Crowdfunding

AoDL Meetup
Show 'n Tell // Network // Drinks

17 August, 2012, 6.30pm-8.30pm
The Photographers’ Gallery
16-18 Ramillies Street, Soho, London W1F 7LW

// Line-up

• Sarah Gee, Founder, AngelShares (http://www.angelshares.com/)
• Patrick Hussey, Digital Campaigns Manager, Arts&Business (http://www.artsandbusiness.org.uk/Central/Contact/Directory/H/PatrickHussey.aspx)
• Michael Patterson, Producer/Director, PFILM (http://www.pfilm.co.uk/about.html), on their project 94 Elements (http://www.94elements.com/)

// Event Description

We are very happy to announce our next meetup will take place on Friday 17th August, from 6.30pm to 8.30pm and the topic will be ‘Crowdfunding’.

Crowdfunding is a process where individuals, groups or organisations reach out to their audiences via their online social networks and ask for contributions towards projects. It is usually conducted through new purpose built platforms such as Kickstarter (http://www.kickstarter.com/) or indiegogo (http://www.indiegogo.com/).

People fund a range of activities through crowdfunding; independent journalism, start-up companies, free software development, scientific research or films. More recently UK based platforms specifically for creative projects have sprung up such as; WeDidThis (http://www.peoplefund.it/arts/) or WeFund (http://wefund.com/) and it has become a focus for those advocating new strategies for philanthropy in the Arts.

Crowdfunding requires increased transparency between an organisation and their audience. Through it you are offering a more complete understanding of your business and asking them to become involved in the nuts and bolts of what it takes to produce work. It’s a labour intensive process that requires thoughtful planning, an ability to narrativise progress and good community management.

For every AoDL event we are creating a research area (http://theknowledge.aodl.org.uk/index.php/Crowd_Funding) on our collaborative and open wiki platform, TheKnowledge (http://theknowledge.aodl.org.uk/index.php/Crowd_Funding), where research topics can be explored together to stimulate and increase shared understanding. As this is an open platform we encourage those who know a bit about the theme to create an account on the wiki and edit/add content. You can also mail caroline@metamute.org who will upload it for you.

The meetups are open to all and we would be delighted if you would pass this onto a friend or colleague who might be interested.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Best,
The AoDL Team

The post-social social

We have access to the venue until 8.30pm but hey it’s a Friday night, so why stop the socialising there? For those who want to continue we’ve designated a nearby pub The Red Lion (https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?client=safari&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF-8&q=red+lion+pub+london+soho&fb=1&gl=uk&hq=red+lion+pub+london+soho&cid=0,0,3507957299573912061&ei=4SzjT8O2G4Sy8gPdw6HWDg&ved=0CHYQrwswAw) (14 Kingly Street, W1B 5PR) as our ‘after hours’ watering hole.

The AoDL meetups are presented by OpenMute (http://www.metamute.org/services) in partnership with The Photographers' Gallery (http://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/)

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About Art of Digital London

AoDL is a research programme and network that runs an online peer learning resource, regular public events, training sessions and meetings about digital strategy in culture. Over 2011 AoDL in partnership with The Photographers’ Gallery (http://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/) ran a series of successful discussion groups building on the thematics of its founding programme of Salons & Surgeries (http://theknowledge.aodl.org.uk/index.php/Digital_Salon_and_Surgeries) (2009-10). Including such topics as Open Archiving and IPTV, these continue to drive a collaborative research project conducted on AoDL's Wiki resource, TheKnowledge (http://theknowledge.aodl.org.uk/index.php/Frontpage).