Ignite Liverpool
Ignite Liverpool is part of the global Ignite movement to inspire and enlighten people with fast paced talks. Members of the community are invited to present on a subject they are passionate about at these quarterly events. We have had some great presentations from a wide variety of people and you don’t have to be techy to do it, you just need to know how to put a presentation together. Similar events to Ignite are TED talks and...
Liverpool Social Media Surgeries
Getting to grips with social media and digital can be a bit of a daunting task for anyone but when you are running a charity or third sector organisation it can be time consuming and confusing to say the least, that’s why we are happy to be involved in organising Liverpool Social Media Surgery. These surgeries offer a great opportunity for some free one to one tuition in how to make Social Media work for you and your...
Open Source City….a call out
Late last year the members of How Why DIY wanted to create an event called Open Source City “Open Source City was originally a weekend micro-festival of open source sound & media practice for the 2008 Liverpool City of Culture Programme organised by SoundNetwork and folly” We tried and we failed to get it off the ground mainly we felt after examining the remnants of grant application forms that we had got bogged down...
Free Social Media Surgery in Liverpool
Members from the local voluntary and community sector groups are invited to this free social media advice session. You’ll get practical hands-on advice for putting social technology into action for your cause, to help you reach a wider audience and promote the good work you do. Whether it’s getting started sharing your group’s stories and aims through blogging, forming a community around a Facebook group, or reaching...
Sound Lab – From Open Labs and Sound City
Sound Lab is an event taking place next Friday 25th November and is a great opportunity to have a go at creating your own new ways of hacking, sharing and using sound so don’t sit in your bedrooms come out and collaborate with some of Liverpool’s finest coders and hackmiesters. The team will be gathering at the Contemporary Urban Centre and your invited. Teams of participants from a variety of disciplines will develop new...