YGWYG 15: BLOOMING IDEAS, FRESH VIBES!
Spring is in the air, and so is inspiration! YGWYG 15 is here, ready to spark new ideas and bring Bristol’s creative tech community together.
Wednesday 9 April, 2025 (6pm for a 6.30pm start) ~ The Square Club, Bristol
Shake off the winter chill and step into a season of growth, ambition, and bold thinking. With four brilliant speakers on the lineup, YGWYG 15 is your perfect springboard for fresh inspiration, meaningful connections, and a little creative magic.
SPEAKERS
Kerry Harrison, AI Educator
Derek Ahmedzai, The Peeps
Saskia Jury, True Digital
Jon McWee, Havas Helia
Get ready for insights, stories, and practical takeaways that’ll leave you buzzing long after the flowers fade.
YGWYG is free (yep, still FREE), but seats are limited to just 75.
At YGWYG, we’re all about fresh perspectives, a close-knit community, and bold conversations.
So grab a ticket, bring a friend, and let’s embrace the season of growth together. Can’t make it? Release your ticket so another creative genius can join the fun.
See you on 9 April. Let’s make this sprung spring unforgettable!
Every year, TMW sends our strategy team out to attend South by Southwest, the world’s biggest technology and arts festival, to learn about the changes that are likely to shape our world and the industry.
But you don’t need to go all the way to Austin, Texas to see we’re living through a period of chaos. The pace of change has become so rapid that predicting the future feels less possible than ever. The models we’ve traditionally relied upon to understand, predict and plan are failing.
There’s vigilantism and lawlessness. Hucksters and quacks. Unprecedented risks and enormous opportunities. You could say: we’re living in the wild, wild west.
Come join our breakfast session to hear the good, the bad and the ugly of SXSW, and our recommendations for how to wrangle the chaos.
Agenda:
08:45 Doors open for breakfast
09:15 Event Start
10:30 Event Finish
This April, we’re bringing the Pimento 6pm Club to Bath, hosted by Marketing Managed. Join us for an evening of connections and opportunities with fellow independent agencies and consultants. The event will involve a short introduction from us and our host before opening up for networking with fellow members and guests.
https://www2.pimento.co.uk/6pm-Club-Marketing-Managed
Bath Digital Festival is set to return in 2025 to transform Bath into a vibrant hub of innovation, creativity, and cutting-edge technology. More than just a local event, this curated festival aims to provide a platform for the entire South West region to explore, learn, and celebrate advancements in the digital and tech industries.
Immerse yourself in a diverse lineup of interactive workshops, thought-provoking discussions, and engaging panels. Get hands-on with cutting-edge technologies, meet the brilliant minds shaping the future, and experience the energy of a true festival.
Whether you’re a digital innovator, a curious learner, or someone with a bold idea, Bath Digital Festival 2025 welcomes you to join the conversation.
Space: Beyond the Horizon
Highlighting the South West’s role as the UK’s third-largest aerospace cluster, this theme explores both the literal and figurative boundaries of space. Delve into immersive digital environments, rethink physical and workplace spaces, and consider the human drive to explore and create.
Sustain: Enabling the Future
From sustainable business models to mindful personal growth, this theme redefines what sustainability means for people, the planet, and communities. It’s a call to action for ideas that go the distance—whether in design, education, or urban development.
Being: The Human and Beyond
With a focus on health, life sciences, and the intersection of technology with the human experience, this theme tackles neurodiversity, mental health, and advancements like IoT, robotics, and quantum computing. It’s about enhancing what it means to be human.
Whether you’re a digital innovator, a curious learner, or someone with a bold idea, Bath Digital Festival 2025 welcomes you to join the conversation.
Bath Digital Festival is set to return in 2025 to transform Bath into a vibrant hub of innovation, creativity, and cutting-edge technology. More than just a local event, this curated festival aims to provide a platform for the entire South West region to explore, learn, and celebrate advancements in the digital and tech industries.
Immerse yourself in a diverse lineup of interactive workshops, thought-provoking discussions, and engaging panels. Get hands-on with cutting-edge technologies, meet the brilliant minds shaping the future, and experience the energy of a true festival.
Whether you’re a digital innovator, a curious learner, or someone with a bold idea, Bath Digital Festival 2025 welcomes you to join the conversation.
Space: Beyond the Horizon
Highlighting the South West’s role as the UK’s third-largest aerospace cluster, this theme explores both the literal and figurative boundaries of space. Delve into immersive digital environments, rethink physical and workplace spaces, and consider the human drive to explore and create.
