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Social Media Exchange | Newcastle, 5 March 2020
Final tickets remain for sounddelivery’s flagship charity conference, Social Media Exchange. The event is returning for its eighth year in Newcastle on the 5th of March. With a fantastic panel of inspiring speakers, this conference is the perfect opportunity to kick off 2020 with a creative boost – gaining the skills, confidence and tools to […]
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How charities can use programmes to raise their profile
Opportunities to work alongside production companies, as well as joining the existing conversation around relevant storylines in soap operas and TV and Radio programmes, films and documentaries, enable charities to increase awareness for their cause. Charities can piggyback with their content and messages. But we’ve seen some missed opportunities and heard from our network that […]
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Paul Brook: How doodles can help people to understand complex issues
Paul Brook is chief copywriter at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. In this guest blog on doodling, he shares how his JRF doodles focus on making sense of UK poverty, while his doodles for Blurt have illustrated his experiences of depression and anxiety. At this year’s Social Media Exchange Anu Liisanantti, Communications at Hibiscus will be facilitating a lunchbite to get you doodling. She’ll be looking at different examples and creating your own doodles, using basic techniques to make even complex messages more accessible.
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How parkrun is building a community through stories
Cropping up in parks all over the world are groups of people that make up the parkrun community. parkrun is an organisation that holds weekly, 5km timed runs around the world. They are free, friendly, open to anyone and joined by more than 2.5 million participants – including me. parkrun is now the world’s largest […]
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5 Reasons Why You Should Be Part of #SMEX18
It’s all go at sounddelivery HQ as we finalise the last details of the Social Media Exchange which takes place in just under two weeks on February 5. We’ll be bringing you a dynamic line up of charity and media sector experts who will lead our interactive and practical Masterclasses.We recently announced Dr. Sue Black […]
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Look the Other Way, The Fix, Choirs with Purpose and more in our Storytelling Highlights
As we gear up for the winter break we delivered our last bit of storytelling training for the year with the lovely team at Leprosy Mission. Now it’s time to prep prep prep for the wonders that 2018 will bring including our sixth Social Media Exchange which will kick-start your storytelling for the new year. […]
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#24HoursatYRP, Addicted Parents, Instagram Stories and more in our Storytelling Highlights
We hope you’ve had a great week, we’re thrilled to say over half of our Being the Story super early-bird tickets have gone already with some really brilliant organisations attending the day, don’t miss out book your place now. Our storytelling highlights this week features powerful storytelling on a range of important issues from homelessness, […]
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Catching A Killer, #LifeWithCancer, #RevoltAgainstSexualAssault and more in our Storytelling Highlights
Welcome to our Storytelling Highlights, where each Friday we share our top picks of what we’ve seen, heard or read about across digital storytelling, charity campaigning, TV, and the arts. And we’re always looking for new and interesting ways of sharing powerful stories, so do let us know if you have some to share. Now, find […]
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A Million Likes on Facebook Won’t Get Me A Kidney, But it Might
At sounddelivery we champion stories that need to be told, stories that challenge prejudice and disadvantage, and have the power to change the world around us. We do this through digital storytelling training with charities and individuals with lived experience and through our events which aim to build capacity within the sector and encourage and champion authentic storytelling. Being the Story is a platform for ordinary people with extraordinary stories to share their experiences widely. Our Being the Story events give a stage to individuals who are a voice for others covering a myriad of subjects. Nicola Pietrzyk’s son was diagnosed with Congenital Nephrotic Syndrome at five weeks, she is using her story to raise awareness of the challenges and triumphs of finding an organ donor.
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#UntoldStoryHull, Charity Bots, Young Voters and more in our Storytelling Highlights
Welcome to our Storytelling Highlights, this is where we share what we’ve seen, heard or read about and would like to share with you from the worlds of charity communications and digital storytelling. So it’s time to put the kettle on, grab a pair of headphones and enjoy. 1.Untold Story Hull Yesterday saw the launch […]
