Digital Butetown

Workshop24 July 2009

outputs

Key outputs

We cannot presuppose what online solutions will work for the community they own the process and set the agenda, not us

We can create opportunities for them to come together and identify their needs

We can make informed guesses about what might work

First action: an event with the local geeks to share ideas, identify priorities, map activity etc

Key messages

Online social media can create a feeling of belonging / connected / social

Connecting online creates power for the local community by giving them a platform and a collective voice.

Online is a good place to share personal histories

Online makes it easy to share resources and skills

Planning for the community event

Event design: identify a core group to sense check the planning (this should include Butetown.org and Trydan members)

Participants: map the networks through online communities, facebook groups, and individuals - those who are online for both professional and personal use

Venue: confirm a location with good internet connectivity, organise equipment required (such as projectors) and refreshments

Marketing the community event

Some of the key groups that should be targeted:

Schools in Butetown Butetown.org members Facebook connectors Soya FC online Radio Cardiff

Word of mouth Eventbrite page for registration Contact other online groups and email key local

websites

Community event

Purpose: motivate existing online Butetown communities, create a mutual support group, define the benefits, encourage spread of online engagement across the wider community.

Audience: those active online, also community activists / organisers not yet using the web

Content: sharing knowledge / demonstrations, map local activity

Style: informal, workshop-y, conversational, acronym free

Desired outcomes: participants become members of a digital practitioners group and encourage others to join

Record: video, audio, pictures, blog posts, tweets etc.

An immediate post-event social gathering

Potential post-event ongoing activities

Workshops / training events Show and tell events to local groups Link up with Trydan - the Cardiff social media

cafe Regular meet-ups for the participants of the

initial event - a self-help group