May Festival of Ideas: Searching for Happiness

Monday 20 May 06:15 PM - 07:30 PM

http://www.pmstudio.co.uk/events/mon-20052013-615pm Fifty years ago people on the streets of Paris were asked; Are you happy? in a documentary experiment with the new film technology of 1960 – hand-held sync sound. Searching for Happiness takes advantage of a new era of creative technology to ask the same question today. From Mongolia to Maharashtra, filmmakers around the world have responded to an invitation to restage those 1960 interviews. In a documentary first, producer Mandy Rose has brought those recordings together with live feeds from the web to create a documentary experience which never plays the same way twice. Searching for Happiness is a meditation on culture, values and the meaning of life. As part of this year's Bristol Festival of Ideas, Studio resident Mandy Rose will present a live demo of the project, and will be in conversation with Executive Producer Jon Dovey. Mandy Rose is a Senior Research Fellow at the Digital Cultures Research Centre, University of the West of England. Her work as a documentary maker includes Hilda at Darjeeling for Channel Four and Meeting the Masai Mob for BBC2. She was co-founder and producer of BBC 2’s Video Nation project and executive producer of the digital storytelling project, Capture Wales. Mandy blogs at CollabDocs and is a contributing editor to i-Docs Jon Dovey is Director of the AHRC funded Research & Enterprise in Arts & Creative Technologies (REACT) Knowledge Exchange hub and Professor of Screen Media at the Digital Cultures Research Centre

Low Carbon Business Breakfast

Tuesday 21 May 07:45 AM - 09:30 AM

http://ubic.org.uk/events/low-carbon-business-breakfast-2/ Speakers: Professor Pete Walker, University of Bath & Tim Mander, Integral Engineering Design Topic: The use of natural materials in low carbon building technologies The presentation will summarise a seven year collaboration between the University of Bath and Bristol based company ModCell Ltd in the development of prefabricated straw bale construction, focussing on two local projects: BaleHaus at the University of Bath and the Nucleus Building at Hayesfield School. Please arrive from 7.45am for an 8am start. The talk and subsequent discussion will conclude by 9am, followed by optional networking until 10am. Cost: £10 +VAT (Members £5 + VAT) including tea/coffee and pastries. If you have any questions, please email events@lowcarbonsouthwest.co.uk.

SALES FOUNDATION WORKSHOP

Tuesday 21 May 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM

Anyone who is looking to improve and develop their sales and business development skills. Maximising your ability to generate sales from new business and from existing customers. Covering such topics as: * Develop new sales from identifying markets, making initial contact and telemarketing * Build a repeatable sales process * Demonstrate new sales skills from questioning relationship building, presenting & negotiating closing * Build, maintain and up cross sell to existing customers * Build a formidable range of business development skills and ideas * What tools to use in the sales process Cost: £42.00 (Inc. VAT) http://www.brave.org.uk/services/training/details/Course204