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Wigan Youth Service Conference: Part One
[SUMMARY—Speaking gig.]
(GBR) I'm up in Lancashire today speaking at the Wigan Youth Service conference.
The brief is to inform and engage the audience in 'new' media and technology of the 21st Century to enable services to communicate effectively with young people (times two as delivering the same seminar twice).
The purpose of the event was to introduce the concept and uses of social media to the widest audience possible—from the Director of Children and Young Peoples Services, face to face youth workers to young people in two session. As our guide, interpretator and 'expert' DK was exceptional providing the history, knowledge and practical applications of social media in a medium that was accessible to all, immediate and relevant; all the participants were motivated, challenged and engaged.
DK allowed us to begin to think what Services for Young People need to do to communicate with young people in a rapidly evolving media age, this is a highly recommended input, so good we have invited him back.
Simon Morton, Development Manager Wigan Youth Service
Filed by DK on March 31 2008 | READ IT »
NESTA Future Innovators Training : Part Two
[SUMMARY—A review.]
(GBR) Here's a quick video review of our time with the fantastic guys and gals at NESTA on Wednesday (TIP: if you ever get a chance to visit their offices, do so—was just like walking into a Mac, extremely funky and made us green with envy).
Working with MediaSnackers has been an enlightening and energising experience! Our one-day session helped us to better understand how young people are using social networking and digital content creation sites. We also learned how to collaborate more effectively with our colleagues using online tools. Since MediaSnackers took over one of our meeting 'pods' for the day, we've developed the confidence to begin blogging—and we've agreed to meet regularly in future as a peer group to swap tips and rejuvenate our enthusiasm.
Katherine Mathieson, Head of Future Innovators
Loved the discussion in our closing circle relating to establishing an internal 'informal' group who would come together once a month to present on social media sites, platforms and tools which members have come across—a great model to replicate in any organisation.
Filed by DK on March 29 2008 | READ IT »
Pacific Youth : Ends
[SUMMARY—Or a start.]
(WORLD) Even though this week was the end of the Pacific Youth project (a five week online social media pro bono course for twenty youth leaders from Tonga and Papua New Guinea), we know it's going to be a start for those participants in using and utilising social media.
Check out their videos below which was their response to the mission for the vodcasting week:
Tonga
Papua New Guinea
A perfect illustration of using social media to broaden horizons, create relationships and give insights into other peoples' worlds.
We will now be putting together a 'report' of some kind in the next few weeks and then making the whole course available under the creative commons license so other groups around the world can take it.
Related post: The Launch and The Start and An Update
Filed by DK on March 28 2008 | READ IT »
NESTA Future Innovators Training : Part One
[SUMMARY—A bespoke day.]
(GBR) Today, Mark and I are delivering a social media training day to the 'Future Innovators' department within NESTA.
We'll be giving them a flavour of social networks, online collaborative tools and platforms plus all the fun and funky stuff to do with creating their own digital capital.
Filed by DK on March 26 2008 | READ IT »
MediaSnackers Recruitment Day : Part Two
[SUMMARY—A quick review.]
(GBR) Crammed into the first MediaSnackes Recruitment Day were six candidates from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines, six presentations on different online platforms and six interviews to wrap the process up.
It was an awesome experience and here's a couple of take-aways:
• social media types equals social human beings—every one of the candidates were personable, engaging and good eggs;
• competition does not equate to competitiveness—all the candidates had to present to each other but no-one was negative or wicked (probably due to the point above);
• informal is hard to do—but extremely worthwhile to create opportunities for people to shine;
• back-channel insights—watching the candidates using Twitter gave another level of insight into the day;
• a hard job means a good job—the calibre and standard of candidates have made our job tough (this is a good thing).
Thanks to Beth, Bobbie, Chris, Guy, Phil and Tim and also to Barney, Matt and Mark plus Mike and Ceri at The Hub Bristol for preparing the venue.
