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Middlesbrough, we came, we saw & we loved it. #TAL13

30th September 2013 by Mike Rawlins

I’m not sure if you heard or not but #TAL13 took place on Saturday at the stunning Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, or MIMA as it is known to its friends.

MIMA

#TAL13 had a very different feel for me compared to previous unconferences. It was a lot smaller, we had around 55 people turn up on the day and it was a nice mix of some of the regulars from the Hyperlocal scene, Ray from Hedon, Simon & Sally from On The Wight, (which celebrated its eighth birthday on Saturday), Steph & James from WV11 & many others and lots of new faces from around the Tees Valley, around a 50/50 split of old and new.

Because of the new faces there was a level of excitement and chatter over the usual meeting up with people you haven’t seen since the last unconference. Almost everyone who hadn’t been to a previous #TAL event also hadn’t been to an unconference either so they were pleasantly surprised if a little confused that there were no big PowerPoint presentations or reams of literature to take away and recycle. Everyone I spoke to from the new crowd said they loved it, had made new connections and would come to another of our events.

The pitched sessions for the day were:

  • Oral History
  • Building a national survey of hyperlocal producers
  • Getting your blogging mojo back
  • Can local websites help sustain local economies
  • Help! 48 hours in Teesside
  • Other social media, how Facebook & Twitter work with your site
  • Out Of Hours Hyperlocal, what is it?
  • Taking Hyperlocal Offline
  • Harnessing the crowds online to make a living
  • Asset mapping the ideal hyperlocal

Lunch

  • With all this hyperlocal activity, why do people think the north is desolate
  • Funding
  • What do we know about our audiences
  • What can the Evening Gazette do for you
  • Hyperlocal & public arts consultation
  • App Happy
  • News and how to find it
  • Good life online sustainability
  • Real world anchoring
  • Walking tour

If anyone blogs about any of the sessions or the day in general let me know and I’ll add links to the posts here.

  • Ed Walker has published his notes and thoughts on #TAL13 here.

As is tradition, the day ended with the presentation of the glittering unAwards which will feature in a post all of their own shortly.

 

I’ve embedded a fist full of #TAL13 tweets below and you can see my pictures from the day here on Flickr.

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Mike Rawlins
I look after the technical side of things at Talk About Local.
Away from Talk About Local I take photos, fly my quadcopter and walk my two Beagles.
If I'm not doing any of the above then you'll find me volunteering at my local RNLI station as a press officer.
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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: #tal13, middlesbrough, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, mima, Unconference

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  1. Jerome Turner says

    1st October 2013 at 10:42 am

    Great post – you’re welcome to add this to the post: http://creativecitizens.co.uk/2013/10/01/a-quiz-for-hyperlocals-what-do-we-know-about-our-audiences/

  2. Jeremy Morton says

    4th October 2013 at 1:33 pm

    I’ve written my reflections on a great day here: http://www.southleedslife.com/south-river-talking-local

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