Are you interested in learning more about digitisation with a commercial company? Or fund-raising strategies? How about private sector income or crowdfunding? Could you publicise your archive service better? Do you know how can you use Web 2.0 and the internet to market your services? For the answers to all of these are more then come along to Where There's Luck There's Brass a mini-conference on marketing and fundraising for archives at King's Manor in York, Friday 29th June 2012. This special one day event in York, costing only £2, will showcase a variety of fund-raising ideas including, sponsorship, crowdfunding, partnerships with business and advice directly from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The event will also feature sessions on marketing our services. The event is organised by the Northern region of the ARA but is open to everyone. Book your place now by emailing [log in to unmask] The speakers on the day will be: Miriam Silverman, UK Content Manager, Ancestry.co.uk - Online Genealogy: Opportunities for Archives Marie Owens, ARA Head of Public Affairs - Archives: how to look good, sound good and make people listen Ned Potter, Academic Liaison Librarian, University of York - Marketing old stuff with new tools Louise Ray, Programme Manager (Development Advice), TNA - Developing fundraising strategies: doing the research and ignoring the myths Adam Lopardo - Show me the money - An introduction to private sector income Adam Lopardo - An Introduction to Crowdfunding The day will also feature a consultation on the ?ARA?s Framework for Competencies for CPD by Caroline Williams and the Annual General meeting of the Northern region. ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. Please note that the East Riding of Yorkshire Council is able to, and reserves the right to, monitor e-mail communications passing through its network. If you have received this email in error please notify our mail manager at [log in to unmask] Whilst every effort has been made to check for viruses in this e-mail and any attachments, the Council does not warrant that it or they are free of viruses. If in any doubt then please ask for the hard copy. *********************************************************************E Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra