South East AmbITion Roadshow

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Arts Council England, South East AmbITion Roadshow Friday 15th May, InQbate, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton

Organisations 2.0 – the RFO in the digital age 10.00am Tea/Coffee & registration

Creativity Zone

Morning session with chair: Lizbeth Goodman, SMARTlab

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10.20am Get Thinking! Welcome from Felicity Harvest and Verity Slater, Arts Council England, South East.

10.35am Introduction to the AmbITion project, the roadshow, and the world of digital development by Hannah Rudman of AmbITion Hannah will give a speedy overview of the AmbITion project, explain the focus of the roadshow and talk about 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, Hannah will show how digital developments create benefits and opportunities for any arts organisation. www.consultrudman.com 11.00am Keynote: Bill Thompson 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.

11.45am Comfort break & coffee 12.10pm Case Study: Stephen Freeman: New Wolsey Theatre Stephen from New Wolsey Theatre presents a case study of an arts organisation’s journey through digital development. He will outline the organisation’s changes, the results and the lessons learnt.

12.45pm Questions from the floor and debate with the morning’s speaker 1.10pm Lunch & Networking

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1.50pm Lizbeth Goodman Founder & Director of the SMARTlab Digital Media Institute & the MAGIC Multimedia & Games Innovation Centre, Gamelab and PLAYroom.

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Get Immersed! Workshops and Seminars 2.15 - 3.15pm - Session 1 Get Immersed! Workshops and Seminars 3.20 - 4.20pm - Session 2 Get Immersed! Workshops and Seminars

See overleaf for workshops and location.

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Get Immersed! Workshops and Seminars 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.

Please see the workshop attendee lists if you have forgotten what you pre-booked!

Social Media in Action Workshop Ideas Lab An opportunity to take your first steps in to social media. A hands on short workshop looking at tagging and feeding your website effortlessly, creating a page turning on line brochure, mobile live streaming and your very own voice to text service. This is a quick glimpse in to the potential of social media, and how the web can be integrated to work for you and your organisation. For the workshop you will require: Sign up to the Amb:IT:ion digital opportunities network (You will access your profile page during the workshop); Wi-Fi enabled laptop; Mobile phone capable of text messaging. www.pcmcreative.com 15 people maximum per session.

Participation 2.0 Masterclass with OurManInside Creativity Zone Social technologist Christian Payne is: www.OurManInside.com. He will talk about his exploits using the latest social media devices and platforms and give everyone from beginner to expert new ideas about how to get audiences and stakeholders - and even politicians - engaging with you. 30 people maximum per session.

Beginners Guide to Video Workshop Interact Lab If you’ve ever wanted to create digital video, this is the workshop for you. Lets Go Global, an Internet TV and digital video production company, will give insight into what content might exist in your organisation, and how you might capture and disseminate it! www.letsgoglobal.tv. 15 people maximum per session.

Intellectual Property Advice Masterclass Arundel Building Room 204 OWN-IT will give an overview of the intellectual property (IP) issues around digital content and some of the solutions.

Intellectual property advice from people who know that content and live experience is the business of the arts. www.own-it.org. 20 people maximum per session.

Afternoon session with chair: Lizbeth Goodman

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4.30pm Get Participating! Twitter Masterclass and Signposting to Resources 4.45pm Question Time & Plenary A chance to debate with the workshop speakers, ACE and the AmbITion team about digital development and reflect on the themes of the day.

5.00pm Closing Remarks & Close 5.00- 6.00pm Drinks and Networking