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Workshop: How to create your own video!

Posted on January 9, 2019January 9, 2019 by Jay Tompt

Saturday, February 9am – 5pm
REconomy Centre, Totnes

Text is good. Images are nice. But if you really want to inform, connect, inspire, then video and animation are about the most effective media you can use.

This course will help you get started with filming, animation and editing for your own projects. We’ll cover:

how to work with video
using your favourite equipment, Dslr cameras, handycams, smart phone*
how to tell a good story and write a script
filming, editing and producing a small video ready to upload to your social media platforms
and a little introduction on how to use stop motion animation, for creating interesting and fun presentations of your project

* Please bring your own camera and/or smart phone, but if you don’t have either, that’s ok, too!

About Emilio Mula, Nu-Frame

“I’m an artist who uses different disciplines to express myself, like, filming, drawing, photography, and music, mostly. I’m very interested in ways of creating new narratives that can express more clearly the interdependence between nature and humans.”

From feature length documentaries to crowd funding videos, shooting deep in the Amazon to the streets of Paris, animated hours-long e-learning programmes to fun whiteboard doodles, Emilio has deep and broad experience in all aspects of video production.

Cost: gift economy, pay what you can

Lunch: please bring your own lunch

Booking: Please send an email to emilio@nu-frame.co.uk

Workshop: Getting to Grips with Social Media

Posted on January 8, 2019January 7, 2019 by Jay Tompt

Thursday 14^th February 2019, 10am-1pm.

Who’s it for? Individuals and businesses who already use social media to promote their enterprise but haven’t yet got to grips with how to use it effectively. The aim of the course is to simplify social media and inspire you to create better and more meaningful content on a regular basis and to engage with your social network.

Social media needs to work for you and the more you enjoy it, the better your content will be received and shared by others, delivering more benefits to your business and paving the way for social media success.

What will it cover?

Why use social media?
How to tell a good story and why it matters.
The medium is the message – source and create better content for your channels.
Managing social media – plan, monitor and engage.
Measuring success – metrics and setting goals.

There will be opportunities to work on your own social media channels during the half-day session, so attendees are invites to bring along their laptop, tablet or smart phone. Following the workshop, each attendee will receive a 5-point plan to make improvements to their social media activity.

Cost: £20 (£10 per person to be paid in advance and donated to REconomy Centre).

Trainer: Alex Green, Green-Measures Media. green-measures.co.uk

Please include your name, business and social media handles, along with a short sentence about what you’re hoping to get out of the workshop.

About:
Alex has worked in journalism, PR and social media for public and private companies, including not-for-profits and charities. Much of her experience has been within the tourism sector and the marketing of place or destinations.

“I’m fascinated by people and places and the stories that bring them to life.

“Social Media can be a great tool for sharing these stories and helping you to connect with the individuals or groups that matter.”

Alex has a degree in Journalism and a Chartered Institute of Marketing Diploma in Managing Digital Media.

Testimonial from Kate Hewett, Volunteering Support Officer at South Hams Community & Voluntary Services (CVS):

“Alex came to support South Hams Community and Voluntary Services develop their social media engagement. Alex made the team feel relaxed and able to talk about their experiences of social media and what they wanted to get out of it. Alex is enthusiastic about the subject and able to provide simple practical advice as well as longer term vision. Our session with Alex made us feel like we understood social media a little better and made us feel like we had a clear idea about how we could start making improvements in a manageable way.”

Access Your Inner Resilience

Posted on August 24, 2018 by Jay Tompt

A series of eight weekly workshops on Thursdays

starting on 4 October 2018

from 6.30 p.m. until 8.30 p.m.

Meeting Room, REconomy Centre, 13 Leechwell Street TOTNES TQ9 5SX

The first workshop on 4 October at 6.30 is a free taster. The total cost for the following seven weeks is £65 (or whatever you can afford). PLEASE BOOK – spaces are limited.

To book please e-mail Erica on erica@inspiringaction.co.uk or phone/ text 07790 177146

If you are involved in contributing to making the world a better place this set of workshops could be for you. For example, setting up or growing an ethical enterprise, doing charity or voluntary work, campaigning or social activism.

What we do is often exciting and inspiring. However it can also be stressful. At times you might struggle or feel over-whelmed. You are not as productive as you’d hoped.

In this series of eight two-hour workshops we’ll be exploring an innovative understanding of how we create our human experience that enables you to navigate life’s ups and downs with more resilience and grace. You will then be much more in touch with the ease, clarity and well-being that we all naturally have, and take action in the flow.

