Workshop: Social Media for ASBCI Student/University Network (on behalf of @SkillsetSSC)
Through my recent work as part of the UWS Skillset Media Academy, I was recommended by Skillset Scotland to Association of Suppliers to the British Clothing Industry (ASBCI) to lead workshops on Social Media to their student and College / University Network at the University of Huddersfield and De Montfort University. Today (8th Feb) I spoke at Huddersfield. The overall aim of the sessions are to give an introduction to social media in the context of fashion and textiles industry, by demonstrating forms and practices through the use of free (and easy to use) online platforms. Rather than focusing on …
#media2012: Citizen Media and the Olympic Games (Presentation for DMU, 9th Feb)
On the 9th of February, I was invited to give a paper as part of the open research seminar series at De Montfort University’s Media and Communications department. It’s been a timely week to speak some more about #media2012 (following our involvement with the Podium Olympics, HE and FE conference on the 8th – more to follow) – and I was really excited to present to and (finally) meet with some of the other people from my department (I work a couple of hours a week at DMU, but I rarely get the chance to participate in school activities…) I gave a …