The Art of Blogging and Social Media
With: Alison Baverstock and Yemisi Blake
Date: Thursday 23 June 2011
Time: 6.30pm-9pm
Venue: University of Portsmouth School of Art, Design and Media (PO1 2DJ)
Tickets: £15
Would you like to use blogging and social media as a platform for presenting new work or for marketing and promoting yourself?
Following the 2009 sell-out Art of Blogging event which was organised by Cibas as part of Havant Literature Festival, Alison Baverstock and Yemisi Blake return to talk about their experience of promoting their work and projects online and offer ideas and suggestions that you can use to develop yours.
Alison Baverstock is the author of Marketing Your Book: an Author’s Guide and Is There a Book in You? She is the resident blogger for the Artists’ and Writers’ Yearbook and leads the MA in Publishing course at Kingston University. Yemisi Blake is a photographer, blogger, Creative Mentor at the Southbank Centre and Associate Artist with All Change.
This event is designed to offer advice and support to any professional (or aspiring professional) creative people with an interest in writing, publishing and creating dynamic and engaging online content that will drive traffic to your site and new audiences to your work.
“Yemisi Blake’s talk illustrated the rich diversity possible in blogging” - Previous Art of Blogging participant
“Both spoke with honesty, and gave both sides of the topic, meaning that we can make an informed and realistic choice.” - Previous Art of Blogging paticipant
“Fantastically enthusiastic speakers!” - Previous Art of Blogging participant
The highly subsidised fee for this special event is just £15 per person which includes all course materials and refreshments. Advance booking is essential as numbers are strictly limited. Tickets can be booked and paid for via the University of Portsmouth Online Store.
The event will take place in a modern, fully equipped and accessible lecture theatre at the University of Portsmouth School of Art, Design and Media on Winston Churchill Avenue in Portsmouth. Map and directions
For further information email cibas@port.ac.uk or call 023 9284 6232
This event is part of the Future Skills Festival which takes place in Portsmouth through June and July 2011. The Festival is presented by Cibas, the creative industries business and skills development agency based at the University of Portsmouth.
