Q: What’s happening with the Power of Information agenda now, and perhaps offer some thoughts on how local government might take forward some of it recommendations. How are the ideas within Power of Information being developed at a local level? How do they link, if at all, to local initiatives such as Digital Districts or [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Following the recent issues highlighting and discussing digital inclusion into events for disabled people, I’m really keen to find out why (in Birmingham at least), that there seems to be a very large portion of event audiences that are predominantly white. Why do we not see more physical attendance at events from the BME communities [...]
Birmingham’s Digital Districts, Panel Session
Posted: 18th October 2009 by Paul Hadley in MA, UncategorizedTags: @cataspanglish, Birmingham, chris pinchen, citilab, dave harte, digital, districts, fazeley, Hardy Schmitz, Steve Harding
Hosted at Fazeley Studios, and organised by Digital Birmingham and Birmingham City University as part of the http://www.creativemetropoles.eu programme- this video is the Panel Q&A Sessions that came after the formal presentations. Taking part are: Dave Harte (Birmingham City University), Chris Price (Digital Birmingham), Hardy Rudolf Schmitz (Berlin Wista Management), Dr Steve Harding (Birmingham City [...]
Following on from the WMRO event we attended last week, ‘Sharing Information Digitally’, the overarching agreement in the room seemed to leave me with a sense of déjà vous. Over the past 12 months, I have attended many events that followed a similar theme, where all the (mostly good) speakers gave presentations, cited good positive [...]
Birmingham, England; The heartlands of the Industrial Revolution. Now, this great city has grown to become truly cosmopolitan, multinational and diverse. It is Britain’s second largest by population (1,010,200 source: ONS). Without doubt, there is history here; real, evidenced, recorded and recognised for its significance in shaping what we now regard as the modern western [...]
Entrepreneur, Snakeoil Salesman or Mad?
Posted: 4th October 2009 by Paul Hadley in MATags: entrepreneur
Entrepreneur (n) Business person who attempts to make a profit by risk and initiative (Collins English Dictionary, 2006) Background The concept of successful or failure as an entrepreneurial practice is to be considered as one of an evolving nature, affected by changing perspectives as society adapts to new market forces and environments. It has been [...]