Paradise Circus » Next Social Media Surgery: Wednesday 23 September – At Fazeley Studios, 191 Fazeley Street, Digbeth, Birmingham B5 6DR (opposite The Bond). So if you belong to a Birmingham based community or neighbourhood group or charity pop by any time between 5.30pm and 7pm. If you cannot make September’s surgery the next two surgeries are on Thursday 15 October and on Friday 20 November, again in Fazeley Studios.
Paradise Circus » July Social Media Surgery – 15th July 2009 – The next surgery for voluntary and charity groups in the West Midlands looking to learn a bit about social media is on Wednesday, July 15th, between 5.30pm to 7.00pm at Fazeley Studios.
The digital district will act as a showcase and business demonstrator to attract new businesses and inward investment and offer a strategy for economic recovery.
Which, as Nick Booth says, sounds ‘Very nice…Does that mean that Digbeth will get better mobile phone reception and something as high tech as a cash point?’ Quite. Although it seems like Lord Carter managed to get an okay reception when he visited Fazeley Studios for the Digital Britain Unconference today.
As Jon Bounds points out, ‘It also sounds like another bit of the (still in consultation) Big City Plan being announced.’
Birmingham Social Media Surgery No: 6 – May 13th 2009 | Podnosh Blog – Free social media advice and help for Birmingham based community/neighbourhood groups or charities. The next Surgery is Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 between 5.30pm to 7.00pm at Fazeley Studios, 191 Fazeley Street, Digbeth, Birmingham, B5 6DR. It’s opposite the bond and a go kart track. Push the large pale blue door with the silver door knob.
LocalGovCamp – ‘LocalGovCamp is an unconference for local government. Taking place on Saturday 20 June 2009, at the Fazeley Studios in Birmingham, it will be a gathering of people interested in how local government needs to adapt to a world of social networks and data sharing.’
Paradise Circus » Social Media Surgeries – The next Social Media Surgery is this Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 between 5.30pm to 7.00pm at Fazeley Studios on Fazeley Street:
Volunteers from the Birmingham bloggers group are offering to show voluntary and community groups in the city how you can make best use of social media. It doesn’t matter if you are the head of communications at a major charity or an active citizen in your neighbourhood, if you’re at all curious come along.
No boring speeches, no jargon.
Tools like blogs, podcasts, video and social networks can give a real boost to campaigning organisations, often for no or little cost. So these experts are offering you approachable one to one help and support because they believe it can help. You may just want to see what is possible and go away and think about it. You might be itching to set up a blog and start using it.
The Custard Factory – Some videos – Pete Ashton links us up to some online videos. This one is my favourite, because it’s the lovely Nick Booth saying ‘Digbeth’ a lot.
Don’t let the snow distract you from an important truth: it’s the last week to get your comments in to the consultation on the Council’s Big City Plan Work in Progress document. You can email, phone, or send an old fashioned letter (all the contact details are at the link above), but this Friday (6th Feb) is the closing date.
If you’re bemused some of the ideas or language, or would like to discuss your ideas openly in public and online, then the independent Big City Talk website may be the place to go. It’s got a “plain English” version of the document and also host comments by other Brummies who care just as much as you about how the City Centre might change over the next 20 years.
