"Hi Tony,
Thanks for that; your youthworktoolbox website looks useful, particularly the podcasts.
We're looking at going with Mailchimp as it's very user-friendly and very much integrated with social media which is a major plus.
I might…"
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Tim Davies's Blog – July 2009 Archive (3)
Bebo Case Study: It Does Not Have to Happen
I was recently at a symposium hosted by Bebo exploring social network sites for Social Change. It was co-run with the No To Knive Coalition from the Home Office - and I thought this one-pager summarising how they have used Bebo may be of interest:…
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Added by Tim Davies on July 19, 2009 at 12:02 — No Comments
Skype, Three and Communicating with young people
With unlimited free Skype calls on Three I'm wondering if any youth work or youth engagement projects have explored how Skype could be used in their work.I'm guessing (though I've not checked) this also applies to text chat (as in the Mobiles discussion at Connected Generation there was a fairly clear consensus that… Continue
Added by Tim Davies on July 17, 2009 at 10:17 — No Comments
A rights based approach to E-safety
Great link from Pete Cranston to Oldham's E-Safety Week charter which sets out e-safety tips in the form of 'Rights' for young people.
Take a look and see what you think. Is this the approach we should be using when we talk e-safety?…
Take a look and see what you think. Is this the approach we should be using when we talk e-safety?…
Added by Tim Davies on July 14, 2009 at 22:00 — 2 Comments
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Tony Brown replied to Mildred Talabi's discussion Email marketing - how do you do yours?"Hi Mildred.
I currently use Awebber for my email campaigns.
It's a paid service, but after my research, it seemed to be the best option for me.
I also have a mail chimp account, but I have never used it.
Awebber was not too difficult to set…"
Shane Baker posted a discussionSurvey for children and young people... Please share...
Please could everyone share this survey with 8 to 19 year olds.The research is exploring children and young peoples views on e-Safety, so great opportunity to get them thinking about staying safe online. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9QH8RB2Much appreciate any support and I am happy to share the results in June should anybody like to have a read :)See More
Dee Paul Gibson posted an eventOur place our base at Live.ourplaceourbase.org
May 7, 2013 all day
We will be having a live blog where all youth workers can come on and discuss youth work online
Katie Bacon posted a status"Apologies for the disruption to the forum, lost a credit card and forgot to update the details."
Kate Reed posted an eventFree training day for youth workers on Understanding Group Work at YMCA George Williams College
May 21, 2013 from 10am to 5pm
YMCA George Williams College is offering a free training day on ‘Understanding Group Work’ for professionals and volunteers working with young people. The day will encourage you to think about different approaches to group work as well as providing practical activities that you can take away and use with young people. Topics to be covered include: Team buildingGroup rolesUnderstanding conflictUsing discussionLeadershipTo book your free place, please contact Naomi Stanton…See More
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Using Creative Assessment Tools for Practitioners at Attlee Youth & Community Centre, London E1
April 11, 2013 from 9:30am to 4:30pm
BackgroundOne of the challenges of assessment processes with young people is how to secure their involvement and active participation. Only too often assessment can become something that is ‘done’ to young people (or a form that needs to be filled in), rather than a dynamic process that puts them at the centre, something theyare involved with and have some ownership over. The assessment tools called ‘CAF Cards’ and ‘Road Sign Cards’ have been developed with young people to work with the…See More
Helen Miller commented on Tim Davies's blog post Youth Workers exploring Youth Work in 21st Century - Virtual Conference"My apologies for commenting some 4 months after this event happened, I really don't get onto this site as often as I should! This was the first (hopefully there will be many more) online youth work student conference, and it was a bit of a have…"
Helen Miller left a comment for Matt Bamford-Bowes"Just had a quick glance at the web page, looks like a great project - cant believe I'm only just discovering it!"
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