One of the initiatives Talk About Local is involved in gets underway today with the launch of a hunt for news entrepreneurs who want to join a programme of training and mentoring. The Made project (Media and Digital Enterprise) is being run out of the University of Central Lancashire (UClan) after winning funding from Google [...]
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#tal12 updates!
The Google group gets active To help with those important pre-unconference conversations we have invited all confirmed attendees to the #TAL12 Google group, which you can use to introduce yourselves, suggest and discuss session ideas, make shared travel arrangements, etc. If you have not received an email invitation, you can join the #TAL12 Google [...]
Hyperlocal in the spotlight with Destination Local
Local websites, community blogs and all manner of hyperlocal activity will be put centre stage by a new initiative looking to both study and importantly, fund, some projects. The £1million Destination Local programme announced today is designed to “understand and stimulate the development of a UK hyperlocal media sector” and is led by Nesta and [...]
Bins, mags, shops and more: Talk About Local at #LocalGovCampNW
Local Government Camp-ers braved the wintry NW weather at the weekend for a get together of collaborative plotting and just a teeny bit of geekery. Mike, Sarah and Karen from Talk About Local took part – here’s some of our post camp thoughts. Session on council magazine publications Mike says…..The session on magazines & social [...]
2011 Review
It’s that time of year when everyone starts to reflect on what the big stories of the year were and website owners look at what posts were popular. At Talk About Local we are no different, so in a cynical attempt to jump on the festive low quality contractual obligation content band wagon, here are [...]