In my current 9-5 job, I work for a registered charity based in Darlaston, in the Black Country. They recently took over the old Rubery Owen buildings and have recently set up the Innovation Works @ Rubery Owen. They are holding a free business advice workshop aimed at people interested in starting up their own business or social enterprise amongst other things.
The event is running on Saturday 5th April from 10am -2pm. You can download some pdf stuff for further info…Advice Workshop Flyer Rubery Owen Directions

I’ll be attending more in an advisory role on what we can offer at our centre, but I will also be holding a blogging workshop to showcase some of the nice internet goodies that can be utilised with a smidgeon of knowhow.

One of the online networky type things i’ve been following of late is Twitter. Basically, a mini blogging tool that can be updated via the web or mobile phone and users can keep up to date with anyone they wish to follow. I’m keen to explore how this tool can benefit the projects i’m starting to get involved with so as an experiment, I’ll be “tweeting” the events at Tuesday Night Live @ Soundbar, Birmingham, inbetween taking photos. I’ll try to convey the activities of the night, get some feedback from the bands and punters and generally provide a running commentary..Hopefully, we’ll get a few people who are interested, keeping track of the night as it unfolds and posting a few questions to the bands etc.
Twitter won’t be the best method of conveying the live music atmosphere, of course, already looking at some of the live mobile phone streaming services out there such as bambuser or qik, but that’s for another day.