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.

vid link

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.

Monday, 4 June 2018

Exeter Radio #mtwr reverse order to Lancaster Spine Walk

I t just seems to be turning out this way. The meeting between 12 and 2 on Saturday has a sequence to fit with other events. The senior management, minds of the firm, call them what you like, they have another event - a regional conference, till 4. The StandUp Philosopher is part of a storytelling workshop at opening and closing so has chosen to talk on Education at 2. So the first two hours are for a look at available camera / broadcast tech and a discussion about how creatives share what they do. My guess is now that the tech around cameras will just be assumed. Creatives seem to be used to what social media has on offer. Maybe no limits will be obvious.

StandUp Philosopher probably concentrating on maths exams this time but will include a balance on action and critique, my guess. Many examples anyway of video from Widseth and Deor performance so there is some basis for this.

Any talk about a business model will be at the end when the regional conference is over. Probably production budgets will be limited so tech options need study then. To be continued later, maybe at Seale Hayne or Tech Exeter or online.

Previously I had thought about the sequence as related to a walk along Spine on Lancaster campus. Start with tech at InfoLab 21, critique as business plan at management school, observe in public space near library and bookshop. Then study as art / social science. The Standup Philosopher would be somewhere far along by now, such as where the Time Making Garden was once. Now another sort of garden but maybe better as a small theatre. Could be settled planting by next summer. Meanwhile will green screen in Exeter.

So if you are following online or from Lancaster, suggest trying the walk in reverse order. May fit better with #mtwr . There will be a tweet version, maybe some stills. Video may wait on editing , not sure.

Could be sensible anyway, even going back to original direction is an option.

Rethinking Science  Polity 2001

Social Shaping of Technology  Open University Press 1985 /1999 

Photography. Image Rights, examples #PhonicFM Another Spring #visiblegirls

This is an expanded tweet rally, and to link several graphics.

Just uploaded tweets of the captions for photos of Phonic FM presenters. Show in corridor at back of bar in Phoenix Exeter. Last week we did a quick report by phone on the Wild Show. Chris Norton surely is allowed to be in a video with his image in background? But I am still not sure about doing video interviews with art in view in a gallery. Not as well accepted as video of music performance, at least so far.



So we need an update on the video interviews in front of the photos and comment on what is though to be allowed.

Still on topic more or less, main question for creatives on June 9th will be what they think about how work is shared, sampling free download etc as a convention and as promotion. What is a radio presenter supposed to do? and / or social media collage  messing about?

There was not time enough to arrange an interview with Jean Wainwright but I did take some stills. see previous posts, probably more links later.

I have noticed some of the images from Another Spring turn upin tweets. Will try to find these again.

Previously I visited Visible Girls, photos of music fans with updates, with my friend JD. We added some record sleeve images to the teenage bedroom and also were tempted to appropriate the hat. But later bought another one, so probably stayed within limits for gallery manners.

more links later


Sunday, 3 June 2018

Pops Up Again - Centre For Bar Management, Performance and Camera Studies

This exists mostly as a Facebook group that is activated every so often. Graphics mostly from Seale Hayne as the most solid effort was around two Music and beer Festivals, sadly not continued. For about ten years it has been possible to do some sort of video with fairly cheap equipment if the performers do not mind and the audience can accept the production standards.

There is a case that the video may get enough views to promote the next event, the venue or the music. Could a venue be persuaded to invest in video? Could be just positions for a good line of sight. Or sound direct from the desk. this has happened on occasions but still quite variable. Exeter often relies on video from other locations.

Camera Studies because the technology keeps changing, often getting cheaper or more capable.

Jo Gedrych did some early tests with Exeter TV and some YouTube clips. He has made a study of local cable TV in the USA and is a Visiting Fellow for the Centre. However he now lives in the USA so rarely visits Exeter. He may have some ideas though.

Exeter City Council are thinking about a major venue. Camera positions could be part of the design. Even build some cameras into the ceiling with a remote control. When there is a budget for the building some cameras may seem a reasonable extra.

