Amplified09 West Midlands

30th June, Poppy Red, Birmingham, from 2.30pm - 7pm

Amplified events - to provide a space and an emerging methodology for the sharing of ideas, resources, encouragement and inspiration for any endeavor seeking to explore the knowledge-sharing, community-building and wall-removing qualities of social media tools.

Our vision is to make the UK the most technologically advanced and connected nation in the world.

We are convinced that this can be achieved through developing an event series based on conversations and on small-group discussion and resolution of problems, where tasks for problem solving are allocated on the basis of expertise, rather than on organisational roles. 

Given this vision and mission, the AMPLIFIED09 event series priorities are:

To bring creative and technological talent in social media related industries together regionally to discuss issues and projects of interest

To provide participants with a series of technology tools and platforms for uploading information about their expertise, products and services, and the challenges being faced/problems to be solved

To test and report these technology tools for effectiveness in various contexts

To aggregate multimedia content generated by the event series for access by all

To generate methodologies and publications based on information and research conducted as part of the Amplified series.

The events

The events last 4-5 hours, in each location, and are based on multiple round-table discussions lasting approximately 40 minutes in duration, with a 10 minute changeover between sessions.  Topics for discussions are set either in advance on the wiki or on the day itself via an unconference-style schedule.

For Amplified09 Midlands please add your ideas to the wiki http://amplified.pbworks.com/Midlands09

We look forward to seeing you at Poppy Red, Bimringham, on 30th June!