Summer fun (and work) at Netskills
When the office has quieted down for summer it’s perfect time to catch up on work and tie up all the loose ends. Hanna reflects on the end of the year work before heading off to holidays. Read more
Category Archives: Netskills Uncut
Mastering digital storytelling – previewing a new workshop
Last week Chris and Hanna previewed a new workshop – A Digital Storytelling Masterclass – to a selection of eager storytellers. Here Chris reflects on the success of the intensive (and emotional!) two days of training. Read more
Another slice of Pi
One one the perks of working here is being willing testers for the delicious cakes and pies our colleague Lisa makes. Today was one of those days and by a happy coincidence we had a visitor to share the pie with – Dave White, who we last collaborated with on a different sort of Pi(e) day. Read more
Telling our story at the International Digital Storytelling Conference
Chris was speaking at Create Act Change, the International Digital Storytelling conference in Turkey recently about the work that Netskills has been doing with Jisc-funded projects. Here reflects on how the experience affected his views on storytelling and what it was like to participate in a new community of practice. Read more
Creative spaces – online meetings in the stationary cupboard
Inspired by the photo competition of inspirational spaces (by Northumbria University) we wanted to share our newest office space developments. Utilising every corner in the office (literally), we now have a dedicated Skype station for online meetings. Read more
Capturing events – the story behind Pi Day Live story
Taking photos and chatting to event attendees is pretty straightforward but capturing the atmosphere of an event into something easily consumable takes a little bit more effort. Hanna explains the process behind the Pi Day Live story – a cool online event we were supporting. Read more
Pi Day Live – 45 minutes in the oven
Pi Day Live was 45 mins of high-pressure live event activity that we’re all still talking about and buzzing from. It was an innovative online format that was challenging to support, but that we are proud of helping to make a success. So much so that we’ve made a special “Netskills uncut” story about our part in the day that you can watch here. Read more
Behind the themes – designing and developing Netskills Voices
While WordPress makes it easy to get a site up and running, we wanted Netskills voices to be more than “just another WordPress site.” We thought we’d share some of our thinking about the design with you here, as well as the technical details of how it was implemented. We got Steve to write the post as he’s the WordPress geek who’s been in the shed working on this and we thought it was about time we let him out. Read more
Work hard/play hard
Sometimes the social and sporting activity we get up to can be as valuable as the team development sessions we do. Read more
“Camera, lights, action!” – A different kind of day in the office
Making e-learning resources can be fun. This Autumn, we’ve been lucky enough to work with a bunch of lovely people from South Tyneside College on an interesting project to enhance their Certificate in Education course. Read more