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July 2008
Public Art Evaluation Toolkit Workshops
Organiser: Ixia Public Arts Workshop
Date: 01 July 2008
Location: Birmingham
Cost:
Website: To register go to www.ixia-info.com/events/nextevent
More info: These workshops present the public art evaluation toolkit, developed in conjunction with OPENspace Research Centre at Edinburgh College of Art and Heriot-Watt University. Already in use on a number of major public art projects (including the Big Art Project), the toolkit aims to facilitate the evaluation process for those delivering public art commissions. ixia has also created a database to collate the information generated by users of the toolkit. Over time this will aid the review of the impact of public art commissions.
Setting Up an Allotment Project
Organiser:
Date: 03 July 2008
Location: Leeds
Are you planning to set up a project on an allotment
site? You may be working with schools, promoting healthy eating, or be a
social service or training provider, for example. This very popular event
will help to get you started. It will introduce legal and other essential
information, health and safety and risk assessments related to
allotments, choosing the right plot and planning a design, working out
equipment needs from shed to spade, look at costs, grants and
fundraising, and provide tips on keeping the project going, come rain or
shine. An in-depth handbook is provided as part of the event.
For further details or to book a place on the
event, call the telephone number below or
click here
Leading Outdoor Environmental Activities with Primary Schools
Organiser:
Date: 09 July 2008
Location: Stourport on Severn
Cost:
More info: This workshop provides an introduction to leading
environmental activities with schools and meeting teachers’ needs.
It will cover how children learn, and tips and techniques for leading
groups in the outdoors - linking in with different learning styles and
needs including your own, different leadership approaches, the use of
accelerated learning, designing programmes and linking activities into
the national curriculum and school initiatives. The day is for anyone
working mainly with primary schools, including education officers for
NGOs, rangers, project officers, voluntary leaders, teachers working in
an outdoor setting, in fact anyone with a passion for outdoor
environmental learning.
To apply: For further details or to book a place on the
event, call the telephone number below or visit
www.btcv.org/shop
Getting Local People Active and Involved
Organiser: ETN
Date: 09 July 2008
Location: Doncaster
Cost:
How can we genuinely involve local people in our
work? How can we make sure people have a good time and want
to do more? How can we make sure their involvement works for
us too? This interactive and very popular event will provide
you with methods for increasing the involvement of local people in
environmental projects. Using lessons from our own work, the day begins
by looking at what encourages people to get involved and goes on to think
about involvement opportunities for your own projects and activities.
The event will be of interest to staff working in environmental and
countryside situations who work with communities as part of their job,
including community forest staff, rangers, rights of way and access
staff, project managers, field and project officers, woodland officers,
rural community councils and local authority staff. It is also suitable
for volunteers and members of voluntary environmental groups who want to
increase their membership. It will be most suitable for people at
project officer level who have some experience, but those new in post who
would like to gain insight and ideas for environmental activities with
communities will find plenty on this event to inspire them.
For further details or to book a place on the
event, call the telephone number below or
click
here
Working with Schools on Sustainable Development Education
Organiser: BCTV
Date: 15 July 2008
Location: Birmingham
Cost:
More info:
With the introduction of the DCFS Sustainable Schools
Framework and other national and international initiatives, sustainable
development education has perhaps a higher profile than ever before. This
popular event will explore practical examples, including how voluntary
organisations, local authorities and others can work in partnership with
schools and young people to develop understanding of sustainable
development and support informed action. It will introduce a range
of approaches and frameworks for investigating sustainable development
issues with children/young people, and include planning and evaluation,
the National Curriculum, information and resources available. The
event will be of interest to teachers and local authority officers,
community and environmental workers who work with schools.
To apply: For further details or to book a place on the
event, call the telephone number below or visit
www.btcv.org/shop
Creative Use of Sound in Environmental Education
Organiser: Sonic Arts Network
Date: 17 July 2008
Location: Birmingham
Cost
This fascinating event will show you ways in which recorded
sounds from our natural environment can be used in innovative and
creative ways by young people. It will include techniques that sharpen
listening skills, a beginner’s guide to equipment for recording natural
sound, how to use freely available computer software to `compose' with
recorded sound, presentation techniques – and places to play what you’ve
recorded. The event is being run in conjunction with Sonic Arts Network
and the Sonic Postcards Project
(www.sonicpostcards.org).
This event is aimed at countryside staff wishing to develop new
environmental arts projects with young people or teaching staff looking
for new directions in environmental education. It assumes no
previous knowledge of audio hardware or software. Participants
are required to bring a laptop computer to the event. Please let us
know if you are unable to do so.
To apply: For further details or to book a place on the
event, call the telephone number below or visit
www.btcv.org/shop
Introduction to Management
Organiser: ETN
Date: 23 - 24 July 2008
Location:
This popular 2-day (non-residential) event is designed for
anyone who is new to management, is thinking of becoming a manager, or
who has been carrying out a management role without having had the
benefit of any formal management preparation or training. It is at an
introductory level and does not assume any prior management training or
experience. The event covers what management is about,
different management styles, managing change, overcoming common
management problems, and skills in managing people, including supervision
and delegation.
