Dan Manton - What's next for Yorkshire Digital?

Presented at Hey! #13 on 28th October, 2014.

Transcript

1. YorkshireDigital Bringing Yorkshires digital community together
2. Who are YorkshireDigital? • From the community • Noncommercial • Non-funded • Three guys doing this off their own backs for the good of the community
3. The last time we spoke • The essence of YorkshireDigital is ‘community’ • We wanted to hear from you about what you thought our community was lacking • We came up with ‘A hub for the growing digital community in Yorkshire, where individuals, organisations, and User Groups can see what’s going on, find connections, and share knowledge
4. Since then... • The digital landscape in the North is changing ◦ More meetups popping up ◦ Tech City North ◦ Northern Futures
5. Bringing it all together • Our aim is to bring the community together • We’ve spent the last 6 months talking to members of the community, user groups and agencies to find out what’s missing • This is what we’ve found...
6. YorkshireDigital Live • An all encompassing event • Introducing people to events they may not be aware of • Provide a physical platform for the community • The first event will focus on Security, from the technical implications to the business impact
7. Online Presence • The overwhelming response was that people didn’t know what was going on in their community • We started a newsletter • We've been contacted by so many event organisers that putting everything on the newsletter isn’t viable
8. Online Calendar • We are currently in the final stages of putting our beta out • We’re still gathering events so if you know of any please come see or tweet us • We will be sending a link to the beta site to our mailing list so sign up
9. Online Calendar