As a project about places to go and things to do, it is great to announce some activities we are more closely associated with organising! Granted, not all of thse are aimed specifically at young people (and so in plings!), but here goes:
Plings promotion events, on plings!
Plings promotion roadshows – 6th March, Hull & Knowsley
Tomorrow (6th March) will see the first of a series of roadshows in some of the pilot local authorities, as part of the local research we are undertaking.
Whilst these events will help to spread the message of the positive activities available locally, we will also be paying close attention to the impact this marketing push will have in terms of take up. By this we mean both impact of take up of the information, but also of actual events. More to follow… but we’ve used Plings to publish the details of these events!
Update – we’ve also created Facebook events for both Hull and Knowsley
All About Plings event, 20th April, Birmingham
We have had quite a bit of interest from local authorities that sit outside of the DCSF pilot areas in recent weeks. So – on the 20th April we are organising an event to start to inform and present the project, and our learning, to these audiences. We’ve used eventbrite to publish this event and collect bookings (it is free). So -if you have an interest in positive activity information and would like to understand how your local authority could start to participate in plings, then this is the event for you…
Regional meetings – mid May
As part of our ongoing work with 20 local authorities via the DCSF Information & Signposting Project, we have now arranged a series of regional workshops to act as an opportunity to get together and share, learn and plan in smaller groups – in mid May 2010. We’ve used Wufoo to publish a form for these events – if you work within one of our pilot areas, please complete our form!
Developer meeting – 18th June, Manchester
Finally, just time to announce a provisional date of the 18th June for this years Developer Meeting. Last year we were in London (at Google!), so this year we’ve gone closer to home, here in Manchester. This event is aimed at those witha technical interest or involvement in plings – from local authority web and IT teams, through to those building feeds, apps and all manner of things! As mentioned, this date is still provisional – so we’ve used Twitter to annouce it, and gather feedback! Please retweet…
More events and details to follow, but please get invovled in our plings if you can!
