Join us for a month-long learning experience to demystify the crazy world of Web3. See past the nonsense to what Web3 really has to offer and learn some core skills in the process.
We’re bringing together developers to collaboratively learn, build and share curiosities, doubts, ideas, and knowledge.
We’re creating a supportive and comfortable environment to learn and grow together.
Throughout the festival developers will be participating in a hack of the Open Format SDK exploring the powerful functionality it has to offer. There will be multiple prizes up for grabs.
//WHY JOIN?
Open to developers at ANY level
-You’ll be part of a community of developers working towards the same goal
-We’ll introduce you to our open source Web3 tooling, and provide ongoing support in Discord
-You’ll learn new skills and gain access to resources to continue your Web3 journey after the festival
-You’ll receive an NFT Certificate of completion
-You’ll receive free tickets to future NFT:BRS events
-It’s completely FREE to participate
-There will be real-time collaborative support through our public Discord channels, where you will be matched with developer teams.
//GET INVOLVED
Sign up here today and we’ll follow up with details on each of the sessions, including how to access them and the support that will be available to you throughout the festival.
//FAQ
1. How do I attend the sessions? – The sessions and workshop are going to be on Zoom, while support/announcements etc will be in Discord.
2. Do I need to understand Web3 development? – The festival is to introduce more people to the world of Web3, so no prior Web3 knowledge is required.
3. Can non-developers participate in the event? – We strongly encourage people outside of the programming field to join the event for more diverse teams and input. If you’re concerned about a lack of experience, we’re happy to help.
4. Can I participate as a solo developer? – Yes, if you are eager to learn about web3 development but don’t belong to any agency, you can still sign up and learn together.
5. How much time do I need to spend on the project? – You can dip in and out of our learning sessions as you please however, it is important to agree on the development time with your team.
6. What is Open Format?- Open Format is an open-source protocol by Simpleweb Labs, enabling developers to build decentralized marketplaces and factories for digital assets. You will be introduced to its functionality during the event.
7. What are the winning categories? – Top 3 Projects;
• Most innovative concept;
• Most bugs found in our tooling;
• Best suggestion for feature improvement.
Join us at The Square Club on Thursday 10th November from 12.30-2pm. BCI’s members’ lunches are the perfect opportunity to catch up with fellow members and the BCI team and, as some of our lunches are now in person again, you can enjoy a delicious Mediterranean buffet lunch too!
There’ll be plenty of opportunities to catch up with old friends and meet some new faces too. Everyone will have a 3 min slot to introduce themselves and tell the others a little about who they are and what they do and share any news and/or challenges. You don’t need to fill the three minutes but Chris is a rigorous timekeeper! We usually find some common themes emerge which we can discuss over the course of the session. It’s all very informal with no need to stand up and present slides!
The members’ lunch is much more than just pitching; it’s a shared space for connecting with your peers to discuss challenges and opportunities: post-covid issues, maintaining company culture when working remotely, getting rid of office space, recruiting, new business pipeline and conversion, confidence, those on slowdown, those overstretched… the time flies by.
We see businesses of all shapes and sizes during the session. From the managing director of an established 50+ person agency to founders of innovative startups, each month we encourage a variety of members to attend. You’re more likely to meet potential partners or referrers than competitors.
If you’d like to attend email BCI’s membership manager Alli Nicholas at [email protected]. The members’ lunches tend to fill up quickly so if you miss out on this one, you’ll be top of the list for the next!
Going forward, our members’ lunches will be a mix of in person and online events so keep an eye on the calendar for details of future dates.
Not a member? Sign up today so you can join the lunch!
In conversation with Channel 5
Adrian Padmore and Denise Seneviratne, Commissioning Editors.
Channel 5 continues to show growth and the recent launch of Paramount+ , the latest streamer to land in the UK, means there are ongoing opportunities for producers. Adrian Padmore and Denise Seneviratne will share their vision and ambitions for Channel 5 and discuss how the channel likes to work with factual indies.
Find out about the style, tone and format of Channel 5’s factual slate. what has worked on the channel, Channel 5’s changing audience and the kind of content they are looking for.
Join RTS West of England for the inside track on Channel 5’s strategy to deliver reputational shows that rate.
20th September
Watershed Cinema 3
6.30-8pm
Followed by networking drinks in Watershed bar.
