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Senior Freelance Opportunity at sounddelivery Job Spec Final 2010

Earlier this year YHA commissioned a report to highlight the benefits of their Do It 4 Real Summer Camps.  The aim of the research was to provide evidence of the benefits and impacts of going on a Di4R summer camp.  Surveys were conducted before during and after camp with the young people and their parents/guardians.  We were asked to help give the report some publicity and arrange some press interviews.

We managed to secure coverage on many local BBC radio stations including BBC Radio Cornwall, BBC Radio Derby, BBC Radio Manchester and BBC Radio Leicester.  Many of these stations also broadcast pre-recorded audio clips that we had recorded previously to add a fresh element to their broadcasts.

Here you can listen to the interview mother and son Tracy and Joe did with BBC Radio Leicester:

Many of the broadcasters took some of our broadcast clips to help illustrate their coverage, including this short testimony from Sarah who’s been on a number of Di4R camps.  You can listen to her story below:

We also headed up the social media campaign during the ccampaign, ensuring the public could interact with what was going on.  This saw the number of Twitter followers to the Do It 4 Real account more triple, and a sustantial increase to the Facebook group.

sounddelivery has been commissioned to work on two projects with museums in the East Midlands.  Both projects form part of the MuBu programme which encourages the interpretation of collections and use of digital media.

The first of these projects is with Mansfield Museum creating a digital time-capsule of the Metal Box Company factory.  The factory has been producing tins for more than 150 years and is about to move production to a brand new site within the town.  Mansfield Museum has been working with the factory to help preserve some of the paperwork, tins and artwork that occupy large areas of the Victorian factory.  So we will be working with employees past and present to collect oral history recordings, videos, and audio slideshows to ensure the memories of the Metal Box Company are preserved.

Our second MuBu project is with The National Tramway Museum in Matlock.  There we will be working with a local specialist performing arts school to develop an audio trail.  The guide will incorporate opportunities that spark discussion about the Museum’s collections (particularly the street furniture) exploring the why, what, how and when.  The collection of street furniture is currently not interpreted and this project will enable young people to research and develop interpretation of the objects.

Enormous congratulations to Jude who completed the London marathon faster than her target time, and with great style and finesse.  Many, many thanks to all the friends and supporters of sounddelivery who have helped and encouraged Jude on her way.  Its been a long journey – training started last October with lunchtime runs and built up to regular training sessions during the week.  Despite enjoying the day Jude says she has no plans to run again.  But we say – watch this space!

Jude was running to raise money for the Family Holiday Association and a new start-up project providing breaks for carers.  She’s now raised just over an incredible £5000!

Here’s a message from the valiant runner:

“Brilliant day, felt good throughout which was definitely down to all my training. My time 5 hours 18 minutes and 25 seconds! Thanks again for all your texts, phonecalls and messages of support. Still time to sponsor me if you haven’t had the chance www.bmycharity.com/judehabib. Thanks for being part of this experience. Marathon – never again!”

After many months of working in various locations – mainly Jude’s flat – we have finally taken the plunge and moved into an office of our own.  Our new base is in Aldgate in East London and we’re neighbours with Happy Computers where we run most of our training courses.  To mark our arrival, and to tie in with social media week, we decided to run a Social Media Taster Day inviting people to drop in and see us, and receive some informal training and consultation.  We had a great day and were delighted by the turn-out and the number of people who came to visit.  It was wonderful to see some old friends, and make acquaintance with new friends too!  The core sounddelivery team were in situ giving one-to-one advice as well as running sessions in video, podcasts and social-media applications.  Not to blow our own trumpet too much, but this is just one of the emails we received after the day:

“Take a bow guys, you’ve got the plot and bang on at that! I enjoyed my time with you yesterday and it was so hands on and useful – thank you for that! I think the tech phobia is well on its way out! It’s now up to me to put in the rest of the work to seal the deal! And you’ve inspired me to do just that.”
Saritha Thomas, People’s POWER {Participatory OWnership Empowerment Radio} Collective

We’re considering running another Social Media Taster Day in the future – so watch this space!

sounddelivery has been honoured at this year’s Jodi Awards for a Museum of London project.  Over a period of 8 weeks a group of unemployed Londoners took part in a project creating audio description podcasts for blind and partially sighted museum visitors.  The group developed their writing skills and learnt about audio techniques and recording.  The finished audio pieces – called Podcasts from the Past – are now available on the Museum of London’s website.  Jude accepted the Digital Access Online Award from Martha Lane Fox, the government’s Champion for Digital Inclusion, at the ceremony at the V&A Museum alongside Lucie Fitton, the inclusion officer at the Museum of London.  The awards are named in memory of Jodi Mattes (1973-2001), who worked at the British Museum and RNIB, a tireless champion of equal access to culture for disabled people.

