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Apologies for cross posting Let's Get Engaged! 10-5pm, Thursday, 21st June, 2007 Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Street, London W1G 7LP Places are still available at our upcoming conference on community engagement in the arts and heritage sectors. The day will aim to move on thinking by offering new perspectives to support the development of long-term and exciting audience development strategies. Drawing on knowledge from both the private and public sectors, expert keynote and breakout speakers will explore organisational and partnership dynamics through a range of models and perspectives, and draw new connections between arts & heritage organisations and the communities around them. please see below for more details of keynote and breakout speakers. Places are £45 for AL subscribers and £70 for non-subscribers; to book, please contact [log in to unmask] or call 020 7407 4625. Community Engagement Network Event 5.30-8pm, Thursday, 28th June, 2007 The Leather Exchange, 15, Leathermarket St, London, SE1 3Hn An opportunity for informal networking and good practice sharing among community engagement / outreach professionals within the arts and heritage sectors. Free. To book a place, please email [log in to unmask] or call 020 7407 4732 to find out more. Apologies for any cross-posting! Let's Get Engaged! Speaker Update Keynotes: - Jennifer Williams, Artist, Centre for Creative Communities The Centre for Creative Communities (CCC) believes that the arts and creativity are central to human development and essential elements in building sustainable communities. CCC aims to combat social apathy and promote civic engagement through opening up dialogue among the community, public and corporate sectors. With extensive national and international experience, the Centre is committed to transforming key concepts and values into operational realities. CCC generates effective local community development and enables energetic citizenship by facilitating collaboration and partnership amongst diverse sectors of society. Jennifer is currently writing a paper for Arts Council England on arts and community engagement, the evolution of the field and the opportunities available in recognising artists' transformative ability to help people to think in new ways. She will speak on how new working patterns, vocabularies and methods of governance can address the need to find quality and meaning in an increasingly complex information society. - Jeremy Hawkins, Head of the Centre for Collaborative Excellence Jeremy 'teaches people to think straight'. He is working with the Young Foundation to set up the Centre for Collaborative Excellence, and is Head of the Partnership Development Unit for Local Government, East Midlands; he has been involved in a range of projects in the public sector working on single issues, multi-agency collaborations and neighbourhood regeneration initiatives. He uses tools including Social Network Analysis and Effective Intelligence to identify networks of influence and trust that flow through and between individuals, organisations and communities, and will speak on how these hidden dynamics and behavioural patterns can both enhance and impede progress towards goals. - Sarah Cretch, Project Director, Waterloo Arts & Events Network & Mandy Ayres, Head of Corporate Responsibility for Nike England & Northern Ireland Nike are working in partnership with WAEN, Sports Action Zone and Laban to deliver an extensive programme of dance activities aimed at empowering young women through a range of development work and action research. This presentation will present the project model, and discuss how businesses are recognising their responsibility to affect social change; the power of the brand to influence for positive change; and how development partnerships involve long term investment in people to develop new processes and create significant social impact. - Hardish Virk, Audience Development Consultant Hardish Virk has worked as an Audience Development Consultant for over 15 years, in visual arts, dance, music and theatre. He has worked with Arts Council England and the British Councils in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, as well as the Department for Culture, Media and Sports as a member of the Advisory Board on the Public Service Agreement 3. He specialises in developing new audiences from Black and Minority Ethnic communities. Hardish will describe why and how he got involved with community engagement work and how this way of working has influenced his audience development practice. He will discuss past work and how the principles of community engagement transcend sector boundaries. Delegates will be able to attend two of the following breakouts: 1. Community Ticketing Facilitated by Roxie Curry, Manager, Shoreditch Audiences A practical session looking at the benefits and challenges of enabling ticket sale transactions to happen in the local community, outside of venues - with a look at the Shoreditch Audiences' Community Box Offices on Hoxton Street and Haggerston School for Girls. 2. New audiences and the heritage sector: motivations, driving forces, consultation and practice Facilitated by Ruth Clarke, Community Learning Manager, National Trust London A discussion-based workshop that will look at the experiences and thoughts of participants, and explore an audience development case study from the National Trust in London. 3. How far can you go? Facilitated by Anita Dinham, Community Catalyst / Diversity & Access Manager, Audiences Central, and Francis Alexander, Artistic Director, Chelsea Theatre An open discussion exploring the extremes of community engagement, drawing on the facilitators' experience and raising some provocative questions. How far can an artist go when making work with and through communities? What happens to artistic goals when artists and non-artists come together? What would happen if a venue gave away their programming to the community for a year? Could audience networks eventually control Chief Execs? Deirdre McGrath Policy Development Officer MLA London Fourth Floor 53-56 Great Sutton Street London EC1V 0DG Email: [log in to unmask] Direct Line: 020 7549 1706 Mobile: 07940 374 021 MLA London is the strategic regional development agency for museums, libraries and archives in London. We are part of the MLA Partnership. 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