Digital mapping is revolutionising the way charities operate across the globe, empowering charities of all sizes to better communicate their cause, understand their community, act on their mission, and measure their impact. The technology is enabling charities to extend services, attract volunteers, expand donor networks, and shape public policies.
Being a comms professional in a UK charity can be a lonely business – especially if you’re in a tiny department, or – as is so common - a team of one. Imagine having a space where you can discuss your challenges and get to know a few fellow charity comms professionals.
Let us be part of your team. Join us for Media Trust’s Digital Drop-in Clinic, our informal online session where you can get on-the-spot advice, comms coaching and share your challenges and wins.
This session will build on our previous webinar from December 2023. James Crawford of Touchpoint Change Consulting has collated the questions that we didn’t have time to fully address and will talk through them, covering:
This session will build on our previous webinar from December 2023. James Crawford of Touchpoint Change Consulting has collated the questions that we didn’t have time to fully address and will talk through them, covering:
As the writer and activist Audre Lorde once said, we do not live single-issue lives. So as communicators and writers, it’s essential that we don’t tell single issue stories.
Intersectionality, the way in which oppressions layer and multiply, is rooted in Black Feminism, and is as relevant today as it was in the 1800s when it first became a school of thought, or in 1989 when the term itself was coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw. An intersectional analysis is a vital tool for charities to reach wider audiences, deliver inspirational campaigns and communicate authentically.
Who is trying to access your data and what are the implications of this? Also, what can you do to make it more difficult for people to steal your data.
Do you get the most engagement from your Twitter, Facebook or your Instagram posts? Why do some posts get more clicks than others? How to increase engagement.
Learning new digital skills can be daunting and sometimes you may not know where to start. Manchester Adult Education run digital skill workshops and courses which will help to develop your online confidence and skills, whether it’s to use in your everyday life, at work or for your studies. 
Open Data Manchester, in collaboration with Greater Manchester Combined Authority, are developing a set of principles for giving the public a say around how automated decision-making systems are used. It is hoped these principles will set widely agreed-on standards for the use of these technologies across the public sector in Greater Manchester. 
The Greater Manchester Digital Champion’s Network is a collaborative group aimed at developing digital skills.
Greater Manchester is a city-region rapidly becoming the UK and European centre for cyber and digital ethics, trust and security. Boasting a £5bn digital economy, the location of a GCHQ hub in 
Manchester was the recognition of the capabilities, expertise and potential of the city region in digital security.