** Apologies for cross posting ** There are new training events listed at King's Digital Consultancy Services. http://www.digitalconsultancy.net/content/training.htm
What course attendees have said about our training: * "Excellent coverage of information with apt description and explanation." * "The balance between group discussion and presentation was particularly good." * "This is excellent ? one of the best I've attended." * "It was very comprehensive ? as I thought of questions, they were answered almost right away. I have a lot of new knowledge that I'll be able to apply." * "Provided just the information required ? informative, comprehensive and thought provoking." Courses are ?140 (no VAT) per person and are based in London at King's College London. Course include the following: 11th February Managing digital projects for culture and heritage 22nd February Digital copyright: Opportunities and practicalities 6th March Colour management 20th May Digital preservation 12th June Digitising and delivering textual resources Register interest for the following (dates to be confirmed): Fundraising Sustaining digital projects: Funding the future Audiovisual preservation for culture, heritage and academic collections 22nd February 2008 Digital Copyright: opportunities and practicalities Presented in association with Naomi Korn, copyright consultant. Copyright is a current and important topic for many organisations, particularly those that are considering digitising and delivering digital content in order to make sure that their rights are not infringed upon and their assets are fully exploited. This all-day course will focus upon participant's experiences and case studies. It will encourage group work and discussion around key areas, whilst focusing on current topics and real world digital issues. This course will appeal to everyone currently digitising content or thinking of embarking on a digital project who wishes to learn more about rights issues. Participants are invited to bring case studies and outlines of current projects to the session. By the end of the day, participants will: * Encounter the key issues relating to digital copyright * Know the importance of managing and protecting their rights * Share experiences and good practice tips with other participants * Gain knowledge about how best practice can be embedded within their daily work Naomi Korn is an experienced trainer and consultant, specialising in copyright, IPR, licencing and digital rights management. She has worked for many years with museums, galleries, archives, libraries and the higher education sector. She was the first copyright officer at the Tate and has contributed to many international projects. She is currently the Secretary of the Museum Copyright Group. See Naomi's website for more information. Sessions include: * Copyright in a global environment: overview of the legal landscape and key issues * Digitisation and copyright: what can you digitise and when should you? * Digital Rights Exploitation: generating income from copyright * Delivering content on the web: practical tips for protecting your rights * Institutional Intellectual Property Audit * Digital Rights management: solutions and shortcuts * Case studies 11th February 2008 Managing digital projects for culture and heritage Focused upon delivering digital resources and digitisation (the conversion to digital formats) this one day course will inform managers and project staff about how to approach digital projects. Starting with effective project management through fundraising and budgeting/costing issues the course will offer real life examples and tools to enable effective management. The afternoon will focus upon writing requirement specifications, tendering and selecting service providers. The course will encourage discussion, questions and debate plus provide a structured environment to learn about the management tools of the digital project trade. Sessions: * Planning and project management Introducing the fundamentals of project management to enable effective planning and risk management * Fundraising and budgeting Transforming plans into costed proposals for raising funds. How to work with funding bodies to get what you both want. * Writing requirement specifications and requests for proposals (RFP) How to write a functional description of what is needed (whether service, system or software oriented) to enable external service providers to achieve the desired outcomes. * Tendering and selecting services How to tender for and select services. Whether to work in-house or outsource and how to use a decision matrix. 6th March 2008 Colour ? fidelity for digital imaging given in association with the National Gallery This course will be suitable for anyone wishing to learn more about colour management and how to apply it within a digital image environment or digitisation project. It will emphasize the management element of "colour management" and so will be of interest to project staff, managers and technical staff alike. The National Gallery will give a demonstration and talk about their method of colour management. Content * Introduction to colour in digital imaging (colour spaces and colour gamut) * Introducing colour calibration and management * National Gallery demonstration of colour management * Managing colour in your project or organisation * Integrating colour management into your working environment Dates to be confirmed: register your interest now! Fundraising Heritage and memory organizations are increasingly engaging in many different kinds of digital projects large and small. These projects often need to be funded from outside sources, at least in the early stages, as it is difficult to create new funding streams for new initiatives. This workshop will address some of the key issues in planning and costing digital projects, identifying funders, writing grant proposals, and will discuss some of the major sources of funding available to not-for-profit organisations. Topics covered in this training day include: * Finding funders * Matching bids to funders needs * Proposal development * Writing and pitching proposals * Financial issues o Managing the project/programme finances o Cost and benefit analysis for planning expenditure o Tendering and procurement o Sustaining the funding stream Dates to be confirmed: register your interest now! Sustaining digital projects: funding the future The long-term sustainability of digital resources is a problem in a world where projects are conceived of as short-term activities and where funders have limited resources to commit beyond initial development phases. Regular updating and upgrading is inevitable, and hardware and software must be replaced regularly if a resource is to grow and thrive. This course will identify the key issues in developing a sustainability plan including what to sustain (resource, people and/or activity), various revenue models and finding your market niche for future funding. Topics covered in this training day include: * What are you sustaining? * Cost and benefit analysis for planning the future * Stakeholder studies - knowing your audience * Revenue models and channels to market o Advertising model o Infomediary model o Merchant model o Affiliate model o Community model o Subscription model o Utility model ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Simon Tanner Director, King's Digital Consultancy Services King's College London 26-29 Drury Lane, 2nd Floor, London WC2B 5RL tel: +44 (0)20 7848 1678 or +44 (0)7887 691716 email: simon.tanner at kcl.ac.uk www.digitalconsultancy.net Digital Futures: 5 day training event for 2008 See: http://www.digitalconsultancy.net/digifutures/