Posts Tagged ‘Community’

Tanya Saracho – Collaboration Shapes Us!

December 15th, 2011

Who we are is because of who and what we interact with, the experiences we have and the experiences of others close to us. These experiences are both mediated by digital social technologies and are unmediated or face-to-face. In essence, life and living is a series of interactions. It is an ongoing dynamic process of collaboration, social and situational interactions that over time shape who we are, what we do, and how we see the world. Beyond school and for many beyond university, much of who we become is shaped be our world of work and the communication and interactions within that world. Today while reading about the Arts Alliance Illinois, a state initiative to raise the profile of the Arts and Arts Education throughout the state of Illinois, I stumbled upon a video of a talk delivered about the work life story of  - Tanya Saracho. A talk in which Tanya explains how collaboration in her workplace shaped her, her voice, the voices of those around her and their creative process which grew into a theatre company. » Read more: Tanya Saracho – Collaboration Shapes Us!

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Peter Economides – Everything communicates …

December 13th, 2011

Meaning making in this world is a complex interplay of texts, technology and behaviour richly embedded within a social web of personal-professional contexts. Today, I was given a rich reminder of this in the context of branding a country. A graduate student of mine, Panos Dalton Papakostis, posted a video on my Facebook wall. It was titled, ‘Re-branding Greece’ a video of a speech delivered by Peter Economides at the 11th “Aristotelis” Congress of EEDE in Thessaloniki. Peter is a brand strategist at Felix BNI who has worked with a list of leading consumer brands, from Apple to Heineken. My interest in this video is not the rich list of clients that Peter has worked with, nor the list of country-specific brand campaigns he shows as examples from which Greece can learn. Although these pose for interesting learning. My interest is his position and philosophy on a brand and the process of branding. Something many in organisational communications (or interested in meaning or sense making) can learn from. » Read more: Peter Economides – Everything communicates …

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DML 2010: Setting a Remit for Reflection!

February 19th, 2010

Learning Styles_gifTonight the DML 2010 conference commenced with a number of key speakers introducing the conference and outlining the journey that has lead us here today, why it’s important and what we envisage the next few days will encompass.

Dr David Theo Goldberg & Dr Heather Horst from UCHRI opened the conference outlining the digital media and learning initiative Digital Media and Learning Research Hub that was launched over 4 years ago with the idea to bring together scholars, practioners and society with a focus on ‘education and learning’ through, with and about digital media technologies.

With this they pose a number of questions for consideration over the new few days: » Read more: DML 2010: Setting a Remit for Reflection!

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National Theatre Wales: Engaging Theatre Through Digital Community

May 23rd, 2009

What I love about the concept of the new NTW, is that they aim to create theatre in a plethora of spaces – not just big venues, but community spaces as they want the community involved.

They want community members to debate theatre, to see and comment on theatre, and what goes on behind the scenes.

So what better way then to start in the digital space – through an online social network http://www.nationalthreatrewales.org » Read more: National Theatre Wales: Engaging Theatre Through Digital Community

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National Theatre Wales: Branding a Theatre Without Boundaries!

May 23rd, 2009

Well, here I sit in a café in Cardiff, the morning after attending a housewarming last night, a night of good wine, good food and some fabulous conversations.

The Housewarming!

Last night in the Castle Arcade (Cardiff) was the housewarming for the National Theatre Wales (NTW) which included the launch of the theatres new online community network. From a branding, a technology and theatre perspective, this is very exciting! » Read more: National Theatre Wales: Branding a Theatre Without Boundaries!

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