SOCIAL MEDIA ROUND-UP

SHARING AND CARING

Even with England now starting to reopen for business, many within lighting remain either locked down at home or furloughed. The ILP has been working hard to keep the industry connected, sharing and learning through social media and online

By Jo Bell

For many, hopefully, Monday afternoons between 3pm and 5pm have been a ‘Hi Light’ of their week. The ILP’s weekly ‘Hi Lights’ online networking events have been important during the weeks of the coronavirus lockdown in keeping the industry connected, inspired and learning.

As Kimberly Bartlett has written back on page 16, the mental and emotional toll of the pandemic in terms of anxiety and worry about the future has been significant, and is something the industry may need to address in the long term.

In its own small way, therefore, a forum such as Hi Lights can be valuable in mitigating mental ill health in anxious times, in showing lighting professionals who are, perhaps, worried about the future that they are not alone.

The events, which run from 3pm to 5pm every Monday afternoon, have provided a space for lighting professionals to bounce ideas off each other, to let people see their lighting solutions, to look for help with projects and specification and, very simply, to provide a place where, if you have time on your hands, you can virtually connect with a bunch of friendly faces.

During May, we even had the team from Nulty+ take over one of our Hi Lights sessions, where we discussed everything from art and drawing t h r o u g h t o r u l e - b r e a k i n g a n d future-gazing, thinking and sleeping, even movies!

So, don’t be shy, come and join us! During this month, Hi Lights events will run on 01, 08, 15, 22 and 29 June between 3pm and 5pm. All Hi Lights events are free to join, and registration details (through Eventbrite) can be found online at

www.theilp.org.uk

CHECK OUT ‘FURLOUGHED FRIENDS’

Don’t forget, too, the ILP’s ‘Furloughed Friends’ LinkedIn group is available to anyone within lighting who is looking for an understanding, professional and kind place for furloughed lighting professionals to share information, CPD, volunteering opportunities and budget-friendly activities.

If you are on furlough in the UK, you are allowed to undergo training and continuous professional development. If you are not furloughed but would like to contribute to the group, please join too. All are welcome; you don’t have to be a current ILP member to be in this group.

You can find the Furloughed Friends group at www.linkedin.com/

groups/13843909

THE ‘LIGHT MINDED MOVEMENT’

If visual engagement is more your thing, why not join the ‘Light Minded Movement’, the Instagram-based social media initiative being run by the ILP with the IALD, Society of Light and Lighting and Zumtobel Group UK?

Each week a theme is set each week and people are encouraged to post pictures relating to it.

The idea is it allows the lighting community an opportunity to communicate through images and to show how they are coping with the changes in their working conditions, life at home, and family; how their days have changed and what they are doing to keep mentally well.

To access the project, open Instagram and search for the Light Minded Movement: www.instagram.com/

light_minded_movement/

Jo Bell is the ILP’s Events and Marketing Co-ordinator

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