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 theme and working with contributors from both London and Delhi.
Workshop at Craft Central: 9th September
We’ll be running the following workshop at Craft Central on 9th September. All welcome!
Creative Collaboration
Date: Fri 9 Sept 2011
Time: 10am-1pm
Location: Craft Central, 33-35 St John’s Square, London EC1M 4DS
Sharing our Vision: the role of visual facilitation in the collaborative process
Over a tea in the Wellcome Collection cafe, we had a chat with Emily Wilkinson from Mindful Maps (who we’ve worked with before on our BracketLab project) about visual facilitation and creative collaboration. We realised that our disciplines had a lot to contribute to the other and decided to pull our thoughts together.
The first meeting: getting your creative project off to a good start
Your first meeting with your new team is significant in setting up the direction of the project, building relationships and sparking motivation. Here are some tips we use to keep the ideas flowing, and also ensure the session is practical and useful:
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 line.