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Events

Here are details of forthcoming AmbITion events.

  1. Webinar 5: So many friends, so little time… 16.09.10

    Damien Smith, ISO

    Date: Thursday 16th Sept 2010

    Location: Go Group, George House, 36 North Hanover St, Glasgow, G1 2AD
    Live event: 2:15pm - 4:45pm
    Webcasting: 2:30pm - 4:15pm

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    Announcing part 5 in our webinar series of online seminars webcast live, with the addition of a ‘live audience’. Attend online or in-person. Plus, its free!

    So many friends, so little time…

    How to manage time, policies and digital tools to help us get the most most out of the opportunities of online social networking with Damien Smith, founding partner of digital designers ISO, producers of the creative social network Central Station.Each Amb:IT:ion Scotland webinar is UNIQUE and shouldn’t be missed by anyone with ambitions to enhance their digital offering! The webinars have been designed with Scottish cultural organisations and individual artists in mind, and the content and style of the webinars will appeal to those working in the cultural sector.


    Speaker Biography: Damien Smith, ISO

    Damien Smith is a founding partner of digital designers ISO, producers of the creative social network Central Station.

    ISO have produced leading edge digital projects in television, online and experience design for over 10 years. Winners of the Royal Television Society Award for graphics, they designed the visual interface for the BBC iPlayer and are presently developing large scale interactive installations for cultural clients across the UK and Europe.

    Central Station was funded by Scottish Screen and Channel 4’s 4iP fund for online innovation. Winner of a Scottish Arts Council Inspire Award it is the country’s leading social network for new talent across film, design and contemporary art.

    Agenda

    1415 - 1430: Arrivals and coffee
    1430 - 1435: Julie Tait - Welcome on behalf of Culture Sparks
    1435- 1445: Hannah Rudman - Welcome and introduction from AmbITion Scotland
    1445 - 1545: Damien Smith, Director of ISO: ‘So many friends, so little time…’
    1545 - 1615: Questions from live and online audiences
    1615: Close of webcast
    1615 -1645: Networking at the venue

    There are a limited number of places at the live event, but we will live webcast the session and make it available on-demand afterwards. Register to attend.

    This AmbITion webinar is produced in association with Culture Sparks http://www.culturesparks.co.uk.

    What’s it about?

    Bringing the best minds in digital innovation to your doorstep, the Amb:IT:ion Scotland webinars:

    • are masterclasses - about thinking closely around one strategic digital opportunity
    • provide practical how-to information to take away
    • provide good and bad case studies to give you ideas of how you might successfully implement digital developments
    • are about networking and sharing with peers on the same learning path as you
    • can be attended in person, or can be participated live online, or can be viewed online on demand later.

    What will I learn?

    Some of the basics that you will need to decide whether or not certain digital developments are worth investing in by you/your organisation.


  2. Webinar 4: ‘Mobile Operator’ 29.07.10

    Date: Thursday 29th July 2010

    Location: Go Group, George House, 36 North Hanover St, Glasgow, G1 2AD
    Live event: 2:15pm - 4:45pm
    Webcasting: 2:30pm - 4:15pm

    Announcing part 4 in our webinar series of online seminars webcast live, with the addition of a ‘live audience’. Attend online or in-person. Plus, its free!

    Webinar 4: Mobile Operator 29.07.10

    Mobile Operator

    An introduction to digital content for mobile, and developing mobile phone applications with Gavin Dutch, Loc8 Solutions:

    • Should arts organisations be optimising existing digital content for mobile phones?
    • What about creating new content for mobile? What content works well?
    • Should we be considering developing a mobile phone application?
    • What’s the business model?
    • Where/how do you sell apps?
    • How do you capture data from mobile customers?

    Each Amb:IT:ion Scotland webinar is UNIQUE and shouldn’t be missed by anyone with ambitions to enhance their digital offering! The webinars have been designed with Scottish cultural organisations and individual artists in mind, and the content and style of the webinars will appeal to those working in the cultural sector.

    Register for AmbITion Scotland Getting Digital Webinar 4: 'Mobile  Operator' on Eventbrite

    What’s it about?

    Bringing the best minds in digital innovation to your doorstep, the Amb:IT:ion Scotland webinars:

    • are masterclasses - about thinking closely around one strategic digital opportunity
    • provide practical how-to information to take away
    • provide good and bad case studies to give you ideas of how you might successfully implement digital developments
    • are about networking and sharing with peers on the same learning path as you
    • can be attended in person, or can be participated live online, or can be viewed online on demand later.

    What will I learn?

    Some of the basics that you will need to decide whether or not certain digital developments are worth investing in by you/your organisation.

    Speaker Biography: Gavin Dutch, Loc8 Solutions

    Gavin is the founder and Managing Director of Loc8 Solutions, an Edinburgh based app development agency, best known for delivering the successful 2009 Edinburgh Festivals Guide iPhone application. The festival application was also the first major trial of ‘hedout’ Loc8’s location-centric mobile content platform. Further to ‘hedout’ based applications Loc8 provides bespoke application design and development to clients looking exploit apps as a marketing channel. After several years as a software engineer, Gavin founded Loc8 in 2007 out of a desire to create mobile applications that are useful as part of everyday life.

