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Speakers Trust

We had a workshop about public speaking with a lady called Christine. She's a very lovely lady who came in the room with an enthusiastic yet elegant presence, which I really liked! (Mainly because I was skeptical about the workshop from the beginning..) It really kept me interested in the workshop.

Christine told us to sit in a circle and she explained to us about the key skills of positioning ourselves and using our voices properly when talking in front of a crowd. We also did activities such as making up little speeches on the spot from a question that she asked us randomly.

At first, the advice and tips meant nothing to me because I never really like saying speeches in front of people due to my social anxiety (also, I just don't like speaking so much.) but as we got to the end of the workshop I found it very helpful and fun!

I really think that this is helpful to the Events Academy Students because we will be doing speeches at our event and we will need to use our voices to make sure everyone hears us. This has made an impact on us and definitely will be worth it when it comes to the event!

Written by Rachel Adu-Dankwa

Find out more about me at my blog:
http://eventsacademy.co.uk/student/rachel-adu-dankwa

students
Fri, 08/21/2015 - 12:02

John Constable

One guy that really makes the Crossbones gardens transformation a reality is definitely John Constable. John Constable is a dedicated man who has spent most of his time in protecting the little patch of land that was previously known as Crossbones graveyard.
When John is not being a genuinely awesome dude, he spends his time being a performer, playwright, lecturer, poet and even an author. He's best known for his She-maniac plays and "Southwark mysteries" (which features some of the history of the area of Southwark including Crossbones Gardens in the perspective of a prosistute believed to be buried at crossbones graveyard) and many stage adaptations along with dramatization of novels featured on Radio 4(he even performed "mystery plays" in Southwark Cathedral and Shakespeare's Globe).
But let's go back on his occupation of being a poet. I had the pleasure of reading a few of his poems which I found that most of the had the theme of acceptance from all groups of humanity. My favorite one from his book Southwark Mysteries goes like this:

In the haggard face of john Crow
who watches from his high tower in Trinity
as in the single mother
who lives across the road at Number 23
the check-out girl in Superdrug
whose name-tag says her name is Charity
and in every human face that is
pocked and scarred by what we call Reality

by the Grace of Our Lady Mary Overie
let them see
the shining eyes of Our Goddess of Mercy.

Now I am definitely not any expert in poems nor am I good at interpreting what the poet's true message was but what I got from my favorite poem was that it talked about the everyday people in the present and how we all come together at the end. For example he mentions "the single mother" and "the checkout girl in Superdrug" and he brings them together and says "and in every human face that is pocked and scared by what we call reality" (totally me!)"let them see the shining eyes of a goddess of mercy" which i think is a beautiful way to end it.
So i guess you can say that John is quite a deep thinker. John likes to look at our perspective of things, he like to see things in different ways and morph them into something that brings us together.
That's why i think he's a pretty cool guy and that's only another reason why I feel it's necessary to help such an amazing cause like the refurbishment of Crossbones gardens.
-Joa

students
Mon, 08/17/2015 - 13:03

The Compelling History Of Crossbones

What's so memorable about the Crossbones Garden?
The Crossbones garden is a green space with a rare individuality. It holds a history significant to those within the – St. Saviour’s parish - now known as the Southwark area.
The site was formerly a graveyard in which the poorer populations of the Southwark community were rejected, by a premature society in the 17th and 18th century.

The church, a beacon of love, neglected those of the lower class after death. Refusing their bodies to rest in the church burial ground but instead an abandoned yard.Over half of the 1,500 bodies discovered were infants, the poor living standards of the time brought about health problems such as TB resulting in high infant mortality. Some of the children were placed here because they were born out of wedlock, which in that era meant their soul was condemned to purgatory and their bodies could not be placed in the consecrated ground of a churchyard.
In a youth centered world now – the negligence authority showed towards children – is what drives us collectively to help be a part of such a project.

This unique site has been transformed from the last resting place of those excluded from society to a place of inclusion representing the unity of Londoners. We are delighted to be part of the process of creating a new green space where people of all race, sexual orientation, social class and age are welcomed by holding a blast to the past festive medieval fayre fundraiser.

-Stephanie Aalaiyah Henry

students
Wed, 08/19/2015 - 11:05

Mediamixer video Preparation Workshop

Today we had the pleasure of having the company of Mickey Lee from the Mediamixer company at the Better Bankside office. He kindly held for us a video preparation workshop; during which we brainstormed video ideas in what I’d call a creativity session. Personally it was interesting working with Mickey Lee as he dug deep and induced us to do the same for innovative ideas.
We got an understanding of how far we could go with the video through engaging in conversation with him. The Mediamixer representative asked us a series of questions which lead to a conclusion that we needed to have a focal point for video ideas. We decided on a central message for the video and then each student produced a variety of ideas, which we thought would display our message greatest.
Mickey Lee also suggested that our events academy 2015 video be a contrast to the previous years. He highlighted how our event gives us lee way to expand our ideas and we have gratefully taken his suggestions on board. The workshop was immensely informative and necessary and I can say it was a productive afternoon with Mickey Lee.
Written By,
Stephanie Aalaiyah Henry.

students
Wed, 08/19/2015 - 11:17

A morning at Adecco

Upon arriving at Adecco, Emma and Jessica (who work at Adecco) were very friendly and welcoming towards us. Before entering the meeting we took a few group photos to remember the workshop - everyone looked great!

When we began the meeting, we all introduced ourselves one by one. Jessica and Emma gave us a summary of what they do at the recruitment agency- (we got great advice on how to get work experience through agencies such as themselves). I was very eager to ask questions and both Jessica and Emma answered with smiles on their faces.

