James Akers

Thought I'd kick off my Bluesky posting by recreating one of my more popular threads from Twitter, sharing top-tips from a talk I did at the @mandhshow.bsky.social back in 2018 on free / cheap tools to help you with your in-house digital work. #MandHShow #MuseTech

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Tech Champion, Digital Accessibility (ARTCF144) Tech Champion- Digital Accessibility (ARTCF144)   Contract: Fixed Term contract until 31 March 2026, working 17.5 hours per week (Arts Council also recognises the benefit of flexible working as a val...

Join our team as a Tech Champion for Digital Accessibility! We're looking for a passionate professional to support the creative and cultural sector in England with their digital accessibility journey. isw.changeworknow.co.uk/arts_council...

Digital Culture Podcast episode #2 - Navigating strategy in the creative and cultural sector with Ollie Couling The Digital Culture Podcast is for creative and cultural professionals to get to know the Digital Culture Network team, learn how we can help your digital skills development, and find out what’s happe...

Navigating strategy in the creative and cultural sector with Ollie Couling: Episode #2 of the Digital Culture Podcast digitalculturenetwork.org.uk/knowledge/di...

Webinar recording - What goes into a social media strategy A webinar for anyone working in the creative and cultural sector who wants to create a social media strategy but isn’t sure where to start.

Webinar recording - What goes into a social media strategy?Nicola demystifies what goes into a social media strategy for anyone working in the creative and cultural sector, and provides top tips on what to include in yours. digitalculturenetwork.org.uk/knowledge/we...

Taking Part The Digital Culture Awards celebrates digital and tech innovation in creativity and culture. Presented by Arts Council England's Digital Culture Network.

Announcing the 2025 Digital Culture Awards Longlist! After receiving some incredible entries for the 2025 The Digital Culture Awards, our panel of Judges have created a Longlist that brilliantly showcases digital innovation in the sector. digitalculturenetwork.org.uk/awards/

The Missing Lens: Enhancing user experience for hidden impairments Digital Culture Network Events An insightful webinar exploring the unseen challenges users with hidden impairments encounter, with a focus on visual impairments.

The Missing Lens: Enhancing user experience for hidden impairments - 11am on Tuesday 14 January

Join our webinar with guest speaker Craig Pryde to learn about the challenges visually impaired people face when navigating websites. digitalculturenetwork.org.uk/events/the-m...

With the festive season upon us, why not settle down to the latest episode of the Digital Culture Podcast. Relax and learn with James and Ollie!

📰📢 The December Digital Culture Network newsletter is out. Read it to learn more about:

✔️ Enhancing user experience
🏆 Digital Culture Awards longlist
🌟 Joining the team!

View the latest issue online here: elinkeu.clickdimensions.com/m/1/95048583...

Digital Culture Podcast episode #2 - Navigating strategy in the creative and cultural sector with Ollie Couling The Digital Culture Podcast is for creative and cultural professionals to get to know the Digital Culture Network team, learn how we can help your digital skills development, and find out what’s happe...

🎧✨ Episode 2 of the Digital Culture Podcast is out with Ollie Couling & we discuss:

🤔 What is a strategy & why you shouldn’t fear one
🎢 Useful frameworks to help build your strategy
✔️ Top tips from Ollie’s experience in the creative and cultural sector

digitalculturenetwork.org.uk/knowledge/di...

Weeknotes #48 | James Akers 📈 Data Analytics and Insight In the last two weeks we got together as a team in Birmingham for an away day and longlisted the Digital Culture Awards entries, and two new jobs are open for application. Join us!

In the last two weeks we got together as a team in Birmingham for an away day, longlisted the Digital Culture Awards entries, and two new jobs are open for application. Join us! #DigitalCultureNetwork www.jamesakers.co.uk/blog/weeknot...

Weeknotes #47 | James Akers 📈 Data Analytics and Insight Weeknotes are back! Lots of activity recently - launching a new podcast, a work trip to New York, and a pilot mentor scheme.

I'm starting up my weeknotes again, documenting my work at the #DigitalCultureNetwork. This week it's all about a podcast, a trip to New York, and a pilot mentor scheme 👇

www.jamesakers.co.uk/blog/weeknot...

If you're new to Bluesky: welcome! You made it!

For any lovers of museums or the arts, we made a Starter Pack containing many museums, galleries and libraries that you can follow and enjoy in a single click.

Have any suggestions of accounts we should include? Let us know!

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