Monday 18 June 2018

Video production back to fairly simple

Still waiting for Verse to be widely available in the UK. Still no sign of YouTube RED in UK. S probably video will continue at low level of production and just stay aware of what else is possible. There are a few things coming long and meanwhile video on Facebook and other places is accepted even though it is mostly a talking head. Could work ok depending on content.

YouTube seems to be getting even more into channels. Playlists now not doing well, guess this is for all not just mine. Rarely shown in suggestions, they prefer their own lists for particular artists. So I am thinking about promotion for some outside YouTube and/ or showing playlists somewhere else.

Blogs could work as a way to do sequences.

Monday 11 June 2018

Place Shift as Standup Philosopher Talks Education

Video now uploaded from Phoenix Exeter on Saturday, original green screen versions of main talk and Q&A, also shifted with background from garden on Lancaster Spine.









Several issues, should have kept fixed camera as backgound static. Folds in screen show up white. But anyway this is a start on using the Spine Walk as a base for clips from somewhere else.

We did have lighting from Phoenix Digital but thought the daylight was enough.

Previously at the first #mtwr in Bikeshed the Standup Philosopher was much more on topic as I asked for. He covered critique and included a basis for action. This time he was much easier to follow and spoke mostly about maths and exams. There is still an issue about how HE relates to practice. Is it possible that Business Schools include content that is more intended as selection than something useful in practice?

The original Management Theory at Work events did mix action and learning. To be continued.

Friday 8 June 2018

Print, omnichannel

Just a note to be a reminder, nothing yet on print and omnichannel.

I will come back to this.

So far found that Cross Channel Marketing still being talked about although the shows have stopped and I am not sure even IPEX will continue as the same sort of event.

How to describe the marketing and distribution around radio and records? Radio 1 spoke of "visual radio" when they visited the Phoenix a couple of years ago. then "social broadcasting" to include TV, changing even faster. Maybe "omnichannel" is better as it includes retail, I think. Same word, maybe used slightly differently?

Looking at the academic sites and social media it is sometimes a shock when a book is mentioned and it turns out to be over £100, hardback only or ebook to rent. But maybe print could be a way of income / sponsorship for video? Production costs for video are falling but still needs something.

More later.

Link from #mtwr to @mtwf2019

Tomorrow I think most of the people at the meeting room, first floor, Phoenix in Exeter will mostly be interested in music performance but there is clear digital disruption around FM so much to discuss that relates to management learning. Mostly we should get  some new video clips but to fill in gaps there will be a selection from an updated playlist, Management Theory at Work in Radio.


One song - Kindness from Ben Glover - to fit with Mindfulness, many clips from John Burgoyne, some duplication but wide range of style in video production, another topic.

Apple view and take on the MOOC. Loops are possible from "visual radio" , a BBC term for video, back to education assuming everywhere is close to a studio of some kind.

Soon there will be a switch to working more on mtwf2019 , Management Theory at the Work Foundation for end 2019. Call for papers probably in October. The time for working on papers will coincide with two shows at ExCEL - BETT and Learning Technologies, so there may be more tech in background.

Hello Creatives

This is a short version of the Management Theory at Work in Radio timings for tomorrow.

Anna Marie Waite will be there about 1pm and suggests the topic "How Do Creatives Share Our Work?" , mostly about music performance and song writing.

Can be just an open question but relates to rights and social media. What is intended, what can be expected. Relates to how radio has used content and how this evolves with social media.

From 12 trying out cameras. There can be a similar discussion about images. Photos of Phonic presenters seem ok to share online an/or include in another photo / video.

2pm Standup Philosopher Talks Education , mostly about maths exams but some on basis of study.

From 4 joined by some from Regional Radio Conference. What follows on from FM? Relates to what creatives seem to want.

At some time as gaps indicate, Mindfulness ( might be part of talk with Anna Marie Waite ) and Kindness, and "Not Taking the Not Given" , not sure what this means but it may be a basis for content sharing.


Thursday 7 June 2018

Space, Place, Exeter Phoenix for Saturday, learning possibility

Blog posts getting shorter as time creeping up, need to check lots of blank space on SD cards and work out what to delete.

But just to mention again that the building now the Phoenix Arts Centre was once a part of a London College or part of the start of University of Exeter or an Art School or School of Printing. Dates to follow sometime.

From 50s it seemed the campus was the main place for research and knowledge. But maybe with the internet there could be a move back to the city. Meanwhile as high street shopping declines all available spaces seem to be student accommodation. Not sure this will last if learning moves online.

But there could be more study in the city. Maybe return to Phoenix even when not on offer for free.

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Wednesday 6 June 2018

OFCOM and news, Another Spring examples, background chat

Quick notes as time getting scarce.

OFCOM will be at the Phonic event on Saturday, mostly for the Regional Radio Conference but they may drop in on the Management in Radio talks. My guess is that they will not have nmuch to say formally about ending FM or making DAB possible for community stations. seems to be a policy decision at some other level.

But maybe there can be some general discussion about regulation in different media as things change. I have found out that some of the video production in Express and Echo has moved from Exeter to Plymouth. "Plymouth Live" is now the main brand so this could develop as related to Devon Live. it is possible the Express and Echo could become "Exeter Live" in not too far off future. Trinity Mirror has become Reach so this sounds like web analytics talking.

I was surprised that OFCOM was asked to look at the sale of Daily Express. Similar opinions seem to be represented in other UK newspapers. But maybe websites, social video, broadcasting will all become much the same thing.

There have been statements by the new editor, Gary Jones, that previous front pages on Islam made him "uncomfortable". Independent report with video. OFCOM report was expected in May so may be out soon, will show if this is an issue.

The main current art show at Phoenix is "Another Spring" , much of the work based on news photos or actual newspapers. Much discussion possible around mainstream news and social media.

Meanwhile print may be in continuing decline. Can Reach consolidate production? Could the essence of the Express be preserved online? Rupert Bear search finds a fan site.