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On Saturday 23 June 2012 Gower author Anne-Marie Quigg (Bullying in the Arts) will be one of the contributors at A free workshop for students, teachers, researchers and cultural workers
The arts and media sectors thrive on devotion born of their workers’ passions for art and culture. This one-day workshop investigates the conditions in which cultural workers pursue their passions by bringing the theoretical, historical and practical aspects of ‘creative work’ together.
Location: Birkbeck College, University of London
The event is free, but space is limited.
Please register your place here: http://passionindustries.eventbrite.com/
Ann-Marie Quigg uses rather a transparent technique in her blog to capture your interest, which I have shamelessly copied here. The intention is however totally decent and is to draw your attention to the free workshop that she is taking part in at Birkbeck College in London on 23rd June around the working conditions of people who are passionate about their work in the arts, cultural and media sectors. Ann-Marie is author of Bullying in the Arts.
Gower is attending and exhibiting at Information Design 2012 (12th-13th April) at Greenwich University, London. The event has a very eclectic programme, reflecting the many aspects of information design: human factors, information management, design management, visual studies, architectural design … the list goes on. If you are planning to attend, do drop me an e-mail (jnorman@gowerpublishing.com) and call by the Gower/Ashgate bookstand. I’ll be delighted to meet you.
Museum Education Monitor (MEM) tracks and records research and resources in museum education worldwide.
The aim of MEM is to help create a ‘road map’ to new and current learning in museum education.
It has recently polled its readers about the most valuable books in the field in order to create a Museum Educators Booklist – we are happy to announce that Gower’s Cultural Leadership Handbook by Robert Hewison and John Holden featured at number 8 in this poll. For more information, or to take part in this ongoing survey and the activities of MEM see their facebook page.
It’s when business seems at its toughest and the economic climate at its most unforgiving that the distinctiveness and conherence of your organization’s vision and values will be most tested and, potentially, most valuable. This short piece from Shan Preddy to help you check up on your vision and values is aimed particularly at design businesses, but I think it is relevant to all SMEs. Shan Preddy is author of How to Run a Successful Design Business and How to Market Design Consultancy Services.
Gower author, Dr Anna Meroni, will be one of the experts giving a first class presentation at the Service Design: Dialogue on Approaches on 22nd November in Helsinki, Finland. Service Design will bring together researchers and practitioners of design with a wide variety of backgrounds, ontologies and approaches.
Join Anna at the event to hear about the amazing design work she has been carrying out in Italy, along with further information about her new book Design for Services, co-written with Dr Daniela Sangiorgi.
The recent Irish Times Innovation roadshow at the University of Limerick, included Gower author, Donal O’Connell (Harvesting External Innovation) as one of its contributors. Donal highlighted the challenge of an innovation process that involves ambiguity, controversy and non-linearity. The event was filmed very professionally and the resulting programme is well worth a look: Innovating Cities and Communities of Practice.
Anna Meroni, co-editor of the recently published Gower book Design for Services is presenting at a ‘drinks and thinks’ event organised by Service Design, Melbourne on the evening of 24th October. Well worth going to hear what she has to say and an opportunity to buy the book at a hefty discount too.
Robert Hewison will be taking part in a panel discussion at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford upon Avon on Saturday 16th July at 10am. The topic is “Theatre, Art and the 1960’s”, and is part of the RSC’s 50th birthday season. Hewison’s new book, co-authored with John Holden, is The Cultural Leadership Handbook: How to run a Creative Organization. It is published this month by Gower.
Robert Hewison is Professor of Cultural Policy and Leadership Studies at City University London and an Associate of the think tank Demos. As a cultural consultant he has worked with the South Bank Centre, the Greater London Authority, Arts Council England and the North West Cultural Consortium.
