CMW 2011 – Monday 7th November

10.00am-11.30am Phoenix Square – Citizens Eye will be hosting two situations in ‘real time’ as part of a demonstration about the role social media can play in police work. Community Reporters will be using Twitter, Facebook, UStream and Ipadio to capture an imaginary community patch walk for later play back at a Ward Meeting and a hate crime incident that is witnessed and relayed in real time to a command centre mock up in the Screen Lounge of Phoenix Square. Citizens Eye has been made media partner for Stamp It Out, the online system for reporting Hate Crimes to Leicestershire Constabulary. It forms a central focus of our new ‘I See You’ poster campaign launching on Friday 28th October International Day Against Hate Crime that runs throughout the nine month Community Media Centre 2012 project. The session is part of a pilot project led by Chief Inspector Martyn Ball around the use of social media across the city BCU and this trial will be attended by LPU Commanders and Neighbourhood Sergeants. We all have a role to play in the ending of crimes against people because of their race, gender, sexuality or faith. If you are being subjected to harassment or know someone who is please report it to Stamp It Out. Email - info@stamp-it-out.co.uk

12.00pm-1.30pm Adult Education - Community Reporters will be based in the Belvoir Street building (former Central Lending Library) at the Community Information Point operated by Citizens Eye.

Community Media Training School volunteers will be running an ‘open’ drop in social media session for anyone wishing to find out about being a Community Reporter or ‘how to’ use social media. Eg. Blogging, Twitter, Facebook, You Tube, Ipadio. Please drop in to discuss how your community organisation or group can use the website to get your news and views known to a wider audience.

12.30pm-1.30pm LLGBC - Prouder & Louder is the news agency reporting on LGBT issues across Leicester and Leicestershire. It will be hosting a Community News Cafe at the LLGB Centre on Wellington Street with many partners in the sector.

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1.30pm-5.30pm Phoenix Square - Community Media Training School volunteers will be running an ‘open’ drop in social media session for anyone wishing to find out about being a Community Reporter or ‘how to’ use social media. Eg. Blogging, Twitter, Facebook, You Tube, Ipadio.

2.00pm-3.00pm Mike McSharry of Systems and Education Limited presents a workshop on ‘Social Media in the Voluntary Sector‘.

Mike said “As a director of a voluntary organisation and a well established local business, the challenges facing both sectors are highlighted to me. In addition, the bulk of our business is with primary schools, so we also see the effect of government changes here. Over the last 2 years we have used social media to steadily build our profile significantly. How did we do this and what were the starter moves that made such a difference? And has Twitter really replaced the golf course? On November 1^st and 2^nd I’ll be at the Locality Conference in Manchester – possibly one of the biggest conferences in the UK for the voluntary sector. I’ll share their findings and trainings on Social Media and marketing ideas for this essential sector.” This will be taking place in the Screen Lounge of the Phoenix Square Film & Digital Media Centre.

3.00pm-3.30pm Digital Mentor Alliance – Citizens’ Eye will be reviewing the work of the DMA that is an independent, informal collective of individuals, groups and businesses who endorse and use a set of guiding principles in their work as Digital Mentors. Community reporters are planning to contact Stuart Parker of the DMA via Skype to discuss the latest version of their guiding principles. Click here for more details.

2.00pm-6.00pm The Third University – Phoenix Square - will be offering ‘free’ workshops to anyone interested in using social media apps or services as tools in their protest toolkit.

Three workshops:

• Simple Website Building using Wordpress: 1 hour

We’ll show you how you can set up a website using wordpress and turn it into a space to write, to share information or to host your campaign. We’ll go through the basis of using themes, hosting video and audio and writing your first blog post. You do not need to have much technical skills, but you do need to bring your own or share a laptop (this keeps the costs down (free!))

• Social Media for Campaigns: 1 hour

This session will take a look at the recent online activist campaigns, the reasons why they went viral and explore the use of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and ipadio are a tool for inspiring action and change. Get hands-on experience and advice on how to find, build and maintain a social media community around your cause. Bring your own laptop or mobile phone for additional opportunities to create campaigns, organise supporters and to amplify your message.

• Keeping safe when making media: 1 hour

If you are making citizen media on the front line, you need to keep yourself safe. There is a chance that you’ll be more visible to the police or the rioters and with a camera/mobile to your face, there is more chance of being injured. This will be an open discussion to take about the best practice and the legal rights that you need to know if you wish to make media and document dissent.

Call for workshops:

The Third University is looking for people to host short (1hr or less) workshops or discussions on the 5th or 6th of November during Leicester’s 3rd community media week (2nd-8th of November) They can be about anything, really, because we just want to learn from you and to be able to share our skills with each other. We have space – we just have to transform it. If you think you are up for a bit of skills sharing (or have a suggestion about what you might want to learn) tweet us @thirduniversity, leave a comment or drop us a line: thirduniversity@gmail.com

Wednesday 9th November is the date set for another series of student protests in London so why not find out if there is anything you can use to report your experiences online for others to follow. These workshops will be advertised on twitter and Facebook so please check for details.

5.30pm-6.30pm Citizens Eye TV – we are hosting a planning event about the creation of Citizens Eye TV as a constituted organisation, part of the Citizens Eye network.

A new show called  UK360 on the Community Channel starting in November has asked for submissions from our network in Leicester so if you are interested in gaining volunteering or work experience please come along to Phoenix Square or email editor@citizenseye.org

6.30pm-8.30pm ‘Aniscape’ Animation Festival takes place 23rd-25th March 2012 and this event is for those interested in attending, volunteering or having their animation screened during the 3 days.  The presentation will be interactive and includes a keynote speaker with a presentation about Palestine based on their own personal experiences. We will also be demonstrating the iphone app called Dropsketch developed by Sean Clarke of Cuttlefish. Located in the Screen Room of Phoenix Square.

Filmmakers Showcase in Screen Room – once again for the 7 days of Community Media Week the Screen Room has been secured to offer local filmmakers a ‘free’ 15 minute showcase for new films or host a first large screen viewing for community groups.  Bill Newsinger, Keith Allott, Victor Gonzales, Steve Friendship and James Black have all provided films for screening. If you are a local filmmaker and you want to discuss taking a 15 minute slot please email editor@citizenseye.org

Pukaar News – the news team will be providing filmed coverage throughout the week so check out www.pukaarnews.com

Community internet & FM radio stations will be broadcasting regular interviews and news updates throughout Community Media Week. These include Oak FM, Hilltop Radio, Demon FM, EAVA FM, Kohinoor Radio FM, Sabras Radio …. more joining regularly.

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