Slides from the last two liveblogged AmbITion events now online

Yes, you can now view slide presentations from the AmbITion North East Roadshow and AmbITion Re:connected event.

There’s presentations by Arts Council England’s Alison Clark-Jenkins on the Digital Opportunity and Hannah Rudman on the AmbITion Approach and more.

Here’s Bill Thompson’s much talked about presentation about the future of digital engagement for the arts.

You can see the rest of the slides here:

http://www.slideshare.net/getambition/slideshows

AmbITion:Reconnected – Panel – What Enables The Changes

This is a live blog of the AmbITion Re:connected  event at the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester.  If you spot any errors or inaccuracies or would simply like to contribute to the conversation, leave us a comment!

Next: a panel discussion with Hannah Rudman, Sarah Fisher from the Arts Council North West, Kay Wells from Oldham Coliseum and Chris Gribble from Writers’ Centre Norwich.

Q: Has technology enabled the changes?

A: No, the process has been about looking at the organisation and changing from them.   Looking first at business models and how technology can be incorporated.

There is still a sense of it being new but we are talking about platforms that have been around for a while.

It’s about learning from people you engage with, a cultural change.

Kay mentions that it was about learning about people fears.

Have now found out that fear shouldn’t hold you back from trying out technology.   Nothing will go horribly wrong.

AmbITion Re:connected – A word from the Arts Council

This is a live blog of the AmbITion Re:connected  event at the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester.  If you spot any errors or inaccuracies or would simply like to contribute to the conversation, leave us a comment!

Next on: Sarah Fisher (Arts Council England – North West), Dawn Giles (Arts Council England – East)

Dawn from the Arts Council emphasises that the journey that arts organisations have taken on AmbITion is one that the Arts Council will be learning from going forward.

Arts Council staff will also be receiving training to upskill and work with the clients.

Her giveaway:  continue learning.

Sarah adds that a few of the organisations in the sector were already very skilled in digital.  However there were those that weren’t.

AmbITion isn’t about process. It’s about narratives, how the sector changes.  If we can create interesting narratives and soundbites then the sector can change.

There are a lot of zealots out there.  Like Bill Thompson! They exist because it’s a new way of communicating.  Those narratives are there because it’s a great way to engage the sector.

We’d love you all to turn into Bill Thompson so you all have conversations about using digital to change your practice.

It’s all about you organisations leading the thinking about how you changed.

AmbITion Evaluation – University of Cambridge

Naked AmbITion is an evaluation of AmbITion undertaken by Lee Wilson and David Leitner at the University of Cambridge. Attendees at the AmbITion Reconnected event on 2nd April 2009 will receive the report, amongst other materials on a USB stick. You can also download it here :-

“Naked AmbITion” – Ethnographic Evaluation of AmbITion: 2nd Interim Report.naked-ambition

It is also stored at the North West Cultural Observatory, for all who are registered.

AmbITion North East Roadshow – Tyneside Cinema – Plenary Session

This post forms part of a series live blogged from the AmbITion North East Roadshow of 5th March.

Here’s the introduction by AmbITion project facilitator Dave Moutrey and keynote by Bill Thompson BBC and Guardian freelance journalist.

Read about a real AmbITion case study as Jamie Wooldridge from Ludus Dance presents the dance company’s digital journey before and after joining the AmbITion pilot.

The Participation workshop by popular digital maverick Christian Payne is liveblogged as is Caron Lyon’s well-attended Social Media workshop.

After the workshops, the AmbITion Approach was presented by project director, Hannah Rudman and the day ended with a plenary session featuring a question and answer session with the workshop presenters.

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A panel made up of the workshop leaders now discuss issues raised today.

Public Entitlement – it’s not about money necessarily, a lot of the tools are free.  National Theatre of Wales are of the opinion that if not engaging with audiences online they are not engaging ‘properly’.

AmbITion North East Roadshow – Tyneside Cinema – The AmbITion Approach

This post forms part of a series live blogged from the AmbITion North East Roadshow of 5th March.

Here’s the introduction by AmbITion project facilitator Dave Moutrey and keynote by Bill Thompson BBC and Guardian freelance journalist.

Read about a real AmbITion case study as Jamie Wooldridge from Ludus Dance presents the dance company’s digital journey before and after joining the AmbITion pilot.

The Participation workshop by popular digital maverick Christian Payne is liveblogged as is Caron Lyon’s well-attended Social Media workshop.

After the workshops, the AmbITion Approach was presented by project director, Hannah Rudman and the day ended with a plenary session featuring a question and answer session with the workshop presenters.

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At the final session at the AmbITion Roadshow event at the Tyneside Cinema, Hannah Rudman shares about the AmbITion model.

Worked with a number of organisations, some the biggest in their regions and some the smallest.  Pilot project with Blue Coat Theatre.

AmbITion North East Roadshow – Tyneside Cinema – Social Media Workshop – Caron Lyon

This post forms part of a series live blogged from the AmbITion North East Roadshow of 5th March.

