Enabling: Digital Development in the Arts

 Tuesday 21st February 2012
Bolton College

To view the flyer and full programme please click here.

To read the speaker biographies please click here.

In the current changing economic climate it is important for organisations in the third sector, social enterprise and the creative industries to be equipped with the knowledge needed to ensure they are able to keep up with fast moving digital development, whether using new technology to support promotion, income generation, protect intellectual property rights or to offer something new and innovative to clients.

We know it’s difficult for businesses faced with the constant development of digital technologies and the decrease in cultural grant and government funding to prioritise direction and stay ahead of the game. So, Bolton Council Arts Development service are holding a series of enabling events designed to equip artists, the third sector and creative industries with the knowledge to help inform decision-making and development in the future. 

‘Enabling: Digital Development in the Arts’ can help your business get a grip on digital technology.

The day will cover:

• Online income generation

• Digital resources for promotion

• Increasing community participation online

• Open data and data visualisation (data narrative)

• New technologies in arts and culture

• Social networks, open source software

• Intellectual property rights

• Community Media

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Who should attend?

Arts & Creative Industries businesses, charities and social enterprises.
Those advising artists, arts business and social enterprise.

To read the speaker biographies please click here.

To view the flyer and programme please click here.

Workshop sessions:

Attendees can choose to attend two workshop sessions from the following topics:

• Community Media and Broadcast
• Making your Online Promotions Effective and Engaging
• How to use mobile apps, social networks and other new media for a cross-platform communications strategy
• Citizen Journalism
• The Digital World - where fools rush in!
• Copyright and the Internet: The changing face of creative content in the digital age

To view the workshop overviews in full please click here.

Additional Information

Opportunities are available for inserts within the delegate folders at this event – please contact us if this is of interest. 

The Twitter hashtag for the events is #enabol

Directions will be issued approximately 2 weeks prior to the event but please use BL3 5AB for Sat Nav directions to Bolton College.

Past Events

This is third in a series of 3 events.  The first event was:

Enabling: Inclusive Arts Practice for Public Health and Well Being

October 11th 2011
Bolton Central Museum
Please click here for information about this event.

The second event was:

Enabling: Arts Commissioning and Growth in a Changing Climate
Making sure your organisation is ahead of the game
November 23rd 2011
Bolton Central Museum
Please click here for information about this event.