We are going to be holding the first Talk About Local Unconference in Stoke-on-Trent on Saturday 3rd October. We are proud to announce that the Unconference is being hosted by Staffordshire University Faculty of Arts, Media & Design in the film theatre which is a very short walk from the railway station. Directions to the [...]
Archive for August 6, 2009
Free Blogging Sessions
As part of our roll out for the Talk About Local project we are going to be running some taster sessions around the West Midlands. The sessions will be an introduction in to setting up your own online blog. The sesions will comprise of: An introduction to blogging How hyperlocal sites can help you communicate [...]
Hyperlocal news wire
Jon Bounds is part of Birmingham’s wonderfully creative social media scene. He runs Birmingham It’s Not Shit and played an important part in the outstanding repurposing of a dreary council consultation in Big City Talk. We talked about how we could make small hyperlocal stories visible on the national scene by aggregating them into a [...]
LoveClapham.com: setting up another local site in London
Jack Wallington from loveclapham.com talks to TAL about building his site. I’ve lived in Clapham for most of my adult life (so far!) and like most people running local sites, became disappointed at the quality of the local press and the lack of online representation for the vibrant Clapham community. LoveClapham.com was born! Setting up [...]