Cultural Arts and Technology Hubs Workshop
December 2011
Introductions and objectives
The team:
Dave BriggsFraser Henderson
Tim WilsonKind of Digital
Nicola RadfordLCC
Objectives:
1. Provide digital support to develop coastal arts (etc)
businesses
2. Develop hubs as key part of local digital infrastructure
Purpose of today
What do you understand by the term “digital”?
Icebreaker
Introducing the project
1. Establishing coastal digital hubs2. European funded through LCC /
ERDF paperwork3. Part of Coastal Communities
work4. Element of Online Revolution in
Lincolnshire
Our plans
Work Plan
• Build capacity
• Connect the hubs
• Learning events for SMEs
• One-to-one advice and support
Phase One
• Explore opportunities and options
• Demonstrator events and exhibits
• Consult on needs
• Develop hub proposals
Phase Two
• Futures development
• Install equipment
• Help with use and sustainPhase Three
December 2011
January to March 2012
May to August 2012
What kind of digital?
Success Criteria
• Number of SMEs engaging with hubs
• (distribution by sector)
• Hours support delivered
• Website traffic
Raise awareness, realise potential of
digital technologies. Long term
economic benefits
How we will deliver:
Events, workshops and trainingDevelopment of hub technology
Online support through digitalLincs
How you can help:
Tell us what you need!
What we mean by digital in the arts, culture and heritage…
Times are changing… FAST
We live in times
of huge
unpredictability
…. If Facebook were a country, it would be the world’s 4th largest…..///
Power of Creativity"Look into the toolbox -
creativity is the only tool we have left ... and it's important to see it in the round: creativity is a new drug, or a better engine for cars - we shouldn't get trapped
in a narrow definition."(Lord Puttnam).
Old media: lean back
New media – lean forward
New media – lean forward
The Disruptive Power of Digital
on Creativity
Some examples
www.furtherfield.org
‘The Digital and the Physical worlds are colliding’
Adrian Hon, The Daily Telegraph, 14 February 2011
So What is Our Strategy?
Understand the DNA of Place
e.g. Identity, talent, cultural ecology and landscape, creative economy, mainstream economy….
Lincolnshire
East Lindsay
A place ofbusiness
A place ofleisure
A place ofinnovation
A place ofcreativity
The place tobe and be seen
A place of exchange
Creative places are central to global competitiveness
Creatively Disrupting PlacesA Fabric of Infrastructure
Quirky
Inspirational
New
Existing
Production
Consumption
Let’s try something
Exercise: Digital aspirationsHopes FearsWants
Next steps…
digitalLincs.com
Evaluation:Tell us what you need!
ERDF forms:dull but necessary!
Many thanks for your time and contributions!