Meanwhile most likely that cheaper cameras will be the option. At BETT this year there was a version of Padcaster for mobile phones, a rig that connected to a  tripod, lights etc. Known as a Verse but not in UK yet. Any clues welcome, online or on June 9th.

More On Discussion For Creatives - How We Share Our Work

See previous post following my talk with Anna Marie Waite, bit more shape to the event.

This topic ( 1 pm ) to concentrate on situation of  creatives in changing circumstances. ( Includes presenters and video makers etc but starts with singer songwriter).

Previously Anna has been a presenter on Phonic FM and helped to organise Wonderful Women Sing, a Phonic benefit in the Voodoo Lounge. This was an occasion I worked with Chris Norton and Jon Mahy on some video that became a playlist.


The performers were happy for this to be uploaded in full. But what to think? Is this normal? Opinions vary and also it is not obvious how to improve production values without some income. ( May be going back to management issues here, will stay on  how creatives think about this sort of thing.

When promotion was mostly through FM it was ok for radio to play some tracks. Now all content may be available free in some form.

Previously my video of Spin 2 in Sidmouth. They will be in the Voodoo Lounge about the same time as this discussion but do drop by later, it may be on repeat.



continues next post on the PopUp Centre for Bar Management, Performance and Camera Studies.


Outline Update, even easier to drop in and drop out

Timing and issues more clear, study this post and it will be much easier to join this pace or leave it and still have a rough idea where the discussion is at.

Anna Marie Waite has suggested the name and reference to Management may not interest some people so suggests topic at 1pm

Discussion for Creatives -  How We Share Our Work

Covers ways songs and performance are promoted and streamed or sold. What is happening now and how to influence this. I relate this to ideas about Creative Commons and also Content Marketing. More on this in next post.

Between 12 and 1 an intro and look at cameras / ways to record and broadcast online. Some prerecorded video / sound but try for new content.  Links online to the PopUp Centre for Bar Management, Performance and Camera Studies. Not sure how much of the discussion with Creatives will be recorded /  broadcast.

2pm Standup Philosopher Talks Education  , basis for further study.

4pm onwards Joined by people from Regional Community Radio event, possibly including news from OFCOM.

Questions and answers may just stay the same. What happens to radio if FM is ended. Do creatives welcome social media? Discussion can start online any time soon, no need to wait for Saturday.

Maybe FM radio just continues and OFCOM has no comment. But do check blog after Saturday or drop in during the day.

From Exeter Living


From tweets



PS "management" still part of the discussion, what sort of structure supports whatever approach the creatives seem to want?





Tuesday, 29 May 2018

Another Spring - Copyrights as Arts Centre Moves Online

Saturday I did some stills of a Curator Tour by Dr Jean Wainwright, part of Another Spring, current show at the Phoenix Exeter and still there during the Phonic Takeover on June 9th. They are now on  Flickr in a set.

I had hoped to do some video. There are usually less than 50 people at these talks so some sort of record could help others who attend later or may not know about the show. Online video works for music but less for theatre and visuals.

Chris Dercon keynote for a MOOC couple of years ago claimed that Arts Centres are to expand by moving online. This may not be quite true yet, still many signs of investment in buildings. But the changes could be various.


Recently I came across Virtually Connecting who arrange video conferencing from events. They arrange talks on the edge of official events. Some years ago this would not have happened so attitudes may be changing.

Another Spring covers by implication topics such as Trump and Brexit, popular themes in social media. Some art is made out of newspapers. So there is scope for related tweets etc, both visual and as comment on news. When Radio ! was in the Phoenix a couple of years ago there was discussion on how music formats changed to be online but less about news. Recently more clips appear online from TV and newspaper sites have some original video. So more about this in this blog later.

