I was invited by Dr Jamie Brassett, Innovation Management MA Course Director at Central St Martins to join a panel all about Social Innovation. I was joined on the panel by Professor Lorraine Gamman and Kate Oakley PhD. At this point, I also want to add my LLB letters to my name! It was the inaugural […]
Read More »I was asked by Graham Brown of Mobile Youth to give an Expert Interview around the subject of youth sourcing. I hope you enjoy it! “…We’re talking to Julia about how to engage youth within the product development process. Can big mobile brands increase the relevance and hit rates of their products by incorporating the […]
Read More »This is a webinar, that I did for the DCK TN and Mobile Monday London, 27th Jan 2011, and should be of interest to people that want a closer understanding of the youth market.  Through my experience in mobile and online community products since 1993, despite much time, effort and cost, I have seen many products […]
Read More »This is a webinar, that I did for the DCK TN and Mobile Monday London, 27th Jan 2011, and should be of interest to people that want a closer understanding of the youth market. Through my experience in mobile and online community products since 1993, despite much time, effort and cost, I have seen many products […]
Read More »On December 7th, I took a panel of 16-18 year olds to a conference all about Mobile, called Heroes of the Mobile Screen at the National Film Theatre, to give feedback to 5 product pitches for new digital services. Before you go any further, please note that I have designed the Travelling Teen Panel to […]
Read More »Here is “The Really Mobile Project” interview with 4 of the 6 teen panelists from the youth insights session that I put together for Heroes of the Mobile Screen Conference. I am delighted that the session was so well received and that it met my objectives of providing an insightful and entertaining experience for the […]
Read More »I am putting on a Spring Term Learning Festival day at a school in Newbury. The school is a secondary co-ed, state school with mixed background and ability students. They are progressive, having previously worked with Becta and Futurelab on digital learning research projects and each year they provide enterprise programs for students with neighbours […]
Read More »I dedicate this to Mrs Upton at Park House School. I look forward to working with you and your students!
Read More »Based on my experience working with virtual online community spaces for young people, I was asked to be on a panel at Professor Richard Bartle’s Protecting and Engaging Kids in Virtual Spaces Forum, October, 2009. Here are my thoughts from the event: 1. Useful stats about young people’s online usage Marc Goodchilld from the BBC […]
Read More »This story occurred when I was taking real-life case studies to schools. The product was a set of sounds that a user could download to their mobile and insert into phone conversations. The company had various prototypes set up such as a fart machine, each fart was a different type (I will let you imagine […]
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