Arts Council England, North East AmbITion Roadshow
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Thursday 5th March, Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle
The Arts Organisation in the Digital Age 10.00am Tea/Coffee – Bar Session Chair: Dave Moutrey 10.20am Get Thinking!
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Welcome from Alison Clark-Jenkins, Director of Arts & Development, Arts Council England, North East. 10.40am Introduction to the world of digital development by Hannah Rudman of AmbITion
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Hannah will give a speedy overview of why digital development is essential for the arts sector ,explaining how changes in socio-economic and cultural behaviours affect the landscape in which we work. Looking at the arts sector in the 21st century, Hannah shows how digital developments create benefits and opportunities for any arts organisation. 11.00am Keynote: Bill Thompson: The Future’s Here…
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Bill Thompson is a freelance BBC/Guardian journalist, new media pioneer and board member at arts organisation New Writing Partnership and has done extensive work on digital development in the sector. Bill has been working in, on and around the Internet since 1984. He was the founding head of new media at Guardian Newspapers and led the team that built the first Guardian website in 1994. Bill will help us horizon scan and consider how some of the implications of technological change might inform long term strategic planning and resource allocation. 12.00pm Comfort break 12.10pm Case Study: James Wooldridge, Ludus Dance
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James from Ludus Dance presents a case study of an arts organisation’s journey through digital development. He will outline the organisations journey, the results and the lessons learnt. 12.45pm Questions from the floor and debate with the morning’s speakers 1.00pm Lunch & Networking
A lunch bag will be provided.
2.00pm Introduction to Get Immersed! Workshops and Seminars 2.15 - 3.15pm 3.20 - 4.20pm
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Session 1 Session 2
Parallel sessions looking at practical things you can do to turn your organisation into a Web 2.0 organisation. The sessions are run twice for one hour each. See overleaf for workshops and location. Please see the workshop attendee lists if you have forgotten what you pre-booked!