Sawa Communications

Recorded live stream of London Mayoral hustings

Miss SW — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:25:06 +0000

Watch the recorded live stream of the London Mayoral candidates hustings in Brent. SAWA streamed the footage using the Samsung Galaxy S Android phone. The quality of the streaming was very impressive, the sound even more so, particularly as it was from the phone. The only downside was that an individual’s arms were aching for 40 plus minutes holding it! I wanted to do short snippets but this would have affected the flow of the live stream and irritated viewers!

Project with community councillor

Miss SW — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:52:26 +0000

SAWA is currently managing the web content for the political Labour Party councillor Patrick Vernon. Mr Vernon, a councillor for the London Borough of Hackney was recently made a shortlisted candidate for the Labour seat in Manchester Central.

To view some of our work visit www.patrickvernon.org.uk

Also read Mr Vernon’s Making a difference to local communities…New life and aspirations for the party and constituents of Manchester Central – To download the booklet click here

Our social networks under one roof

Miss SW — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:38:28 +0000

I’ve always echoed that it’s best practice to use only a few social media platforms, but using them to their maximum abilities is far more important.

I guess some of you may wonder what social media do I use. Well, I’ve listed some of my current networks below, most are used to their maximum capabilities but others namely AudioBoo is a fantastic social media tool and one which I “intend” to use fully, which is why I have listed it here.

So, please feel free to navigate around my social networks, follow us, comment and engage in meaningful discussions where we can calloborate, share ideas and mobilise an online community of socially conscious creatives.

Facebook:

Twitter:

Audioboo:

Tumblr:

Bambuser:

Pit Stop – Social Media developments

Miss SW — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:39:21 +0000

I’ve trawled the web for some social media developments from how to plan your social media schedule to how to use the increasingly popular social media tool Storify to integrate images, tweets, audio and video!

How to Enable the New YouTube Design Now
“Word on the street is that YouTube has a slick new design. It’s a revamped homepage with some pretty tight Google+ social integration and content discovery features.”

How to Create a Social Media Marketing Schedule
“It’s easy to get into social media for the wrong reasons and to post too much or too little. Here’s how to balance out your social media efforts.”

4 ways journalism educators are using Storify as a teaching tool
“More and more news sites have been using Storify to capture reaction and highlight interesting discussions taking place on social networks. And journalism educators have also started using it — to create multimedia course content, organize handouts and teach students how to curate social media.”

Webinar – Nonprofit Newsletters That Engage
“Webinar on December 2nd to look at how Online newsletters can allow organizations to produce their publications more efficiently, collect more data about their audience, and gain insight into how engaged their supporters are. Explore how email newsletters succeed using the tools and data that come along with doing these online. Using examples from other nonprofits, we’ll look at what works and what are some of the best practices for online newsletters, and how to gear your content towards targeted audiences.”

Recent design projects

Miss SW — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:32:30 +0000

Did you miss us? Well, SAWA was hard at work completing a number of commissions from editorial work, updating websites to designing logos and business cards. I’ve decided to give you a taste of some of the work so far.

Web and editorial work: www.afiya-trust.org
Web and editorial work cont’d: www.backchat.afiya-trust.org

Logos and business cards:

Community-Driven Social Impact

Miss SW — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 13:28:22 +0000

Interesting slides on Community-Driven Social Impact:

Community-Driven Social Impact – 11NTC

View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward

Powerful Ideas

Miss SW — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:26:06 +0000

Social thinkers and sector leaders are taking part in ‘Powerful Ideas’, a series of six lectures initiated to tackle the challenges soon to be faced in the UK.

In the challenging months and years to come these lectures come at a time where new ideas are needed to shape the new society and the finanacial and social challenges that will need to be addressed. The free lectures will bring lively debate creating ‘radical and lateral’ ideas.

Two lectures have already gone but the lectures to follow are shown below. For more information and forthcoming videos of each lecture visit www.ccla.co.uk

07 April 2011, 5.45 – 7.45pm
Localism will lead to the emancipation of local government and give much-needed power back to the people
Andy Sawford, Chief Executive, Local Government Information Unit

19 May 2011, 5.45 – 7.45pm
There’s nothing to fear from a postcode lottery
Tony Travers, Director, Greater London Group at the London School of Economics and Political Science

16 June 2011, 5.45 – 7.45pm
A free market future for Britain
Mark Littlewood, Director General, Institute of Economic Affairs

07 July 2011, 5.45 – 7.45pm
The arts can help to save the planet
Clare Cooper, Director and Co-Founder, Mission Models Money