Pictured above: CreativeCoffee Club in action at
Phoenix Square earlier this year
Two innovative projects return to Phoenix Square Film and
Digital Media Centre this September.
The first is called Amplified Leicester, which began as a
city-wide experiment to explore diversity and innovation, to build
a network across diverse communities which create, share and
develop new ideas, and then use social media like Facebook and
Twitter as an 'amplifier'. Initially, it involved only a small
group of individuals from across the city, but now the project
hopes to spread the word even further afield.
The series kicks off with a talk on 22nd September from Sue
Thomas, Professor of New Media at De Montfort University and
driving force behind both CreativeCoffee and Amplified Leicester.
She will be explaining 'How to be an Amplified Individual'. The
talk will be in the ETC suite of Phoenix Square from 7-8pm,
participants are encouraged to stay on to discuss what they've
heard with a special discount on food in the Screen Lounge Cafe
Bar.
Amplified's sister organisation, CreativeCoffee Club, is also
back to business in September. This is an established networking
event, which meets fortnightly to provide creative people from
business, academia and the public sector with a place to meet
like-minded individuals. CreativeCoffee Club aims to be the social
arm of Amplified Leicester and a place for people to share ideas,
get inspired and motivated. The group also meet online through the
Twitter hashtag #ccleic, on Facebook and LinkedIn. They also have a
blog, where round ups of the sessions are posted and new members
introduced.
Sue Thomas, who is the driving force behind both Amplified
Leicester and CreativeCoffee Club, said "These are such great
projects to be involved with. Leicester has such a positive buzz
and we're very excited to be getting people to think about
Leicester in a new way."
David Stevens, newly appointed Executive Chairman at Phoenix
Square said "It has been our pleasure to host CreativeCoffee Club
since opening our doors in November. The Screen Lounge provides
just the right atmosphere for this type of informal event.
"We're also proud to have played a part in the development of
Amplified Leicester, and look forward to hosting some really
interesting debates."