Four years of video – the journey of our production team
After four years of dabbling with video production, Hanna looks back at the projects we’ve done and reflects on the learning and skills we’ve acquired in the process. Read more
Tag Archives: communication
Project to be proud of
Working with educational institutions, we’ve seen how difficult it can be to make real change happen. Hanna reflects on an exciting project we’ve been supporting which has achieved change on a national scale. Read more
Making collaboration easier – Why do we need a new platform?
Group communication and collaboration are key to every aspect of education and research. A new project Netskills is working on builds on a successful mailing list service to create a new interactive collaboration platform. Director Dave Hartland explains. Read more
“Going Dragon Hunting” – helping projects tell their stories
Chris describes some recent workshops Netskills has run on storytelling techniques for project dissemination. Stories can be a powerful way for research projects to communicate more widely and accessibly what impact they have had on their institutions. The workshop aims to help teams to think about their work in narrative terms. But where do dragons come into it? 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
The art of plain English
If you’re looking for inspiration and advice on how to tackle jargon, look no further than Gov.uk style guide. Read more
The art and agony of screenwriting
As frustrated film directors, we’ve embarked on a project aiming to coach us to become better screenwriters, storytellers and cinematographers. Read more
Can senior managers and social media be a good match?
Everyone’s using social media today. But there is still a big bunch of people for whom it can be a little tricky. These are my thoughts after an interesting impromptu conversation with a CEO currently pondering whether to go on Facebook and Twitter. Read more