Once we had all introduced ourselves, Jessica and Emma took us out one by one to improve our CV's (or in some cases help create one!) They gave us excellent advice on how to structure our CV, what to include and how to word it to impress employers.

It was a great experience, I cant wait to visit Adecco in the future!

Written by Malaika Ashman
Friday 7th August 2015

students
Tue, 08/11/2015 - 11:13

For Participation On The day Of The Event

On the day of the event at Cross Bones Garden on August 26 2015, we look forward to having people from the audience to participate on the Puppet Show for half hour allocate.

We also look forward to having the lovely Jess who took pictures of us at Cross Bones Garden on our very first visit to it. Also including friends of Cross Bones Garden or members from the Southwark Playhouse that'll be taking part on the Puppet Show, that is if we are lucky to be provided with costumes for entertainment from local Southwark Theatres (the Young Vic/ the Playhouse).

Written by: Naomi Blin

students
Fri, 08/14/2015 - 11:04

The Plan For The Puppet Show

On the day of the event, we want to have questions for each characters that will be displayed at the audience on the day of the event.

* Child

*Prostitute

*Bishop of Winchester

* Grave Digger

*Poor Person

However I'll have to research on E BAY, on how much a Puppet costs and what's the cheapest price for one. For the set of the Puppet Show, I'll have to discuss on the location of the Puppet Stall on the floor plan, including: chairs which will be needed for those in the audience who might want to participate on doing the Puppet Show.

Written by: Naomi Blin

students
Thu, 08/06/2015 - 17:16

For Entertainment

recently I've been given the task of contacting theatres in Southwark, which I have done. Last two weeks I aimed at local theatres in Southwark: The playhouse, the Rose theatre and the Young Vic to:

* Enquire for costumes for the event
* To be in charge of theatre entertainment e.g Puppet Show/Stall.

Contacting the playhouse was pretty easy than the other theatres as I used to take my acting classes there during my spare time on Saturdays- probably why I had a quick reply from the theatre about my acquirements for the show on the following above.

In the meantime, am looking forward to asking Daniella to help compile a list of questions and answers about Cross Bones Garden and its history. However if she's too busy, I'll have to look on to asking Jess from BOST.

On the day of the event, we(The Events Academy Students) will be looking on to having over five questions on each sheet of paper with five answers which will be referred to the puppet. there will be a bowl that'll have five questions that'll be asked inside,on a piece of paper each on which the questions will be written on. In addition I would also like to add an idea of, after a question is being answered, it'll go into another bowl that will be labelled 'ANSWERED' and the other bowl with questions that hasn't been answered will be labelled 'UNANSWERED' vice versa.

Written by: Naomi Blin

students
Thu, 08/06/2015 - 17:15

Graphics workshop

I think I can genuinely state that this is by far my favourite workshop (no offence intended) because I finally got to do something I already (before doing this programme) had an interest in. Art, Graphics, Design (need I say more?)

Today only an exclusive number of people were able to have the honour to go to the Omnicom offices to meet two amazing designers, Amy and Hugo to create a flyer for our event.
We already previously drew a few drawings (we later didn’t use, thank God) for the flyer. The first day we did this “flyer planning” I already knew our flyer was going to be a knockout and really have the essence of “cool” yet “professional”. Turns out the simpler your advertising, the more attractive and inviting it is.

Second day with our “flyer creation”, we created a pretty damn good flyer. There was a few hiccups but I thank we finally agreed on the right layout. I got to learn a few techniques about Photoshop which I think will be very handy in the (If I was to go down the route of having Art as an occupation).

I really enjoyed my time with Omnicom. I’m so satisfied with the result of our flyer, I hope our upcoming brochure can achieve the quality of design of our flyer. Hope to see Hugo, Ami and Kirsty at our event so I can introduce them to the rest of the Events Academy team. You know the date and time, just look at the flyer!

Written by Joa

students
Thu, 08/06/2015 - 16:16

LinkedIn Workshop

Everyone knows Facebook right? The social networking site deemed only acceptable for the youths of our generation but what if I told you there is a ‘Facebook’ which has the prime use for businesses ‘big’ or ‘small’. Today we got some of the tips of how to make a successful, professional LinkedIn profile for business.

LinkedIn is the social networking site that helps businesses and employees connect with other businesses via connections you already have in the real world. Thanks to our expert LinkedIn advisor Tom, in this workshop we learnt the fundamental elements needed for a professional business profile which are:

1. Having a smaller ‘contact list’ (this can be achieved by only accepting ‘contact’ requests by businesses/ career goals you would like to have in the future .e.g. prioritising your personal friendships in other websites other than LinkedIn, only if they share the same aspirations).
2. Having a professional picture (.e.g. can be taken using a phone yet a natural pose and very good lighting is necessary).
3. Note down interests such as career goals (not generic personality traits such as: ‘confident’ or ‘good listener’ etc.).
4. Lastly get many creditable recommendations (this can be achieved by contacting past and present clients).

In the later part of the workshop, we got to finally use the laptops! So we all got down to the good stuff and finally started the creations of our LinkedIn accounts. Sure we were below ground level of a building and there was a few internet dilemmas yet after all that I felt like a LinkedIn pro myself!

Yet in all seriousness I can vouch for the aid this social networking site has given me with the organisation requirements for a better CV. I just hope I get in the habit of using these techniques in the future.

Written by Joa

students
Thu, 08/06/2015 - 16:02
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