MediaSnackers Recruitment Day : Part One and MediaSnackers Trainers Job Ad Video
Filed by DK on March 23 2008 | READ IT »
MediaSnackers Recruitment Day : Part One
[SUMMARY—Another step.]
(GBR) We were chuffed to have over a dozen applicants for the social media trainer positions detailed in the job ad video.
We have invited six excellent and varied candidates to a recruitment day tomorrow in Bristol to impress us further. In the morning, they all have to deliver a presentation to everyone on a social media tool/platform of their choice and then in the afternoon we'll be doing the grown up stuff (interviews).
The day serves as a wider illustration for MediaSnackers, the need to scale and grow. In the next 6-12 months there will be lots of subtle and not so subtle changes as we continue to ride the momentum we have built—stick around and enjoy the ride.
MediaSnackers Recruitment Day : Part TwoMediaSnackers Trainers Job Ad Video
Filed by DK on March 21 2008 | READ IT »
Youth Media Democr&cy Conference
[SUMMARY—Irelands first.]
(IRE) We like firsts and the Youth Media Democr&cy Conference looks a great event with a modest price-tag (check out their succinct and bold goals).
We actually met the guys who are playing a role in organising this event in Africa last year at the 5WSMC—gutted we can't participate this year but fingers corssed for future developments.
Good luck guys.
Youth Media Democr&cy Conference
Filed by DK on March 20 2008 | READ IT »
Radio Wales Feature
[SUMMARY—Short and sweet.]
(GBR) The Welsh Consumer Council graciously noted MediaSnackers' Pacific Youth project as an example of good practice in their press release regarding their new advocacy 2.0 : consumer empowerment and representation on the new net report.
I was also invited onto Radio Wales to discuss it with Director of the Welsh Consumer Council, Rhys Evans. You can check out our short and sweet interview below (apologies for the short break in Rhys's bit as the stream was playing up):
Filed by DK on March 19 2008 | READ IT »
The Conversation Banquet
[SUMMARY—Multiple opportunities to connect and communicate.]
(WORLD) In just a couple of decades the variety of mediums in which to connect and communicate has grown enormously—a "conversation banquet" catering for everyones palate.
It's about options. Choice. Having the breadth and also the depth. This is not an all you can eat affair, more a diverse buffet for grazers. It's about multiple plates and multiple dishes with multiple aparatus of dining plus multiple seating plans. Choice is key.
If you are a youth-focussed organisation ask yourself:
• how are you catering for "conversation banquet" young people love?
• do you have enough spaces or variety?
• where are your 'doggy bags' (or digital takeaways)?
Filed by DK on March 18 2008 | READ IT »
MediaSnackers Podcast#106
[SUMMARY—Talking with Kate Dean, BT.]
(WORLD) The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion.
Kate Dean is head of television for BT Vision and talks to us here about convergence of technology and interactive/communications elements in their service offerings.
0.00—0.14 intros
0.15—1.09 BT Vision overview
1.10—2.13 main drivers to move into TV
2.14—3.25 expectations from consumers
3.26—5.41 expanding interactive and communications elements
5.42—6.50 how much content is focussed on youth audience
6.51—8.45 future plans (and meta-tagging)
8.46—8.57 outro
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Filed by DK on March 14 2008 | READ IT »
Making The News
[SUMMARY—BBC campaign.]
(GBR) The BBC News School Report gives 12 and 13-year-olds from UK schools the chance to make their own video, audio or text-based news at school and to broadcast it for real by streaming it live on their site plus making it available through the BBC's red button service.
Lots of politicians, actors, artists, sports stars are giving up their time to be interviewed and support is also being provided by news reporters as wwell. You can find what schools are involved in this funky interactive map
It's a great model for others looking to use a mix of social media and real life settings/aims/deadlines for a project. Bravo BBC.
Filed by DK on March 13 2008 | READ IT »
MediaSnack-snack-snackers#25
[SUMMARY—Quotes which illustrate.]