    Agenda

    1415 - 1430: Arrivals and coffee
    1430 - 1435: Julie Tait - Welcome on behalf of Culture Sparks
    1435- 1445: Hannah Rudman - Welcome and introduction from AmbITion Scotland
    1445 - 1545: Gavin Dutch - Managing Director of Loc8 Solutions: Mobile Operator
    1545 - 1615: Questions from live and online audiences
    1615: Close of webcast
    1615 -1645: Networking at the venue

    There are a limited number of places at the live event, but we will live webcast the session and make it available on-demand afterwards. Register to attend.

    This AmbITion webinar is produced in association with Culture Sparks http://www.culturesparks.co.uk.


  3. Getting Digital Roadshow South (Edinburgh)

    University of Edinburgh

    10th June ‘10

    Bill Thompson

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    The morning talks of the event will be broadcast live!

    Each Amb:IT:ion Scotland Roadshow event is UNIQUE and shouldn’t be missed by anyone with ‘ambitions’ to grow their online audience!

    The Roadshows have been designed with Scottish cultural organisations and individuals in mind and the content and style of the events will appeal to those working in the cultural sector.

    What’s it about?
    Bringing the best minds in digital innovation to your doorstep, the Amb:IT:ion Scotland Roadshows:
    •    are about thinking big and strategically
    •    are where you can immerse yourself in the possibilities of web 2.0
    •    provide training and ‘hands on’ skills that can be used to implement your own ideas
    •    are about networking with peers on the same learning path as you.

    What will I learn?
    Some of the basics that you will need to ‘get digital’:
    •    Where to find free online tools to use social networking to help you connect better with your audiences in the ‘Hands On Online Promotion’ workshop delivered by Inner Ear.
    •    An introduction to shooting, editing and streaming digital video, in the ‘Digital Video for Beginners’ workshop delivered by New Media Scotland.
    •    What you need to know about intellectual property law so that you can feel confident providing online content, in the IP workshop delivered by the Intellectual Assets Centre.
    • Explore the basics and benefits of webcasting with Envirodigital at the Introduction to webcasting workshop.

    Speakers
    •    Keynote: Bill Thompson, BBC technology journalist and radio presenter,  and Head of Partnerships at BBC Archive will reflect on how in a networked age digital technologies pervades our audiences’ lives; and on how digital development has to pervade the whole of our organisations as we increasing are Making Art in A Networked World.

    •    Case studies: Martin Reynolds and Faith Liddell of Festivals Edinburgh talk about their digital development journey, highlighting the lessons learned. Katy Beale, freelance social media consultant will present a case study of how she worked with the Tate to develop their Twitter social media strategy which has resulted in Tate now having over 100,000 Twitter followers.
    •  PLUS an interview with Fiona Stewart, Creative Director of AmbItion Involved organisation, The Lot, and Lot audience member, Muriel MacKenzie.

    Booking: the event is FREE to attend, simply sign up online. (You can attend in person or online!)

    Ambition Roadshow South (Edinburgh) info pack.

    Image: Bill Thompson, AmbITion Roadshow http://www.flickr.com/photos/christianpayne/ / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

  4. Getting Digital Roadshow Central (Stirling)

    Ewan McIntosh

    University of Stirling

    27th May ‘10

    Register for AmbITion Scotland Getting Digital Roadshow Central (Stirling) on Eventbrite

    This morning of the event will be broadcast live!

    If you’ve not been to one of AmbITion Scotland’s free day-long events focussed on digital development for the cultural sector, then here’s what to expect! A morning of thought invoking and idea inspiring talks and case studies, and an afternoon of hands-on workshops, where you learn about subjects like digital video, social media tools and Intellectual Property. Of course you get fed well and have lots of opportunities to network and debate with colleagues.

    Each roadshow is in a different location (we’ve already been to Inverness and Dundee), and also each has a different subject focus and speakers. Stirling is focussed on digital development for education and learning functions.

    The Stirling roadshow stars Ewan McIntosh (digital media and education expert, ex-4iP Scotland commissioner) - he’ll be exploring what lessons can be taken from other worlds, such as education, politics and health, that might show some new creative leads for arts organisations. Julia Fenby, Arts Development Officer at Learning Teaching Scotland has supported arts organisations to engage with schools through Glow (LTS’s online learning environment for the formal education sector). Julia will be telling us about an innovative demonstration project involving a number of arts organisations - including Visible Fictions - who have created new digital resources to support teaching and learning via Glow. Andy Catlin of unique Edinburgh music venue The Queen’s Hall will be sharing their story of developing digitally and outlining the benefits and implications for a small in-house team.

    If you’ve been to a roadshow before, join us again for a new subject focus; if you’ve not yet taken the opportunity, do join us on 27th May!

    Download the AmbITion Scotland Roadshow Central info PDF.  Or view it below:

  5. Getting Digital Roadshow East (Dundee)

    Hannah McLure Centre, Student Centre, University of Abertay, Dundee

    May 6th ‘10

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    The morning session will be broadcast live!

    A day of exploration, exposition, conversation and critical thinking around the digital opportunities for organisations as you think about artistic practice, organisational and audience development and business models in our digital age.

    This Roadshow East is the second of four similar events happening across Scotland between March and June this year. It will feature keynote speaker Professor Paul Harris, Centre for Excellence, Uni of Abertay,  two case study presentations from David Stark, Royal Scottish National Orchestra; and Clive Gillman, Dundee Contemporary Arts; as well as the opportunity to get hands-on with our Get Immersed! seminar and workshop sessions.
    Download the AmbITion Scotland Roadshow East info PDF.  Or view it below:

Scottish Arts Council Culture Sparks Rudman Consulting Arts Council England