Erica Lewis is an experienced coach, trainer and facilitator with a background in the social enterprise, housing and not for profit sector. She is a director of Transition Homes CLT in Totnes and a trustee of Building Bridges for Peace. Erica is committed to supporting people to make the most of their passions and gifts to contribute to a better world.

See more at www.inspiringaction.co.uk.

Business Planning Workshop

Posted on October 5, 2016October 28, 2016 by Jay Tompt

Need help with your business plan? This workshop is for you. We’ll cover the key sections of the basic business plan, analyze business models, share tips and tricks, and offer feedback on your project and specific challenges.

REconomy Centre
Nov 16 9:30am-12:30pm
Cost: £10
Booking: send email to jay@transitiontowntotnes.org

Led by Jay Tompt, is a coordinator of the Totnes REconomy Project, a social enterprise consultant, and activist. Since 2011, the Totnes REconomy Project has launched innovative economic regeneration and resilience building projects, such as the Local Entrepreneur Forum and the REconomy Centre. He has been leading workshops and giving talks about this work and on community-led economics, across Europe and Japan.

Prior to moving to the UK from San Francisco, Jay spent 10 years as entrepreneur and consultant in the ‘green business movement’, after a 12-year career in Silicon Valley. Jay holds an MBA from the Monterey Institute of International Studies and a BA in Philosophy from San Jose State University.

Back by popular demand! Finding the Right Work

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Jay Tompt

Saturday 26 November 2016, 10.00am – 4.30pm

Cost: pay what you feel

This one day workshop is for you if you want to find work that is aligned with your skills and passions, or to make your current working life more fulfilling. Everyone has unique qualities and skills to offer – but in today’s highly commercialised and individualistic society, many find themselves in work they don’t enjoy, or doesn’t fit their values. Through discussion, creative activity and individual reflection, you’ll gain greater clarity about how your life at work could develop. You’ll create a plan to take these insights back into your daily life, launching you gently towards realising your vision.

Gill Coombs’ role is to match people’s skills and passions with the needs of the world, through workshops and 1:1 sessions. Author of Hearing our Calling, she brings a diverse work history, many years of coaching and group facilitation, a relaxed, friendly, compassionate approach and a deep commitment to the importance of finding our calling in the world.

To book: gillcoombs@gillcoombs.co.uk

www.gillcoombs.co.uk

Workshop: Finding the Right Work

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Jay Tompt

Saturday 24 September 2016, 10.00am – 4.30pm

Cost: pay what you feel

To book: gillcoombs@gillcoombs.co.uk

Local Entrepreneur Workshop Series

Posted on February 4, 2016February 4, 2016 by Jay Tompt

Library - 2252 The Local Entrepreneur Workshop is designed to stimulate, inspire, and support enterprising change makers develop their business idea and maybe even to help prepare to pitch at the next Local Entrepreneur Forum. This workshop is one night a week for four weeks, from March 23 to April 13, 6pm-8pm at the REconomy Centre. It will focus on four themes: Leadership, Innovation, Business Models, and Pitching Your Plan. The sessions will be productive and fun with interactive discussion, activities and lots of resources. Cost is £35 for the course with bursaries available. To book, email info@reconomycentre.org

March 23 – Leadership
Want to start something that will create livelihoods and be supported by the community? Something that will be part of the solution, not just business as usual? What’s your vision? How can you attract people to your project – potential supporters, investors, customers, partners, employees? Starting a new business is tough – how will you sustain yourself?

March 30 – Innovation
Creative destruction? Disruptive technology? World changing and ‘insanely great’? Is this what it takes to successfully launch a new enterprise in this economic environment? Is innovation even necessary for social, ethical and sustainable enterprises? And isn’t innovation simply an accident of luck or genius? Or is it a process, something that can be learned and applied to any endeavour? We’ll dive into these questions and see what answers we find, answers that can be applied to your own business context.

April 6 – Business Models
Starting up or growing a social or sustainable enterprise? What’s your model? Is it well matched to your values and goals? Is it innovative enough to succeed or not? During this workshop, we’ll look at how to analyze business models and understand them as extensive, dynamic systems. You’ll learn valuable skills you can use to more effectively think through your own business idea and business plan. We may even discover together some innovations that can help you ‘get to the next level.’

April 13 – Making Your Pitch
You may have a clear idea of your sustainable business model and even a fleshed out plan, but if you can’t communicate effectively, it will never get off the ground. Who are you and what’s your vision? Do you fully understand the problem you’re proposing to solve? What do you need to succeed and how will you get it? In this final workshop in the Local Entrepreneur Workshop Series, we’ll look at how to bring it altogether into a powerful pitch that will, hopefully, close the deal.