Blogging creates a fantastic opportunity to experience the world through the words of others. It is also far easier to invite people to write stuff for you, rather than to do it all yourself! Therefore, we are delighted to announce that over the next two months, a series of Special Guest Bloggers will be contributing their views, thoughts and experiences of technology, innovation, digital inclusion and life, here on the Connecting Bristol Blog.
This is the line-up…
- 10th – 17th March, Julie Harris, South West Regional ICT Champion & Chief Executive at COSMIC – a leading social enterprise delivering ICT services to the voluntary and community sector. Read Julie’s first post here
- 18th – 23rd March, Andy Martin, Head of Strategy (Fundraising and Marketing) for Cancer Research UK and Director of Firetail, a strategy consulting and technology firm.
- 24th – 30th March, Makala Cheung, Press and Communications Officer at Knowle West Media Centre & local resident. Makala will be blogging live as the state-of-the-art and environmentally friendly new Knowle West Media Centre prepares to officially open. Makala says, “I work in the area I live in – Knowle West. I love that I can walk to work, feel connected to my local community, and I can tackle my work from a residents as well as workers perspective. I love the Media Centre, because it supports my personal and career growth and learning, just as it does for the community”
- 31st – 6th April, Stephen Coleman, Professor of Political Communication, University of Leeds. A world-renown commentator on e-democracy and Government, Stephen Coleman has spent many years exploring and writing about the relationship between digital media and citizenship. His new book ‘The Internet and Democratic Citizenship’, written with Jay Blumer, will be published by Cambridge University Press later this year. He argues that e-democracy calls for profound cultural as well as technological changes.
- 7th – 13th April, Jeff McWhinney, Director at SignVideo/Significan’t and former Chief Executive at the British Deaf Association. Jeff will also run a signing-video version of his blog (as long as Oliver can get the widget thing to work).
- 14th – 20thApril, George Kaloudis, MyKP, Australia’s leading community Wi-Fi provider
- 21st – 27th April, Pier Mucelli, Founder and Chief Executive of the award-winning e-Office
We look forward to seeing what our guests have to say. We have promised not to edit or meddle as long as they stay legal. We hope you find their contributions engaging.
Stephen
