http://graceporter.jiscinvolve.org The world of JISC events Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:55:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en VisitBritain and VisitLondon have announced the launch of a Fair Pricing & Practice Charter (FPPC) for the events industry ahead of the 2012 London Olympic Games. The Charter provides a voluntary code of practice for UK venues and suppliers. The charter is supported by 21 organisations, including government and tourism ... http://graceporter.jiscinvolve.org/2008/10/22/events-industry-fair-pricing-charter-launched-ahead-of-olympics/ The JISC Conference is a free conference to mainly all those wonderful people working in the further and higher education sectors. It is a consistently high quality event, with excellent speakers, sessions, demos and exhibition, not to mention the lovely grub we lay on in great surroundings! :-) We do have ... http://graceporter.jiscinvolve.org/2008/10/17/jisc-conference-2009-sponsorship-opportunity/ It is nearly that time again...the big one! The next JISC annual conference is being held on Tuesday 24 March 2009 in the beautiful city of Edinburgh. We will be amplifying the conference again this year with livestreamed keynotes, blogging of the sessions, micro-blogging via twitter, photo-sharing and videos. We have ... http://graceporter.jiscinvolve.org/2008/10/15/jisc-conference-2009/ I read a great blog post the other day by Julius Solaris on the Event Manager Blog about the trend of 'user generated events'. With Barcamps and Unconferences being the latest in a surging trend of what I am going to call Events 2.0 (see great blog post also ... http://graceporter.jiscinvolve.org/2008/09/22/events-20-losing-control/ A small but important article in this month's Meetings&IncentiveTravel magazine highlights a survey carried out by Conference Care rating venue sustainability. It appears that despite 74% of venues surveyed claiming they have a corporate social responsbility (CSR) policy only 22% of the venues actually buy 'significant amounts of locally-sourced produce'. ... http://graceporter.jiscinvolve.org/2008/09/10/hotels-not-buying-local/ I am impressed to read that Manchester Metropolitan University are making big steps forward towards reducing their carbon footprint. They have apparently jumped 24 places up the 'Green University Tables' following the implementation of a whole host of measures to get the Uni back on the sustainable track. Including: - recruited ... http://graceporter.jiscinvolve.org/2008/08/07/the-green-league/ Well, I am feeling rather pleased with myself this afternoon. I have finally discovered how to put the little tree with a windy path symbol into your email signature to go with the 'Please consider the environment..' sentence, thanks to some eager treehuggers on www.treehugger.com. Most of you techie webbies ... http://graceporter.jiscinvolve.org/2008/08/05/treehugging/ Questions to staff during Staff User Experience Panel: Q: do you see a difference between yourselves and a younger/older user: A1: I use the same social technology as my son. A2: Rather general question. was 1 of 2 members of staff invited to after handing in dissertation party via Facebook. But not really ... http://graceporter.jiscinvolve.org/2008/04/30/next-generation-environments-conference-2008-staff-user-panel/ Multimedia social technologies for engagement (MUVEs) - Parallel session at the Next Generation Environments Conference, 29-30 April 2008 Dave White comparing attributes of Second Life to online gaming (World of Warcraft): World of Warcraft: when you join, the initial thing that happens is that is sets the story and creates ... http://graceporter.jiscinvolve.org/2008/04/30/dave-white-open-habitat-muves-nge2-conf-29-30-apr-08/ Session covering RSS feeds, the information overload and the 21st century researcher. Growth of RSS feeds has meant a rather confusing picture for users with multiple feeds and icons. ticTOCs: Deal with tables of contents alerts. It is a Project to develop a freely available current awareness service making easy for academics and ... http://graceporter.jiscinvolve.org/2008/04/30/simon-hodson-tictocs-and-gold-dust-nge2-conf-29-30-april-08/