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Posted on May 17, 2013 by TomNixon

Would you like to help us create and pilot ideas for The FuseBox?

Over the last two weeks I have been meeting start-up entrepreneurs, industry veterans and others working in the creative and tech to understand their challenges and needs. My goal is so make The FuseBox an inspiring and valuable asset for our industry. Two things have become clear from these discussions: 1) we need to create the activities that happen in The FuseBox together rather than designing and rolling out a programme from scratch; 2) we need to integrate the various parts of the sector, fusing together creative and tech as well as people and companies at different stages of development to create …

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Posted on May 2, 2013 by Caroline

Our Jobs Board is more than a jobs board

Many of you use our Jobs Board and already know about some of the main benefits of doing so (your job is delivered in a number of ways to the right audience in the local community and beyond), but I bet there’s a lot of you who aren’t using our CV database, the Recruiting Tips, or know about what I do in the background to support recruitment and nurture skills on behalf of our members. For example have you ever thought of us as a gateway to engage with local universities? I work really closely with them to provide information …

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Posted on April 22, 2013 by Caroline

Developing Young People’s Skills in Digital Media; how Brighton University student James has found working with the Cherokee and UK schools.

By James Shreeve, Digital Media Arts student at the University of Brighton At first I was somewhat apprehensive about the Cherokee nation project as it would not only move me away from our creative comfort zone but would also require working with children and teaching them programs that I have only just recently mastered myself so that would be rather interesting to say the least. For a while the project itself was alive in email chatter between work colleagues. But unbeknownst to us, the deadline for the project was swiftly moving forward so it was time to get to work …

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Posted on April 19, 2013 by Laura

Networking, networking, networking.

As the Events Manager for Wired Sussex, I’m always talking to people about Wired Sussex events as well as recommending other meetups and networking opportunities in the local creative, digital & tech community. Networking is a great way to not only find potential new business leads, but is also really important for keeping up to date with and sharing the latest business news, potential joint working opportunities and more. And as well as that it’s great to meet other like-minded people in the industry! Wired Sussex Member Meetups are regular (every 4 months) informal networking events for our members, attracting on average over 100 …

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Posted on April 5, 2013 by Laura

Top tips for successful freelancing, from successful freelancers

Last week saw the first event at The FuseBox, the Wired Sussex Breakfast Workshop: Being a Successful Freelancer. Led by Steve Bustin of Vada Media, Fran Swaine, Digital Marketing Consultant and Jo Munro, Virtual PA, the workshop was full of handy hints and top tips for successful and enjoyable freelancing. Knowledge is power and there was knowledge, shared experiences & tips aplenty at the workshop. We’re all about sharing, so below you’ll find the key takeaways and top tips from the event, for being a successful freelancer. Work/Life Balance: Do something that you are passionate about! Keep re-skilling yourself to …

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Posted on February 27, 2013 by Caroline

Wired for Sound 2013 – Even more fun was had at our 2nd charity DJ compeition

Wow thank to all for coming on Saturday to our charity fundraiser and Wired Sussex members DJ competition and social. I think I can safely say that everyone involved had a lot of fun! Here’s an account of the night from one of our lovely sponsors, that not only took part in DJing, but also helped raise a chunk of money for charity too! Digby is an SEO from No Pork Pies a digital agency in the heart of Brighton, but at night he also goes by the name DJ-igby, Wired for Sound DJ. Last Saturday the core fibres of …

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Posted on February 14, 2013 by Laura

Untangling the Wires – TV and the web

Last week we ‘Untangled the Wires’ between TV and the web at the 3rd Wired Sussex ConnectedTV Brighton event. We were really pleased to hear from Nigel Walley, Managing Director of London based media strategy consultancy Decipher. Nigel works at the forefront of the evolving TV revolution and heads up Decipher’s work defining future formats for television advertising. He is the Chairman of the Decipher Group of companies which includes iBurbia, the interactive media research lab and also the chair of Manchester Digital’s TV Tech Group, launched in January 2013. The event covered the theories behind ConnectedTV, the stages of TV evolution, channel branding …

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Posted on February 13, 2013 by Caroline

‘Wired for Sound’ fundraiser event: a bit about the 3rd of your nominated charities – Sussex Macmillan Cancer Support Centre

Following on from my recent blog posts about our ‘Wired for Sound‘ event’s charities, I’d like to present a bit more detail about the last of the 3 local charities local in which our DJ competition and social will be supporting; ‘Sussex Macmillan Cancer Support Centre‘ We are Macmillan Cancer Support. One in three of us will get cancer and it’s the toughest thing most of us will ever face. If you’ve been diagnosed with cancer, or a loved one has, you’ll want a team of people in your corner supporting you every step of the way. We provide practical, …

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Posted on February 4, 2013 by Caroline

‘Wired for Sound’ fundraiser event: a bit about the 2nd of your nominated charities – FareShare Brighton and Hove

Following on from last week’s blog post about our ‘Wired for Sound‘ event’s first nominated charity I’d like to present a bit more detail about the 2nd local charity in which our DJ competition and social will be supporting; ‘FareShare Brighton and Hove‘: FareShare Brighton and Hove: Fighting Hunger, Tackling Food Waste and Improving People’s Chances. At FareShare Brighton and Hove we do three amazing things. Firstly we tackle food waste by collecting quality surplus food from the food industry and saving it from landfill. With this food we help support over 50 organisations in the Brighton, Hove, Worthing …