£10 for non RTS members (includes a complimentary drink after the session)
Free for RTS members
Hosted by Lynn Barlow, Chair of RTS West of England
Elevate is a scheme run by acta and funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation and WECA. Over the course of nine months, we will train a core group of practitioners to make high-quality and impactful community-based theatre and arts initiatives. Some of the sessions will be open for all to book on to – we advise you follow us to get notified of future sessions too.
What will I do in this workshop?
• You’ll learn a range of games and exercises
• You’ll learn how to adapt games to the needs of the groups
• You will understand when to use a game and how it can benefit you
• Learn how to plan and structure a workshop• Learn the benefits of this work
This seminar will benefit anybody who facilitates groups as part of their work – not just for creative practitioners.
If the price is a barrier for you to attending the workshop, please email [email protected] to discuss how we can help you attend.
People are going back to the office – but they want flexibility about homeworking too. Any organisation serious about attracting and retaining the best talent needs to get hybrid working right. The more successful you are at delivering this, the more engaged and productive your people will be. That’s why a successful hybrid working mix is so important. Employers won’t reap the benefits of hybrid working if they fail to create employee engagement along with it.
What you’ll learn:
This session is particularly relevant to anyone running an SME or those working in HR generalist roles in larger businesses, responsible for introducing hybrid and flexible working. Perhaps you’re a senior manager who wants to get this balance right in order to retain your people. Anyone interested in how organisational culture is changing and where the future of work is going will get useful takeaways from this event.
This talk will be held at Origin Workspace in Berkeley Square. Join us from 12.30pm for tea/coffee and networking, with the talk beginning at 1pm.
About Richard
Richard is an employee engagement and culture specialist and is passionate about building highly motivated and productive teams in both start-ups and larger organisations.
Formerly HR Director and Head of Employee Engagement at Virgin Mobile, he was most recently People Director at sustainable energy provider Pure Planet and developed many effective engagement tactics to make remote and hybrid working work. He also runs employee engagement consultancy, enRich.
He presents at UK and international conferences on the topics of employee engagement, culture and employer branding, drawing on his experiences at Virgin Mobile, Pure Planet and other organisations.
Tickets
Tickets are priced at £15+VAT for BCI members and £30+VAT for non-members. Book your place below!
If you’re looking to reach your audience online, you need to use Instagram in way that makes it easy for your customers and clients to find you, understand what you offer them and how they can work with you and buy from you. Join Lou Chudley for this Wake Up Call which will help you get focused on making the most of Instagram for your business.
This webinar is going to be useful for anyone who is using Instagram to connect with their audience online and wants to learn how they can use Instagram to grow brand awareness and increase sales.
About Lou
Lou Chudley is an Instagram Specialist based in Bristol, and founder of Spark Social. She works with business owners to help them to learn how to use Instagram to connect with their audiences online. Instagram is an ever evolving social media platform so it’s her job to help you to keep up to speed with all the new features and the ways your customers and clients are using Instagram so that you can make the most out of using Instagram for your business.
> See Spark Social’s member profile here
> Follow Spark Social on Instagram
These sessions take place every other Friday morning from 8.30-9am, for the BCI community to share their pearls of wisdom with one another. The half hour webinars will involve a 15 minute presentation followed by a 10 minute facilitated Q&A, with introductions from the BCI team.
Our community is full of such amazing talent so we’re giving members the stage to talk about things that excite them so they can inspire their peers. The sessions will be a mix of expert tips and tricks and case studies – the perfect opportunity to learn something new before the week is out.
Our usual online format is an interactive ‘meeting’ but for this series we’re running webinars so that it’s easy to listen in while prepping for the day ahead or while having your breakfast! Cameras and mics will be off but you can ask your questions through the chat box or submit them beforehand.
Please get in touch with Sian if you’re interested in speaking at a future session.
The Wake Up Call sessions are exclusively for BCI members – register your free place below!
If you’re interested in becoming a member with BCI, you can read about the membership perks here.
The agenda:
9.00am – Welcome to The Lighthouse Social Summit – September 2022
9.10am – The Value of Social Leadership with Damian Corbet
10.25am – Using Social Media Content to Change the World with Anu Hautalampi
10.30am – Break
10.45am – Social Media Updates with Luan Wise and Andy Lambert
12.00pm – Myths of Social Media with Michelle Carvill
12.30pm – Live Social Media Careers Q&A Panel Session – hosted by Luan Wise with Jaymie-Leigh Baker, Lauren Ahluwalia and Beth Thomas.