Here’s the introduction by AmbITion project facilitator Dave Moutrey and keynote by Bill Thompson BBC and Guardian freelance journalist.

Read about a real AmbITion case study as Jamie Wooldridge from Ludus Dance presents the dance company’s digital journey before and after joining the AmbITion pilot.

The Participation workshop by popular digital maverick Christian Payne is liveblogged as is Caron Lyon’s well-attended Social Media workshop.

After the workshops, the AmbITion Approach was presented by project director, Hannah Rudman and the day ended with a plenary session featuring a question and answer session with the workshop presenters.

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Now on to CJ Lyon’s session, the Social Media and Mobile Networking Workshop at the AmbITion North East Roadshow.

Housekeeping – switch mobile phones onto silent.   A word on Hashtags.  Apparently you can ‘register’ them online.

AmbITion North East Roadshow – Tyneside Cinema – Participation Workshop – Christian Payne

This post forms part of a series live blogged from the AmbITion North East Roadshow of 5th March.

Here’s the introduction by AmbITion project facilitator Dave Moutrey and keynote by Bill Thompson BBC and Guardian freelance journalist.

Read about a real AmbITion case study as Jamie Wooldridge from Ludus Dance presents the dance company’s digital journey before and after joining the AmbITion pilot.

The Participation workshop by popular digital maverick Christian Payne is liveblogged as is Caron Lyon’s well-attended Social Media workshop.

After the workshops, the AmbITion Approach was presented by project director, Hannah Rudman and the day ended with a plenary session featuring a question and answer session with the workshop presenters.

Dave Moutrey now introducing the Masterclass and Workshop session at the AmbITion North East Roadshow.

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I will be live blogging the Participation Masterclass with OurManInside aka Christian Payne

Just introduced him and we’re off!

He’s just asked us to make sure mobile phones are on and Twitterers tweeting.  Excellent!

AmbITion North East Roadshow – Tyneside Cinema – Case Study Presentation – Ludus Dance

This post forms part of a series live blogged from the AmbITion North East Roadshow of 5th March.

Here’s the introduction by AmbITion project facilitator Dave Moutrey and keynote by Bill Thompson BBC and Guardian freelance journalist.

Read about a real AmbITion case study as Jamie Wooldridge from Ludus Dance presents the dance company’s digital journey before and after joining the AmbITion pilot.

The Participation workshop by popular digital maverick Christian Payne is liveblogged as is Caron Lyon’s well-attended Social Media workshop.

After the workshops, the AmbITion Approach was presented by project director, Hannah Rudman and the day ended with a plenary session featuring a question and answer session with the workshop presenters.

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Jamie Wooldridge, Head of ICT and Marketing at Ludus Dance now presenting the digital journey the organisation has made.  Started as a stage manager.

What are Ludus Dance?

Two touring producing departments.  Ludus Touring Company, Britain’s Leading Dance in Education Company.  Tour a dance theatre show for first time dance audiences (8 years plus)

Dance Development -Team of Dance Artists helping people learn about different things using dance, eg the digestive system!

AmbITion North East Roadshow – Tyneside Cinema – Intro and Keynote

This post forms part of a series live blogged from the AmbITion North East Roadshow of 5th March.

Here’s the introduction by AmbITion project facilitator Dave Moutrey and keynote by Bill Thompson BBC and Guardian freelance journalist.

Read about a real AmbITion case study as Jamie Wooldridge from Ludus Dance presents the dance company’s digital journey before and after joining the AmbITion pilot.

The Participation workshop by popular digital maverick Christian Payne is liveblogged as is Caron Lyon’s well-attended Social Media workshop.

After the workshops, the AmbITion Approach was presented by project director, Hannah Rudman and the day ended with a plenary session featuring a question and answer session with the workshop presenters.

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Live blogging from the AmbITion North East Roadshow at the Tyneside Cinema.  Comments, queries and corrections welcome!

Seated at the Electra Cinema within the Tyneside Cinema, a historic building that is the UK’s finest surviving newsreel cinema.

Just listened to basic housekeeping by Dave Moutrey of Cornerhouse who is chairing proceedings.  Now hearing about the architectural firm who have provided an interesting RFID visual projection which projects on a screen above the venue’s bar the locations of all attendees who are wearing lanyards with an RFID chip implanted.

Alison Clark-Jenkins, Director, Arts & Development, from the Arts Council now talking about the Arts Council’s Digital Opportunity.

Four (?) key strands to the Arts Council’s plans:

1. Research, learning and policy

2. Building digital capacity – skills and development, network and partnerships, technology and infrastructure, innovation and artistic practice.  “Programme is really about creating innovative art that really engages with people.  85% own mobile phone, 1 in 4 never switch it off.”

3.Public sector broadcasting.

Forthcoming events: Clicks or Mortar?, Tyneside Cinema,  re:boot re:place, Sage, Gateshead.

Here are Alison’s slides:

Next up: Hannah Rudman, director, AmbITion

What to expect from an AmbITion roadshow?