Free media advice for voluntary and community groups
14 April, 6.30pm to 8.00pm at ITV, Gateshead
The ITV news team is offering ten charities and community groups in the north east one-to-one advice. If you would like to get your voice heard or develop a communication strategy, send your organisation details, a telephone number and a paragraph about your current media needs to mediamatching@mediatrust.org
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Fellow digital champions I have been requested to produce a video diary of a one day event in April. the diary is going to be used for evaluation, information and promotional purposes.
As this is my first attempt at a video diary I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions as to the most effective and efficient way of doing this. I have 6 flip cams availble plus 3 compact digital cameras with a limited movie facility plus a Digial SLR and one good quality digital audio recorder. We will be… Continue

i am a member of GOLD growing older living in darlington for the over 50s also a core group member of links, local involvment network's for health and social care

Many, if not all, of the Group are involved with charities.

This usually embraces fundraising in some form or another.

I may be able to assist in the following way. I can arrange music in the form of a full band, for large dances; a small group for informal events where you may like a couple of sessions of musical entertainment; or another group who play music from the musicals, which can be good at outdoor fetes, or coffee mornings.

In essence, they all play for

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It's worth exploring this BBC website. I found the series of TV programmes provided invaluable insights from multiple perspectives about the Digital World. The subject matter dealt with many issues that people have raised in their conversations with me in my role as a digital champion.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/virtualrevolution/makingof.shtml

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