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Welcome
to Issue Five of the Newsletter for members of the tic
"Creative Networks"
'Creative Networks' at the Technology
Innovation Centre (tic) is about
forging links between screen and sound-based media companies
in the West Midlands. This includes the diverse, often
disparate, creative companies, freelancers and associated
businesses in the region.
'Creative Networks' seeks to promote successful business
development and collaboration. It contributes to the establishment
of a strong long-term screen-based Creative Industry in
the West Midlands through increased knowledge and use
of innovative technologies and creative practices.
Regular monthly face-to-face networking events are held
at tic. They offer opportunities for
companies to network, make pitches and detail the resources
they are seeking or the projects and challenges they are
planning.
Visit our online portal www.creativenetworksonline.com
for up-to-date news, funding, business support, training
and tender opportunities.
| In
This Issue: |
| 1.
COMING UP - July's
Creative Networks Event @ tic
*DONT MISS OUT* |
| 2.
Event Reviewed - June's Creative
Networks Event - SUMMER PARTY |
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Photo Gallery
:: Networking
:: Bucking Bronco
:: Games - Playstation, Pub Sized Connect 4 and Pool
:: Karaoke |
| 3.
i4 Skills *NEW
COURSES FOR SUMMER 2005* |
| 4.
Student Projects and Placements |
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We’d
like to hear from you!
Contact Mandeep Chana, The Creative Networks administrator
with your news and views:
:: phone
0121 331 5400
:: email
mandeep.chana@tic.ac.uk
:: or
post to Technology Innovation Centre, Millennium
Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham, B4 7XG |
| 1.
COMING UP - July's Creative
Networks Event @ tic *DONT
MISS OUT* |
Wednesday
27th July - From 6.00pm ‘til LATE at tic, Millennium Point
The
Collaborative Networking Event for Creative Industry Professionals
The next event is on Wednesday 27th July 2005, at 6pm.
There will be the usual opportunities to network, pitch
your products and services and collaborate with colleagues
from the Creative Industries Sector. Advance notice is
strongly recommended for those wishing to pitch. Agenda
to be confirmed.
To attend please, email
(mentioning any special dietary requirements)
Mandeep Chana mandeep.chana@tic.ac.uk
or phone
Ha Vu on 07967 706 445
You'll be very welcome.
Great success
stories on collaboration projects have resulted from The
Creative Networks events – so get pitching. But, do contact
us first if you'd like to try!
We will publicise success stories on the Creative Networks
portal at www.creativenetworksonline.com |
| 2. Review of June's
Creative Networks Event - SUMMER PARTY |
Wednesday
29th June - From 6.00pm ‘til LATE at tic, Millennium Point
tic’s Interactive Media Centre celebrated the success
of its Creative Networks events with a Summer Party on Wednesday
29th July 2005, hosted in the Millennium Point Hub and I-Bar.
Around 150 business owners, producers, artists and performers
braved a sudden summer thunderstorm to reach Millennium
Point for an extensive buffet with wine, fun and games,
and an opportunity for some real face-to-face, peer to peer
business networking.
In place of Lecture Theatre presentations, pitching and
showcasing - the mainstay of tic's monthly
networking events - this meeting was a more relaxed affair,
with entertainment. Some guests played soccer on the Playstation
2; others an oversized pub-version of the party game Connect
4. The brave cast caution to the winds and rode a Bucking
Bronco right in the middle of the Hub.
tic Centre Manager Steve Smith was beaten by just
one second by Jay Patel, but no-one could match the tenacity
of Chad Lewis of Ambitious Inc. who managed to stay on for
over a minute to win the Star Prize.
The collective buzz from guests gave a sense of
excitement and optimism about collaborative opportunities
The Creative Networks initiative has opened up. Everyone
felt that their passion for working in the region, coupled
with the potential for growth in the sector, would reap
long-term benefits and that The Creative Networks was an
ideal platform on which to express confidence in the future
of the Industry.
