Would you like free communications training? The answer is yes so read on.
Communications specialist Lydia Bates (from whatshesaid.co.uk and awareplus.co.uk) is developing a range of courses to help people write, speak, negotiate, persuade, and work more effectively. But before each course can be released, it needs to be tested on a live audience – which is where you come in. Once tested, these courses will be available for around £850 a day. But you can take advantage of the almost finished product,...
Recycle your PC
We have dithered a little lately as we have been busy delivering so many projects concentrating on Social Media cafe and Jelly Liverpool, but we wanted to get back to basics with a new project on PC and laptop recycling. We have taken in a few PC’s in the past to recycle and to use on other projects – so you can see the handsome monitor which we use at Jelly Liverpool. But we really wanted to find out what the interest was...
New Site New Year
How? Why? DIY! have been busy creating Creative Digital events throughout 2012 and although the website may well have slipped our minds at times it is now back to where it should be with greater functionality and better styling. Expanded profiles One thing that members have been asking about it expanding their profiles so they can include more information about their skills and experience so other members can contact them if they...
Sefton Social Media Surgery
Sefton CVS are hosting a Social Media Surgery on the 28th November and I have put my name on behalf of How Why DIY to attend and assist any voluntary organisations, with SM advice. If any of the other How Why DIY members are up for it I’m sure they wouls be glad of the help. Contact Neil on info at how-why-diy.com Or register for yourself http://www.socialmediasurgery.com/surgeries/sefton ...
Do Public Access Computing Centers Have a Direct Impact on Development?
I was interested to see this article come through as How Why DIY are in the midst of an application to Awards for All towards a series of workshops addressing ICT needs in North Liverpool with a view to setting up an access centre their. It makes interesting reading and will affect how we develop there further as one of the socially and economically deprived areas in Europe. Measuring the impact of information and communication...
Video from Mediated Garden project
Here the Live Stream video recorded at the Mediated Garden as we discuss WiFi access and creating a WiFi cloud in North Liverpool. See the previous post. Video streaming by Ustream