http://openculture.collectionstrustblogs.org.uk/2010/07/22/a-barter-economy-for-cultural-skills/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:15:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://openculture.collectionstrustblogs.org.uk/2010/07/22/a-barter-economy-for-cultural-skills/#comment-11036 John Durrant (Favabank) Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:00:19 +0000 http://openculture.collectionstrustblogs.org.uk/?p=271#comment-11036 I've been working on a skills-share project for the last year or so, initially targeted towards neighbour-to-neighbour skills sharing and bartering but if successful it could scale as a platform to facilitate skills sharing on a much wider scale. If anyone is interested you can find the project by Googling 'Favabank'... It is about to come out of testing to be officially launched so any feedback, views or criticism is appreciated. I’ve been working on a skills-share project for the last year or so, initially targeted towards neighbour-to-neighbour skills sharing and bartering but if successful it could scale as a platform to facilitate skills sharing on a much wider scale. If anyone is interested you can find the project by Googling ‘Favabank’… It is about to come out of testing to be officially launched so any feedback, views or criticism is appreciated.

]]> http://openculture.collectionstrustblogs.org.uk/2010/07/22/a-barter-economy-for-cultural-skills/#comment-5152 Bridget McKenzie Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:48:43 +0000 http://openculture.collectionstrustblogs.org.uk/?p=271#comment-5152 This is genius thinking Nick, and really encouraging at this time. There's nothing like a crisis to accelerate innovation. I hadn't really understood what SHARE is, so I'm very grateful to know more about it. I wonder what the possibilities are to open out this trading of skills, to other sectors, for example, the creative industries, eco-design or innovation? I wonder what the museums sector can offer in exchange to tourism marketing, or to product designers working with new materials, or to long-running charities struggling to look after their archives. This is genius thinking Nick, and really encouraging at this time. There’s nothing like a crisis to accelerate innovation. I hadn’t really understood what SHARE is, so I’m very grateful to know more about it. I wonder what the possibilities are to open out this trading of skills, to other sectors, for example, the creative industries, eco-design or innovation? I wonder what the museums sector can offer in exchange to tourism marketing, or to product designers working with new materials, or to long-running charities struggling to look after their archives.

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