The Jodie Award Judges said:

“Podcasts from the Past creates bridges between people and communities. It demonstrates the power of podcasts for a shared experience of collections between disabled and non-disabled people. The experiment of the Museum of London is a timely inspiration for museums, galleries and heritage sites”

This is what the project participants had to say about the project:

You can find out more about our work with the Museum of London here.

The Big Lottery Fund has commissioned sounddelivery to deliver three podcasting workshops for their communications, marketing and regional teams. BIG is the organisation responsible for giving out half the money raised by the National Lottery for good causes: 14 pence of every pound spent on a Lottery Ticket. Every year BIG gives out millions of pounds from the National Lottery to good causes supporting community groups and projects that improve health, education and the environment. BIG wants to use audio and podcasting to tell the stories of where the Lottery money goes, and update supporters and stakeholders on how grants are allocated. The first workshop was run on Thursday 5^th of November and there are two further workshops planned later this year.

sounddelivery has been invited to deliver a series of social media workshops on behalf of the Media Trust as part of the Learning Revolution Festival.  Taking place throughout the month of October the Festival is bringing together hundreds of training providers to offer workshops and taster session in everything from knitting to advanced Excel! In celebration of the value of informal adult learning the Media Trust is running a series of FREE frontline activities, providing tasters to local communities, non-profits, skilled communications, digital media professionals and members of the public, on how informal communications training can make immediate and long lasting valuable impact.   Our workshops including Social Media Basics and Powerful Podcasting will be practical and hands on and will provide real skills and inspiration to the delegates taking part.

sounddelivery has been invited to deliver a series of social media courses on behalf of MLA London. We’ll be delivering our social media knowhow, digital storytelling and podcasting courses to staff from Museums, Libraries and Archives based round the capital. We’ve been building up our expertise in the museums and heritage sectors over the past few years – running tailored events and training workshops and working within museums on social inclusion projects. We have a close working relationship with the Museum of London and have co-ordinated 2 projects with them, and we will soon be working with the National Portrait Gallery to create audio evaluations for one of their outreach programmes.

You can find further details about the up-coming courses via the MLA London website, or by downloading this pdf training programme:

http://www.mlalondon.org.uk/uploads/documents/WFD200910MLAL.pdf

The workshops are taking place on the following dates:

November 4^th Social Media Know How

November 19^th Digital Storytelling

Booking form for MLA London’s training courses.  Terms and Conditions: Please note the terms and conditions for booking on an MLA London course have changed.  Please read the booking form carefully before submitting it.

To book a place on these courses please complete the booking form and return to by email to bookings@mlalondon.org.uk or by post to: Bookings, MLA London, Fourth Floor, 53-56 Great Sutton Street, London, EC1V 0DG

sounddelivery is delighted to be presenting at the biggest museum and gallery event in Europe – Museums Association London 09 -with over 1,400 museum professionals discussing the key issues affecting the sector today.  The main themes of the conference this year are digital change, learning in museums, and sustainability.

We’re a key part of the Exhibition Seminar Programme running sessions on Monday 5^th October. Seminars are free and open to all.

10.30-11.15 Social media for museums: a how to guide Seminar Room 1

Using museum case studies, this interactive workshop explores the range of applications available from blogs to podcasts, social networks to traditional media. It offers practical advice for museums and galleries of all sizes to harness new technology.

12.00-12.45 The power of sound: creating powerful podcasts

In this interactive workshop find out how museums can create powerful podcasts cost effectively, reach out to new audiences, promote events and engage with local communities.

On Wednesday 7th October we’re part of a team delivering a presentation on social inclusion through media projects. This interactive session explores how museums have engaged communities using media applications from podcasts to photography and video to blogging. Examples include Podcasts from the Past in which unemployed men recorded podcasts to support visually-impaired visitors and My Brixton, a social reporting project as part of an exhibition about the Brixton riots.

Chair: Catherine Herman, Independent consultant

Speakers: Lucie Fitton, Inclusion officer, community and audience development, Museum of London; Jude Habib, Director, sounddelivery; Paul Clifford, E-Learning officer, access and learning, Museum of London

We hope to see many of you there.  If you’d like to meet up either on the Monday or Wednesday do email jude@sounddelivery.org.uk