(WORLD) MediaSnackers are being served more and more ways to snack on their chosen media than ever. It's hard to differentiate between companies and start-ups enabling snacking or the snacking trends driving media platform development, but here are a couple of quotes from the 'experts' or articles to sum it all up for any 'MediaSnacker-virgins':
IN 2006 EMI, the world's fourth-biggest recorded-music company, invited some teenagers into its headquarters in London to talk to its top managers about their listening habits. At the end of the session the EMI bosses thanked them for their comments and told them to help themselves to a big pile of CDs sitting on a table. But none of the teens took any of the CDs, even though they were free. "That was the moment we realised the game was completely up," says a person who was there.
The changing nature of the music industry.
From our research we predict that up to a quarter of the entertainment being consumed in five years will be what we call 'Circular'. The trends we are seeing show us that people will have a genuine desire not only to create and share their own content, but also to remix it, mash it up and pass it on within their peer groups—a form of collaborative social media.
Mark Selby, Vice President, Multimedia, Nokia stating the companies strategic focus.
42% of those ages 18 to 29 say they regularly learn about the campaign from the internet, the highest percentage for any news source. In January 2004, just 20% of young people said they routinely got campaign news from the internet.
How young people are getting their political information.
All of those are just starting to show you that natural interaction pattern really breaks you out of the keyboard and mouse. The next big surprise for people will be how this natural interface becomes pervasive.
Bill Gates in an interview with Reuters.
School kids might perform badly on tests that measure reading but they are not tested on for alternate skills such as their mastery of technology.
Henry Jenkins discussing youth, new media and technology in the opening session of this years SXSW.
MediaSnack-snack-snackers #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 & 24.
Filed by DK on March 10 2008 | READ IT »
FINAL DAY : MediaSnackers Trainers Job Ad
[SUMMARY—Deadline is TODAY.]
Filed by DK on March 7 2008 | READ IT »
West Sussex Youth Services Conference
[SUMMARY—Speaking gig.]
(GBR) I'm heading down south to speak at the West Sussex Youth Services annual staff conference—the theme of which is 'What's Changed?'—where I'll be presenting two sessions on how digital technology and online platforms should feature and play a role in future policies and operations.
Filed by DK on March 6 2008 | READ IT »
Meme: Passion Quilt—Don't teach, inspire!
[SUMMARY—I got tagged.]
(WORLD) Good friend and two times presenting partner, Ewan McIntosh has tagged me with passion quilt meme—present an image and statement exploring your passion regarding teaching/learning.
A tough one. I could've used any of the statements in the manifesto but here's the one I've gone with:
Don't teach, inspire!
I think that says it all…and the image:
From our gig in Africa last year where I discovered my button theory.
I'm tagging five others:
• Christian Long—mentor and friend in Texas, USA;
• Chris Schuepp—German Pacific Youth colleague;
• Antonio Lopez—Italy-based Pacific Youth colleague;
• David Sasaki—social media global educator;
• Bobbie Gardner—UK-based community musician and music educator.
Filed by DK on March 5 2008 | READ IT »
Maverick TV
[SUMMARY—Retrospective gig posting.]
(GBR) Last November I got to work with Antonio and Nick (great guys) from Maverick TV assisting in idea development and project formation for new youth-focussed multi-media project.
All still 'under wraps' at the moment but will let you know when it goes live.
DK is rightly regarded as one of the UK's leading experts in the field of young people and digital media. He is extremely knowledgable, passionate and it's been a great pleasure to work with him. We look forward to doing so again soon.
Antonio Gould, Executive Producer
Filed by DK on March 5 2008 | READ IT »
MediaSnackers Podcast#105
[SUMMARY—Talking with David Sasaki.]
(WORLD) The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion.
David Sasaki is Director of Rising Voices—an outreach arm of the Global Voices project.
0.00—0.19 intros
0.48—1.28 Global Voices overview
1.29—4.25 the outreach arm, Rising Voices
4.26—6.15 flavour of the microgrants and projects
6.16—9.16 the barriers of using social media
9.17—10.43 the future
10.44—10.56 outro
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Filed by DK on March 4 2008 | READ IT »
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