Sprinting to the publishing line: The 24-hour book project is back

*Update: The 24-hour book project has moved to 15th October* Around 2 years ago, we wrote about the 24-hour book project, an ambitious initiative bringing people together to collaboratively write, edit and publish a book in just 24 hours. They succeeded back then, and now they’re back with a similar challenge for the South Asian Literature festival – this time with a South-Asian... Read More

Starting from scratch: creative project planning

The best way to start a new project with a new team is to build it from the ground-up based on the skills and expertise of everyone involved.   The planning process can be frustrating to those that want to stuck in straight away, but spending a good amount of time discussing the project upfront can help to provide more space for experimentation and creativity further down the... Read More

Social Media for Project Managers – book review

Social media and project management are two of our passions, so we’re very excited about the launch of Social Media for Project Managers, the new book by Elizabeth Harrin, and even more delighted to be featured as a case study in it! In this practical guide, Harrin explores every corner that a project manager should consider when introducing their team members to social media... Read More

The office-less organisation?

Last month, we attended “How is London working? Innovation in the Capital’s workplaces” – a discussion about how (and whether) the way employees work in organisations is changing in line with technological developments. Although the web is allowing people to connect with others despite time and their location, many companies still seem to be sticking to the notion of the... Read More

Partnerships for the future – social enterprise and collaboration

A couple of weeks back, we attended Red Ochre’s one-day event “Social Enterprise and Commissioners – a partnership for the future?”.  Red Ochre is a business support organisation for social enterprises, and the event was a response to the potential opportunities arising for its clients to respond to public sector tenders. One of the breakout sessions was Developing Successful... Read More

BracketLab – the team

Just one more day until BracketLab takes place and the team is now all now confirmed.  Now, this is nothing new, but the way the team has formed shows the power of networks. Here is who is involved (in order of how far the network spread): Laura North – copywriter (a previous colleague) Emily Wilkinson (Empathi) – graphic facilitator/illustrator (introduced through a mutual... Read More

Bracket’s CUBELUNCH

Bracket’s lunchtime workshop at THE CUBE was a great success, with lots of interesting discussion about effective creative collaboration using online tools.  Questions were raised around approaching  intellectual property and attribution, managing egos and how to encourage people to use online tools (when all they want to use is e-mail!). Creative Boom London kindly wrote a... Read More

Herding cats with social media

Herding Cats with Social Media View more presentations from Bracket. Bracket’s session at Media Camp London 4 during Social Media Week generated lots of discussion about the best methods and tools for helping groups of creatives to get things done.  It looked at how social media could be used to support collaborative working between artists and designers etc that are used... Read More

If You Could: Collaborate

A visit to the If You Could: Collaborate exhibition leaves visitors buzzing with ideas and excitement about what happens when creative minds get together.   Alex Bec and Will Hudson of If You Could invited 33 creatives to collaborate with someone of their choice, giving them 12 months to develop a final piece.  The brief was completely open so the curators had no idea what the... Read More

The 24-hour book project

It looks like there’s been a hub of collaborative creative writing activity happening on the web this weekend! A group of writers have set themselves up with the task to write and publish a book in just 24 hours using online tools to work together.  The group has been using Google Docs to write and edit the document, as well as using Skype and face-to-face conversation to communicate,... Read More