The I-Bar's, musical entertainment involved disco and karaoke
and featured the talents of local writers and vocalists
'Damien' and 'Denise Bryant', both from Know Boundryz ,
Yaz Alexander, Ann Arscott, Dean Alexander and his associates,
who presented rapper Zara a.k.a. Psycho. Mark Presdee's
Orchestra Of Chaos, gave an impromptu comedy performance
of their ‘Kebab And A Scuffle’ routine which caused great
hilarity.
The evening was brought to a close with a full-ensemble
finale and a rendition of ‘Angels’ by tic's
Interactive Media staff choir.
Click on the following link to view a video montage from
the evening:
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SUMMER PARTY
Format:
mov
Screen Size: 320 x 240
Length: 02:43
Size: 13.9Mb |
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| Networking at
tic Creative Networks Summer Party |
| Games - Playstation,
Pub-sized Connect 4 & Pool |
| 3. i4 Skills -
*NEW COURSES FOR SUMMER 2005*
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www.tic.ac.uk/i4
The tic’s Centre for Interactive
Media announced more details about the
‘Market Maker Skills’ and ‘Start
With Success’ Projects. |
Co-financed by the Learning Skills Council and the European
Social Fund, these projects are being run by tic
in partnership with Wolverhampton-based Light House Media
Centre and Hereford-based MediaDev and offer a valuable
range of short courses, which can be accessed free of charge
by eligible clients.
To allow you the opportunity to discover more about our
Market Maker Skills and Start With Success Projects, we
are holding an ‘Orientation Day’ at tic,
Millennium Point on Friday 15th July, that
will give you the knowledge and accessibility to:
• Access to Equipment at highly subsidised rates
• Information on Business Opportunities & Clients
• The opportunity to create and improve your Showreel
• The option to register as a BSA for Market Maker
i4
Market Maker Skills - THEME:
Market-led Diversification for Media Businesses
This course is aimed at established and newly established
professionals requiring or demanding diversification
in their market portfolio. Formal delivery is made
through a series of seminars, workshops and activities
on subjects such as:
• Market Knowledge
• Seeking Commissions & Finance
• Language & Communication
• Media Needs & Intervention
• Sales Tactics
• Diversification
• Multi-platform/device distribution
This will allow you to engage with new markets and
seek paid employment and/or project contracts as a
result of the learning programme. |
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i4
Start-with-Success Skills - THEME: Business
Essentials for Media Start-ups
This course is aimed at new and recently established
professional entrants requiring support with their
business, marketing and financial learning needs.
Formal delivery is made through a series of seminars,
workshops and activities on subjects such as:
• Business Planning
• Pitching skills/Sales Tactics
• Managing & Working within a team
• Health & Safety
• Financial Planning
• Networking & Partnership skills
• Managing clients & their expectations
• Marketing
The course culminates in the production of a showreel
using our facilities.
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For further details and to book a place on the course contact
Paul Trigg on:
:: phone 0121 331 5400
:: email paul.trigg@tic.ac.uk
:: or post to Technology Innovation Centre,
Millennium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham, B4 7XG |
| 4. Student Projects
& Placements |
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tic's Centre for Interactive Media, one of the
largest Sound and Screen-based Media Departments in the
West Midlands, has a large number of highly motivated,
technologically-aware students enrolled on a number of
undergraduate and postgraduate courses. These include:
• BSc Multimedia Technology
• BSc Sound and Multimedia
• BSc Television Technology and Production
• BSc Music Technology
• MSc Interactive Media
• BSc Internet Technology
• MSc Digital Television Technology and Production
Projects and placements
form an essential part of tic courses.
Whilst students gain the opportunity to apply their creative
and practical skills, businesses benefit from:
• The resource to investigate issues, market opportunities
or even problem areas
• Access to tic state-of-the-art facilities
• Access to tic's knowledge and expertise
via the project supervisor
• The opportunity for businesses to assess students with
a view to possible employment
For more information about how tic students
can get involved in projects and placements in your company
please contact Bez Shirvani on:
:: phone 0121 331 5400
:: email bez.shirvani@tic.ac.uk
:: or post to Technology Innovation Centre,
Millennium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham, B4 7XG
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Technology Innovation Centre (tic) 2005
Millennium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham B4 7XG
phone +44 (0)121 331 5400 fax +44 (0)121
331 5401
www.tic-online.com
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