Today the RLabs academy was in full swing at 3 different Living Labs across the country (Cape Town, Atlantis and Johannesburg). The variety of courses on offer were Social and Digital Media, Project Management, Events Management, Photo Editing and Entrepreneurship with more than 500 community learners (young and old) attending.
The Entrepreneurship groups were learning the Business Model canvas (see presentation below), digital and social media groups were introduced to tools such as Google Apps, Facebook, Twitter, Blogger and YouTube, events and project management teams were introduced to their respective projects while the photo editing participants were learning how to master open source editing software. The buzz at the academy proved to us once more that the appetite for learning in our communities are on the rise and that the possibilities for reconstruction are endless.
these workshops sound great! I give my time and effort to an outreach programme in dance where I offer photography and videography for class critique, securing sponsorships and record purposes. Although based in Athlone the programme operates in Langa, Gugs, Nyanga and Khaye as well as in some rural towns. I am self taught and have difficulties in keeping up with the technology available to improve what I offer to the community. I believe these workshops, if available to me, would be extremely helpful……comments please……see my work on facebook and also my profile on linkedin as well as Betalife Productions on facebook.
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Hi Robin. Thank you for your comment and we have great admiration for the work you are doing. If you are keen to learn more about some of the programmes we have on offer to assist you with the digital and social media skills that will add more value to your community activities then we would be happy if you keen to join us in the academy next year. We will be opening up the call for applications by the end of November and looking forward to seeing how we can support your amazing work.
Thanks for your reply. I would certainly be interested in joining the academy next year and would appreciate receiving details later in November when you open the call for applicants.
Hi there,
when do applications open to your 2013 training courses or is it first come first serve on the day of registration
Applications will be available from Monday 10 December onwards. We offering scholarships that have to be completed before the registration.
I will be away until late Wednesday but will come to the Bridgetown office on my return