BBC Civilisations Festival Digital Workshop In Glasgow

The BBC are holding a free Civilisations Festival Digital Workshop in Glasgow on Monday 30 October. These are free workshops run by the expert staff from the BBC’s Digital Research and Development teams.

To find out more about the BBC Civilisations Festival, please read a previous AIM post here: Sign Up Now For The BBC Civilisations Festival 2018

Why attend?

The workshop will be a unique opportunity for you to see digital tools in action on offer to Festival Partners. It will explore ideas about how they could be used to create digital experiences (including showcasing items from your collections) to accompany Civilisations Festival activity.

You’ll be able to see examples of the tools, hands on demonstrations and practical advice on how they could be used by your organisation for storytelling and more.

As they’ll feature items from your collections, you are encouraged to bring along colleagues with a range of expertise to come along. The workshop is ideal for:

• Museums that would like to take part in the BBC Civilisations Festival in 2018
• Staff or volunteers that have practical experience of curation
• Staff or volunteers that are involved in digital programme activities
• Staff and volunteers that might use digital tools during the festival

People with all levels of expertise are welcome.

Event details and how to book

Date: Mon 30 Oct 2017

Venue: The Theatre, BBC Pacific Quay, Pacific Drive, Glasgow, G51 1DA

Time: 2-4pm

To book, please email [email protected] with ‘Civilisations’ in the subject field to reserve a place.

Details of how to get to the venue, and facilities are here:

About BBC Scotland

The sign-up page is now live to become a Civilisations Festival Partner.

Sign up to become a BBC Civilisations partner

Please do spread the word to colleagues across the sector about the workshop. Anyone who’d like to participate please email [email protected] as outlined above.