Category: Education & Outreach
Local Voices focus on digital for organisational development
Local Voices is a Community Interest Company formed in 2013 seeking to connect communities with their local traditions, primarily through songs and the use of archive resources. The company’s two co-directors are experienced folklorists, as well as singers and performers that have carried out workshops with schoolchildren in the Dundee and Angus areas with around 900 […]
Paragon Music report on their digital developments
What the Nesta Digital R&D Fund for Scotland awardees learnt
This report reflects, through written case studies, on the learnings of the 10 Nesta Digital R&D Fund for Scotland awardees. The projects were testing new digital initiatives which would: diversify or expand their audience deepen the engagement with their audience support new income streams by exploring new business models Three of the ten organisations – […]
Stills, Edinburgh: Our AmbITion Approach project
In 2013 Stills made a successful application to AmbITion Approach to investigate how we might develop new digital tools and processes and invest in new technology to change and enhance the way Stills operations are run, to generate revenue, engage and broaden audiences and influence creative practices and processes. Find out how AmbITion Approach has helped us […]
Creative Stirling and AmbITion
Creative Stirling is a cultural social enterprise that is committed to being a learning organisation. AmbITion Approach funding allowed us to work with fantastic digital consultants and expertise which proved to be the basis of an invaluable learning process for the team. The external input provided a timely platform for us to look at our […]
White The App – Catherine Wheels and Hippotrix Case Study
Watch! Case study in digital development: The Scape Trust at Timespan
This AmbITion Scotland case study in digital development sees Hannah Rudman telling the story of the virtual world digital content development that The Scape Trust have created at Timespan Arts & Heritage Centre & Museum, following a community archaeology project in Brora, a remote part of North East Scotland.
Science on screen
The Edinburgh International Science Festival received money from Ambition Scotland’s Digital Content Development Fund to help us expand our content capture and establish an effective distribution strategy. As an annual Festival, we face challenges around how best to showcase our work, keep people engaged year round and deliver wider benefits for our sponsors and stakeholders. […]
Scottish Music Centre – Case Study in Archive Digitisation (Watch!)
Scottish Music Centre: Digitisation Project from Scottish Music Centre Education on Vimeo. The Scottish Music Centre has an extensive collection of over 38,000 items as part of its remit to document and promote the musical life of the country, past and present. We have been acquiring material for over forty years: sheet music, sound recordings, […]