For further details or to book a place on the
event, call the telephone number below or
click
here
August 2008
Facilitating Discussions, Events And Workshops
Organiser:
Location: Manchester
Date: 06 August
A lively, fun event packed with hints and tips on the skills of
facilitation, particularly for running workshops, conferences and consultation
events, but
also for use within meetings and teams.
For further details or to book a place on the event, call the telephone
number below or click
here
Resolving Conflict
Organiser:
Location: Manchester
Date: 07 August 2008
Conflict can have a huge effect on a project, team and
ultimately an organisation. This event will provide an insight into why some
people are difficult and explores the skills needed to create a positive change
when conflict arises.
For further details or to book a place on the event, call the telephone
number below or click
here
How not to get ripped off: Enforcing and Protecting Your Intellectual
Property
Organiser:
Date: 12 August 2008
Location: London
Website: http://www.own-it.org/events/
Being copied and someone else ripping off your creative
ideas is a major concern once you start to sell, publicise and promote your
creative work. You need to protect your ideas and make sure you know what to do
if someone does actually copy or makes money from work that is rightfully
yours. This seminar will offer a basic guide to the law, covering
the steps any creative professional should take in order to stop somebody else
stealing or otherwise using your work without your permission (including
copyright, patenting, trade marks, licensing and design rights. There will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions.
Project Management
Organiser:
Location: Newcastle
Date: 20 August 2008
Aims to provide those
new to project management with tools and techniques encourage a systematic
approach to project planning and delivery and recognise the importance of
effective teamwork.
For further details or to book a place on the event, call the telephone
number below or click
here
September 2008
Enyan East Regional Seminar - Aspiration, Potential and Leadership
Organiser:
Date: 18 September 2008
Location: South East
Cost:
More info: The young people we work with today are the
practitioners, policy makers and professionals of tomorrow, and with
recent investment from Government, there are now a number of new ways the
Youth Arts sector can help to nurture young people’s development. ENYAN, English National Youth Arts Network, with
support from the East ENYAN Regional Advisory Panel, is delighted to bring
to you this regional one-day conference highlighting, the importance of
developing young people’s aspiration, potential and leadership skills
within, and using, the arts and cultural sector.This FREE event is aimed at ENYAN members and the
wider youth arts sector within the East region and will provide inspiring
case studies from young people focussing on the variety of models and
opportunities that exist highlighting the benefits and challenges
experienced. In particular the event will look at programmes such as ‘V
for Volunteering’, work based learning models and the Arts Award. There will also be insightful speeches providing
clarity around the subject, live performances and showcasing, exhibitions
and creative workshops focussing on some of these key models giving you a
chance to ask your own questions and find out more. This is a
free event but booking is essential therefore to secure your place please
email enyan2@artswork.org.uk ENYAN is the
national membership and advocating body for the youth arts sector in
England. The network is delivered by Artswork, the national youth arts
development agency and funded by Arts Council South East, The Paul Hamlyn
Foundation and Artswork. For more
information about this event, or ENYAN as a whole, please contact Anna,
Lisa or Jenna on 023 8063 0960 or email enyan2@artswork.org.uk.
Membership is free so why not sign up today at www.enyan.co.uk to be kept up to date with youth arts news and
developments
Public Art and the Planning System and Process Workshops
Organiser: Ixia Public Arts Workshop
Date: 30 September 2008
Location: Bristol
Cost: see website
Website: To register go to www.ixia-info.com/events/nextevent
More info: Based on its on-going review of the ways that local authorities secure public art via the planning system and process ixia has produced guidance on the content of supplementary planning document for public art. One-day workshops have been developed to deliver this guidance.
October 2008
Public Art Evaluation Toolkit Workshops
Organiser: Ixia Public Arts Workshop
Date: 06 October 2008
Location: Newcastle
Cost:
Website: To register go to www.ixia-info.com/events/nextevent
More info: These workshops present the public art evaluation toolkit, developed in conjunction with OPENspace Research Centre at Edinburgh College of Art and Heriot-Watt University. Already in use on a number of major public art projects (including the Big Art Project), the toolkit aims to facilitate the evaluation process for those delivering public art commissions. ixia has also created a database to collate the information generated by users of the toolkit. Over time this will aid the review of the impact of public art commissions.
November 2008
Public Art and the Planning System and Process Workshops
Organiser: Ixia Public Arts Workshop
Date: 06 November 2008
Location: London
Cost: see website
Website: To register go to www.ixia-info.com/events/nextevent
More info: Based on its on-going review of the ways that local authorities secure public art via the planning system and process ixia has produced guidance on the content of supplementary planning document for public art. One-day workshops have been developed to deliver this guidance.
January 2009
Public Art and the Planning System and Process Workshops
Organiser: Ixia Public Arts Workshop
Date: 27 January 2009
Location: Birmingham
Cost: see website
Website: To register go to www.ixia-info.com/events/nextevent
More info: Based on its on-going review of the ways that local authorities secure public art via the planning system and process ixia has produced guidance on the content of supplementary planning document for public art. One-day workshops have been developed to deliver this guidance.
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