Welcome to the "West Midland's Media People" Wiki

This is a live wiki used to experiment with, play with and support our work for Screen West Midlands.

We are using a wiki to document a workshop held on the 19th May, in Birmingham to discuss new markets, innovation and skills in the modern media world.

The question we are asking is: "How would you like to see a screen agency aid in the development of a sustainable digital media industry in the West Midlands?" 

We want to look at ideas for content production, how to help businesses with businsess development, pitching, sustainable models, innovation in new markets, what are the skills needed to thrive.

Project background

Workshop Logistics - Venue, Date, Time etc

Particpants - and colloborators (Please add your name here if not alread added)

Agenda for workshop:

• Media Landscape

• Inward investment

Identify the types of target companies to benefit from inward investment and suggested approaches to attraction and retention – with particular reference to the 4 Innovation for Public fund;

• New markets, business support and innovation

Recommendation for specific programmes of activity which support one, two or all three key themes;

• Skills

Skills will be an underpinning, vertical theme which all activity will contribute towards (some activity more explicitly than others);

• Approaches

Recommendations for ‘soft’ activity (e.g. PR, advocacy, attitude and profile) to support the Strategy;

• Diversity

• Outcomes

Measures of success, monitoring growth and future activities.