1.30pm – Event Ends
The Pitch is one of the UK’s biggest startup competitions, giving startups the support to grow and the platform to raise investment.
Attend the Bristol regional final and watch the region’s most exciting startups pitch their idea to a team of top investors. Startups have just 90 seconds to pitch, then our panel of investors will follow up with questions and feedback.
The pitches will be followed by an evening of networking – accompanied by food and drink.
If you’re a local business owner or interested in the city’s startup scene, this event will help you:
– Network with other startups and your local business community
– Meet investors, and learn what they look out for
– Get inspired by awesome founders
Back for another takeover weekend, Cables & Cameras present: INSPIRED – a packed programme of VR workshops, keynote speakers and short film screenings and previews to celebrate home-grown filmmakers of colour from across the country, hosted by Watershed.
With contributions from one of the UK’s most empowering creative teams, Anthony and Teanne Andrews of the award-winning We Are Parable, guiding audiences on how to engage with international events in Black cinema and Somali feminist art collective dhaqan collective presenting the premiere of the acclaimed Somali film The Gravedigger’s Wife; we’ll be hearing from a plethora of exciting names in a packed schedule across a weekend set to explore Black / POC culture and talent both in front of and behind the camera.
Whether you’re an aspiring filmmaker trying to find your path into the industry, a more established creative interested in finding ways to develop your practice or just interested in discovering films by some of the most exciting creative talent out there, there’s something for everyone.
We’re collaborating with market-leading employee wellbeing platform, Loopin, on our very first event in the South West region!
Whether you’re a seasoned tech veteran or just starting out, you are more than welcome to join us.
For this event we’ve got some incredible speakers lined-up who are renowned in the South West tech scene. They will be discussing a range of topics under the theme ‘Humans vs Tech: Building meaningful connections in today’s hybrid world.’ – (check out the full bios below). This includes interactive discussions around building emotionally and physically diverse tech teams, the importance of connecting beyond the screen, the role of tech in today’s hybrid world, and how tech is supporting employee mental health.
The SocialCode events provide a great opportunity to learn and network with like-minded local techies with complimentary drinks and goodies. Loopin has also lined up the local’s favourite Pizzeria, Flour and Ash, so you can enjoy FREE pizza too! What’s more, if you can’t attend this event in person, you can watch it via a Zoom live stream.
Loopin’s Slack-integrated tool helps support employee wellbeing and mental health, through social connection. Loopin aims to prevent trends of stress and burnout by encouraging employees to check-in with their daily mood and emotions, without fear of judgement.
Loopin is generously holding this event at their headquarters in Bristol City Centre, ideally located just a few minutes walk from Bristol Temple Meads.
Doors will be open, and drinks will be available from 5:30pm.
THIS IS A HYBRID INSTALMENT OF THE SOCIALCODE! THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD BOTH IN PERSON AT RUNWAY EAST AND ALSO LIVE STREAMED FOR ANYBODY WHO CHOOSES NOT TO ATTEND THE EVENT IN PERSON.
EVENT LIVESTREAM LINK CONFIRMED 24 HOURS BEFORE EVENT.
Ben Williams and Antony Thompson (He / Him) – Founders of Loopin – From a new era of work to a new age of wellbeing: The importance of sharing emotions.
During this insightful talk, former Royal Marine Commandos, Leadership Coaches, and Loopin Co-Founders, Ben and Antony, will answer questions around:
Julie Main – Master Principal Solution Architect at Qlik – The Importance of Storytelling with Data
From caveman drawings to silent movies, visual storytelling has been used to educate, engage, and motivate audiences for centuries. The digital age, however, has ushered in a new set of tools and technologies that can be used for visual storytelling.
So what makes a ‘good’ story? Julie will be showing you how you can get your insight into your data, collaborate, get the engagement from others and help to support and prompt decision making.
Amy Lobé (She / Her) – Senior Product Designer at Seccl – Empathy – The Access Tool to Accessibility
Amy will be holding an interactive session all about accessibility. In this talk, you will find out how empathy is the most powerful tool and how to build with accessibility in mind.
Using your own devices, you will be allowing yourselves to experience temporary access needs. You’ll be leaving this talk with a new appreciation for how situational, temporary and permanent access needs impact people’s use of your digital products.
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