Sustain: Enabling the Future
From sustainable business models to mindful personal growth, this theme redefines what sustainability means for people, the planet, and communities. It’s a call to action for ideas that go the distance—whether in design, education, or urban development.
Being: The Human and Beyond
With a focus on health, life sciences, and the intersection of technology with the human experience, this theme tackles neurodiversity, mental health, and advancements like IoT, robotics, and quantum computing. It’s about enhancing what it means to be human.
Whether you’re a digital innovator, a curious learner, or someone with a bold idea, Bath Digital Festival 2025 welcomes you to join the conversation.
🎬 Calling all emerging talent in film, games, and TV! 📺
Guru Live Cymru is here to help YOU break into the industry! 🚀
We’ve got a series of exciting sessions in South and North Wales.
From script reading to live broadcasting, game pitching to TV & film career advice – there’s something here for you.
2nd and 3rd April 2025
Join on Thursday 24th April as The Arena break down barriers to the creative industry and give traditional ‘mentoring’ a fun twist with strategic brand and packaging design agency, Outlaw.
Their wonderful team have volunteered their evening to speak with emerging creatives to answer your burning questions, provide some snappy portfolio feedback or just have a general chit-chat.
So what’s the twist?
Ever been speed dating? No? Neither have we… but the format still works! All mentees at this event will get the chance to speak to three different members of the Outlaw team, rotating every 10 minutes, with small breaks in between to regroup.
You can be emerging at any age, so there’s no age limit on this event. If you have less than two years of industry experience, you can get involved!
Spaces are limited, so don’t hang about. Applications will close on Thursday 3rd April 2025 at 11pm.
Come to the Engine Shed for an in-person event where you can learn all about the benefits and challenges of implementing a 4-day work week. Expert speakers will share their insights and experiences to help you decide if this approach is right for your organisation.
Whether you’re a business owner, HR professional, or simply curious about alternative work schedules, this session is perfect for you. Come network with like-minded individuals and gain valuable knowledge to improve work-life balance and productivity.
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to discover how the 4-day week could revolutionise the way we work.
Join us for this morning session where we’ll discuss the current challenges facing agencies in 2025, and how to overcome them.
We’ll be joined by Rory Spence from The Wow Company, who will talk us through the latest insights from their BenchPress 2025 survey, which is the UK’s landmark survey of agency owners.
This event is best suited to £1m+ agency owners (or those approaching £1m in turnover) who would like to meet other agency leaders from the area and share challenges.
Rory Spence is Head Of Commercial at The Wow Company. After years of meeting with agency owners and sharing insights from BenchPress, he has the inside track on what it takes to build a successful agency business.
Since 2004, The Wow Company has helped thousands of agency owners to build profitable, beautiful businesses. Specialising in £1m+ agencies, Wow provides outsourced finance, industry insights, plus accountancy support for agency leaders and their businesses.
> BCI member tickets are priced at £30 +VAT.
> Non-member tickets are £40 +VAT.
Character voice acting is a business.
It’s more than doing funny voices. Your character needs to be specific to each genre, style, audience appeal, and technical performance requirement. Auditions and jobs leave little or no time to develop a character. To prep your character demo, you need time to build a stable of 5-10 characters that you can quickly draw from and build upon.
The goal of this six week Masterclass is to give you an in depth overview into the types of characters you will need to master for a demo, audition, and job. Each week we’ll explore a range of character styles along with techniques, genres, overviews and industry expectations.
This is a fast paced workshop with homework assignments. So, be prepared to play!
Masterclass Overview:
Class 1: Techniques, Genres, Overview, and Expectations
Posture, Stance, Layering Multiple Personality Traits, Letter Focus, Location, and Movement. Assign Cartoon homework.
Class 2: Cartoons for Kids, Youth, and Adults
Animation discussion and homework review. Refine situation, voice, and action for the 3 different age groups. Assign Anime and Toy homework.
Class 3: Anime and Toys
Perform and adjust Anime Character homework. Perform with direction and adjustments on the Toy voice character homework. Assign Video Game homework.
Class 4: Video Games
Review the game genres. Discuss the 1-5 intensity levels. Create situations and build out the stories. Rehearse and refine the scripts. Assign Age-Range and Accents homework.
Class 5: Perform an Age and Accent other than your Own
Perform homework and make adjustments for the various character styles. Homework Final: Make a list of the characters you performed in class and the short 1-3 line script. Practice at home and be prepared to perform all the characters back-to-back in the final class.
Class 6: Character Styles for Demo
Each actor performs their characters, demonstrating the unique style, tempo, voice, voice placement, attitude, audience, and genre that is specific to each character.
Starts 3rd April 2025, online, 6 weeks. Class size is limited to 12 max so reserve and book your place below.
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