Monday, 28 May 2018

Mindfulness and Buddhist Action Month

I am trying to find out more about Buddhist Action Month and to work out how it can fit with the day on Management Theory at Work in Radio. Previously Anna Marie Waite was a guest on the Wild show when she spoke about mindfulness and work in radio and writing songs. At the second original conference in Lancaster Dr Bronwen Rees spoke of "alchemy" and there was time for a short meditation. Not sure how this would work at a music event withe several people dropping in and out.

But I have come across a website for Buddhist Action Month so this may fit in ok at least to start a discussion. There are too main themes, the difficulties around social media and the action that could be taken to explore "our society’s need for a positive collective narrative for the future". One tension is that there is a tag for Twitter - #BuddhistActionMonth - a Facebook page and several YouTube clips so whatever the distractions of social media turn out to be there is much for discussion.

BBC Weekend Continues - could be "omnichannel" ?

BBC seems to be pushing iPlayer , several mentions from Graham Norton. Not so much DAB or stations like I xtra. Maybe too obscure in their opinion or maybe they see future as online or apps.

The Register has reported that DAB may be too crowded in the UK for a really good sound quality. Internet may be better.

As mentioned before "visual radio" spoken of when Radio 1 visited Exeter, but seems similar to video. "Social broadcasting" more inclusive but a bit vague. Maybe "omnichannel" describes what BBC is doing.

"omnichannel" found this but not obvious in the content. May be a tag somewhere. More clues maybe before June 9th



PS Radio 1xtra much from Africa today, not obviously connected to Biggest Weekend

Draft Call for Papers - Management theory at the Work Foundation 2019

I have been trying out some words to use during the Radio version, June 9th, and seems ok so far. So this post is to expand a bit. Things could change a lot before October when the actual call for papers is intended.

First suggestion is for topics to include " virtual connection with conferences , associating digital content and place , walking as a social practice."

This follows on from the recent Networked Learning conference. I found the Virtually Connecting website through Twitter and sat in on the hangout that became YouTube. Still checking out the papers.

One is by Shane McMordie on a "Manager" capability. This may be a possible link back to the Management Theory at Work conferences. He references Chris Grey from 1996. Hangout discussion supported the idea of involvement in organisation so this may develop. Seems something is implied.

Two areas I would like an update on - Mode 1/2 knowledge, design science. Mode 1 seems to have gone quiet, actual mode 2 very apparent. Diana Laurillard bases MOOC practice on design science but not obvious if this is the same theory as in management.

Comments, links welcome.

Meanwhile the radio version will start with situation of performers and people working in radio. Not sure how much theory time there will be. Place could be interesting. The Phoenix building is in the city centre, was previously for University of Exeter which is now on an outside campus.

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Networked Learning: Theorising a ‘Manager’ Capability Shane McMordie Independent e-teacher; PhD candidate at Lancaster University, s.mcmordie@lancaster.ac.uk
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Networked Learning 2018, Edited by: Bajić, M, Dohn, NB, de Laat, M, Jandrić, P & Ryberg, T


Grey, C., 1996. Towards A Critique of Managerialism: the Contribution of Simone Weil*. J. Manag. Stud. 33, 591–612. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.1996.tb00810.x

Laurillard, D., 2013     Teaching As A Design Science Routledge Google Books








Saturday, 26 May 2018

BBC Big Weekend so far

Now heading off towards Phoenix for talk on Another Spring. Could be a news angle on radio.

Meanwhile trying to workout what the BBC is doing with "visual radio" as I remember from Radio 1 visit to Exeter a couple of tears ago. Search seems to show the term is not used so much recently. "Social Broadcasting" seems more frequent. BBC Academy as well as BBC Learning, both show up not sure why.

From last weekend the BBC Devon video from Phoenix seems just to be the short clips on Twitter early the same evening. Not sure why, sold out anyway I think. Should be some sound on radio this evening. Maybe there is an edit still to happen.

I have started a playlist on YouTube for the #mtwr event. Clips from Wild Show on Thursday around Chris Dercon keynote for MOOC on Arts management. I will add more when it seems this start is noticed.



