (or audiences/clients/peers/customers if you want to see them that way) about your art – in real life and online. I rate Helga and Pete on those subjects and think there’s a real need for some people to get their heads around this stuff and … [Read more…]
Pecha Kucha is an evening of people giving presentations. Stick with me though: Drawing its name from the Japanese term for the sound of “chit chat”, it rests on a presentation format that is based on a simple idea: 20 images x 20 seconds. It’s a format that makes presentations concise, and keeps things moving … [Read more…]
It’s been a while since the last (public) handwringing over why Birmingham’s reputation suffers nationally. Thankfully, the Independent has steeped in with an article doing just that (as pointed out by Neil Holland on Twitter last night). Link: Brum deal: A second city with a third-rate reputation They point out that there are some great … [Read more…]
It’s the Biting Back event on Monday. An event about: how arts sector professionals and individual artists can learn from examples of successful partnerships in austere cultural landscapes I’m sure there are still some tickets available if you’re still thinking about coming. The website’s been a hive of activity over the past couple of weeks, … [Read more…]
This may be of interest to anyone involved in storytelling, whether your platform is filmmaking, social media or gaming, Switchboard and Event with Me are teaming up with Power to the Pixel, to present A New Currency: Multiplatform storytelling and social capital. The event is free to attend and takes place on 12 October, from … [Read more…]
I’ve just noticed that Paul Hadley’s been interviewing people named in the Birmingham Post’s Power 50 and has managed to get hold of quite a few of the creative nominees. Here are a few: Councillor Martin Mullaney Kerry Thomas James Yarker Simon Wales Helga Henry Clare Edwards Justice Williams MBE
Screen WM – The West Midlands to play central role in new film TOAST starring Helena Bonham Carter “The investment means that TOAST, produced by Ruby Films for the BBC, will also be filmed entirely in the West Midlands. A fantastic local story, the film will be shot in and around Birmingham and Wolverhampton, with … [Read more…]
Tomorrow afternoon at Zellig (the new Custard Factory bit – that name’s still not sitting right with me) there’s an event for creative freelancers called Know Your Place. Those who are well tuned in to this sort of thing will know that a similar thing ran at Fazeley Studios a few months back (I even … [Read more…]