Digital Promotions training

The training just gets better! Even though I’m a bit camera-shy, the professional mini photo-shoots were nonetheless great fun with good results. The Digital Promotions training was delivered by The Cut magazine. Nina Manandhar gave us some great advice about social networking and viral marketing which was really useful. The communications side to any company or brand is crucial and so a strong online presence is important.

Aside from this, we  learnt some great practical photography skills. Armed with a state of the art SLR camera- we were rearing to go! But some us were less keen to be posing for shots, we’d rather be the ones taking them! Check out some of the photography created below:

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Leadership Skills

Such a fun day! This interactive session was all about (yes, you guessed it) LEADERSHIP SKILLS! It was delivered by Youth Bank- so thanks to them for a great day.

We did many fun activities like being blindfolded and having to sort and arrange shapes- possibly the hardest task ever! I was glad that I didn’t lead on that task, as I don’t think I would have had a clue as to what to do- Odira did well leading. But that also raised the question of the responsibility you have as leader and the decisions that you have to make, as well as communication and team work; they were big factors.

I had to lead on a task where my group and I had a long piece of wool that we had to make sure was a square shape, equal at all sides, whilst being blindfolded- again! At  first, I found it difficult because I didn’t have a  clue how to resolve the problem, but after talking it through with my team mates, I sorted out a logical way- we measured using arm length! But it kind of worked… Anyway the moral to this exercise is that  there is no good leader without followers, and that you must communicate. Communication is key, especially when you’re being blindfolded!

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Hello

Hello and welcome to First Light’s Digital Documenters London blog!

Okay, so this is a little more than just a blog, it’s a way for us to share with you everything that we will be doing and keeping you updated as we work. So it’s kind of a production journal where we will be posting personal thoughts and developments, keeping you up to date on all the activities we’re working on, posting up pictures of us at work and even videos!  And it’s much more than that too- while on this project, we want to promote Olympic values, raise awareness about volunteering and learn some life-long skills as the next generation of film-makers and we’d love for you to join us in this journey. So take a look around, grab the RSS feed to stay updated and subscribe to this ‘blog’ to stay in tune with all the latest going-ons! See you around!

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