Meanwhile BBC Red Button showing Radio 1 compilation of film interviews. Lots of action stunts and big stars. Good telly as they have the rights to show clips. Probably worked as radio sound anyway. Live music sometime later.

Tuesday, 22 May 2018

Drop In Friendly, the core schedule

Getting closer to June 9th, time to be clear what is on offer. The building will include much music and story telling so very low chance anyone will spend extended time on management theory. So this post intended to outline the main timings so that anyone can join or leave and have a rough idea where it fits. ( bits in bracket link to possible topics later or somewhere, see previous posts)

12  Start and intro, how to link management theory with problem situation of radio.
      Is FM coming to an end? If so, what continues through digital disruption?

12.15   Mic Check

12.30   Possible link with Virtually Connecting, else replay on YouTube from Networked Learning Conference. Comparison with education / radio. Unbundling and Rebundling, is the meaning of this clear? Performers, presenters and content managers what to think? Is it ok to record video at any performance? Is remix always welcome? How to mix print and online for promotion.

(Manager's Guide to Self Development)

1.30   break / getting ready for Standup Philosopher

2.00   Standup Philosopher Talks Education   should academics make claims about practice? is critique a sounder foundation for HE ? is current maths as taught all that useful in everyday life? See earlier version from BikeShed.

sometime later  Mindfulness , Kindness                                                  (Presence)


After 4 the local community radio conference ends. Some will arrive to discuss policy.
Expected conclusion, FM continues but also social media. Tags for event to continue as #mtwr and PhonicFM. More official graphics for online designed with print. Probably starting with Zion Train.

There are people at the conference who may need to catch trains so may arrive earlier. OFCOM is represented but a tweet already informs us that the end of FM is not their decision and they have no comment. Several people also with tech knowledge. So expect the PopUp Centre for Bar Management, Performance and Camera Studies. But not much time for this so continues on Facebook. Management theory also continues online and in the bar during the evening as well as the music.

(Learning Company , Learning For Action )

6. Close


Sunday, 20 May 2018

BBC Introducing Radio Devon at Phoenix continues #visualradio

Quick post to explain several tweet links coming up soon.

Today is BBC Introducing / Radio Devon event at Phoenix Exeter , (same site for Phonic FM event on June 9th.) BBC also promotes another event next weekend.

Couple of years ago the Radio 1 Big Weekend was at Powderham Castle and there was also training at the Phoenix and Seale Hayne. They promoted the idea of "visual radio" , seemed to be a lot like video.

FM audience declining so Live Lounge not only on BBC apps but also YouTube and other social media. If content broken down into clips, might as well be video not just sound.

Problem for Phonic and other low budget radio is how to afford reasonable video production and how to organise around hashtags and rapid posting. To be continued online and discussed in some detail on June 9th.

Meanwhile look for tweets with tags #visualradio and #PhonicFM

Friday, 11 May 2018

Work Foundation location for Management Theory in 2019 #mtwf2019

There is now a solid proposal to organise a one day conference next year to continue the series Management Theory at Work  For new readers, this continues the events in Lancaster and the current version for radio.

The Work Foundation in London is now part of the Lancaster Management School. There is space for about 60 people, intended ratio about 50 : 50 for theory and practice. One day only between about 10 and 4 so travel possible from outside London.

There is a Twitter account - @mtwf2019 - so please follow if you would like updates. There will be a detailed call for papers in October 2018. The tag #mtwf2019 will also be used on other social media. The radio version - #mtwr - has a very loose structure, open agenda and sequence to fit guest availability. So it may seem out of proportion though it can be edited later and contribute to the "call for papers" stage of Management Theory at the Work Foundation.

Later there will be a page on LinkedIn. Currently #mtwr is mostly on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. John Burgoyne has enough followers to have access to video on LinkedIn but we are still exploring how to handle production. There are already several clips on YouTube that continue from his keynote at the first conference. Suggestion is to follow him on LinkedIn and/or @mtwf2019 on Twitter. Updates will be notified later this year.