Fire Starter Festival 2020
An Iriss event to showcase our creative approaches to supporting the social care workforce.
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on 14 Jan 2020
Launch of co-production project planner
Resource that focuses on putting ideas into action. You don’t need to be an expert in co-production prior to planning a project.
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on 5 Jan 2018
Is this the best it can be?
Is this the best it can be? is a new toolkit that can be used by anyone delivering arts and creative learning through collaborative or participatory projects and programmes.
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on 29 Aug 2016
Powtoon - create animated videos and presentations
A tool to support you create animated videos and presentations.
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on 7 Aug 2015
Serendipity and conference attendance
I remember quite well a major national disciplinary group’s annual conference in Birmingham that I attended some time ago now.
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on 3 Aug 2015
Weebly - simple website creation
An easy and affordable way to create a website without web design or development skills.
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on 2 Jul 2015
Curating social care digital content - learning from other industries
Keeping track of digital content, deciding what to read. listen to and watch can be daunting.
In the music industry radio and the music press used to be how peoples listening and buying decisions would be influenced. Helping people to navigate genres, styles, fads, the niche and eccentric.
However, today radio and the printed word are no longer preeminent. With youtube being the biggest music discovery platform and the hype machine being the 'have to go to' music blog review site how can people get heard above the crowd?
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on 19 May 2015
Canva - a simple design tool
If you want to present information in a more creative, engaging and memorable way but have no design skills, Canva can help you. Canva is a really simple design tool that requires no experience or formal training in graphic design programs such as Photoshop or Indesign. It enables you to create posters, flyers, infographics, website graphics, invites and even presentations without any fuss, and in no time at all. And it's free to use. Simply set-up an account and start creating designs.
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on 5 May 2015
Timelines and stories
A big part of my job is running training sessions about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) identities for staff who work in older peoples’ services.
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on 27 Apr 2015
Reconstructing Ourselves
Art projects do not normally seek ethical clearance – but when should they?
Reconstructing Ourselves is an Arts Research project with patients and staff in complex breast reconstruction at Morriston Hospital in Swansea, Wales. I wrote my first creative bite just as we were starting and we are now one year on and six months left to run. See the invite to the symposium and exhibition and more information at: www.reconstructingourselves.com
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on 21 Apr 2015
