Could you speak to brighton & Hove? - maybe this could be the start of Angel Journalism?
I follow them on twitter - so you may get a faster repsonse that way ;-)
sooo many funky things they're doing: getting bloggers to chat to community reporters, doing "bra collections" - for charities, etc., etc. - really switched on ;-)
Announcing the first Brighton & Hove Community Reporters Meetup
Community Journalism ;-) Angels just starting off - good to talk to Brighton & Hove. Eliz try via twitter: http://twitter.com/BrightonHoveCC
See how they're developing. Angels could have a tater for Journalism. You could link this to Literacy, persuasive text, etc. ;-) So Angels could do courses and link these "revisions" to filming, documentary projects to do social action ;-) fundraising ;-)
check out min 2.15 of the show trail video: word used? isnpiration! B that inspiration with the power of video. How would you use it? remove barriers, harness life-lknowledge, motivate, create a cause, what?
"Once in a generation, a book comes along that transforms the business landscape. Company strategy typically has been planned by corporate chiefs in annual meetings, and then dictated to managers to carry out. In The New How, Nilofer Merchant shows corporate directors, executives, and managers that the best way to create a winning strategy is to include employees at all levels, helping to create strategy they not only believe in, but are also equipped to implement."
"khan you do it?" - yes he Khan, so can you ;-) is there a way you could use your services to hook in some more service users, so they overcome their fears and psychological barriers? Perhaps inspire and motivate them to share their life-knoweldge to help others?
"The Community programme focuses on funding core work that helps disadvantaged people to play a fuller role in the community. We are particularly interested in work that achieves this through:
* improved social and community involvement
* improved life choices and chances
* helping people to be heard."
"How charities are getting bloggers on board
By Helen Barrett, Third Sector, 1 February 2010
Blogs, forums and other social media provide new ways for charities to get their messages across to the public. But they are a far cry from traditional PR, as Helen Barrett reports"
some lovely down to earth and practical tips of looking at preparing your content so it is more search engine friendly (for people to find you), so it is "optimised" (Search Engine Optimi(sed)sation).
Very passionate about the power of energized individuals to transform communities, and how linking up with newmedia and printing-on-demand can facilitate life skills. These platforms can be used as a stepping stone and a way of translating project skills into work skills