What's on?
Digital skills workshop with ABC Open - more
Social media & regional screen workshop - more
Next film screening - more
Ukulele group - more
Cinema in July - more
Robertson e-newsletter - more
Cinema program 2011 - more
TechnoSeniors 2011 - details
Free internet training for builders - details
The Volunteer Centre comes to Robertson - details
Water and Energy Saving Showcase - details
Green grant for the CTC
- details
Choir update - details
Mobile phone recycling - see below
Office space for rent - more details
Find out about volunteering at the CTC
CTC back in business from February
CTC@Robertson, its volunteers, committee members and manager are currently enjoying a well-deserved summer break. We will be back from the first week of February - meanwhile there will be a digital skills workshop organised on 19 January (for details, see below).
Digital skills workshop with ABC Open - storytelling with photos and audio
Thursday 19 January 2012 10am-2pm
Come and join an ABC Open skills session and learn how to combine your favourite photos with audio to create an audio-visual slideshow. It's simple, but the results can be powerful. You may want to interview someone from your family or a local personality to add their voice to their portrait. Or you may want to add your own voice to a series of images describing a special experience. Or perhaps just the sounds of nature to a series of landscape shots.
All you need to do is bring your own laptop, PC or Mac, uploaded with the images you'd like to use. Audio can then be recorded on your smartphone and transferred, or directly onto your laptop. ABC Open Illawarra producer Sean O'Brien, with a background in radio features and television documentaries, will lead the workshop. Please contact Sean to book your place at abcopen.illawarra@abc.net.au
"Social Media and the Regional Screen Creative" 25 November (note change of date!)
A Screen Illawarra South East Skills Development Workshop in partnership with the Regional Screen Industry Development Initiaitive and the Robertson CTC.
When : Friday 25 November 10am -3pm
Where: Robertson CTC , Robertson
Cost : $25 course fee , please book for lunch
Bookings & information: Screen Illawarra South East info@sise.org.au tel 02 6494 0223 www.sise.org.au - or Robertson CTC info@robertsonctc.org.au, tel 02 4885 2665 (Wed-Sat)
Like it or not , social media is now an integral part of our lives. For those of us who live and work in the regional areas of Australia, it can be an incredibly useful tool for advertising who we are, and for creating networks and opportunities that transcend the disadvantages of distance.
Presenter Pantelis Roussakis guides us through the background and basics of the various Social Media formats available, and shows us how to: pick the right social media networks; create a winning profile; build and grow networks; use your profile successfully for marketing; make use of the available network management and analytic tools.
We also look at case studies of how social media has become a highly successful tool for fundraising for various creative ventures.
Whether you are a freelancing creative, established or emerging filmmaker or a creative business owner wondering how to make social media work for you, this day is a great chance to find out. The day will also be a great opportunity to meet and network with fellow screen practitioners and business owners from your area. Participants will be given a full transcript of the day and all the associated website links.
 Next film Sunday 9 October at 2pm
Genius Within -
The Inner Life of Glenn Gould (new release)
“The most comprehensive and touching film portrait of the great Canadian pianist in all his glories and miseries” (David Denby, the New Yorker). Rated [G].
Genius Within will be introduced by composer and broadcaster Andrew Ford.
Sunday 9th October at 2pm
Café opens at 1.30 pm
Tea & coffee available. BYO beer/wine.
Adults $10 children $5 (CTC fundraiser).
Bookings recommended
Southern Highlands Ukulele Group
Southern Highlands Ukulele Group meets at the CTC@Robertson on the 3rd Monday of the month 7pm-9pm. Bring your uke and have some fun with a happy group from beginners to old hands. $3 donation. Further information by email: info [at] robertsonctc [dot] org [dot] au
Robertson and surrounds e-news - free monthly newsletter
Would like to subscribe to the monthly Robertson e-news? If so, follow the steps below and a newsletter will be sent to your email address at the beginning of each month,
1) This link will take you to the Robertson e-news page on the tiny letter website.
2) Enter your email address and click on the subscribe button.
3) Tiny letter will send you an email to confirm your registration. You will then need to confirm your subscription by clicking on the link in the email.
The newsletter content is put together at CTC@Robertson and includes relevant information for Robertson residents.
Cinema program 2011 now available!
Tony and Anna Williams will again be presenting the Robertson Community Technology Centre cinema program for 2011. Tony Williams, film director, will give talks on the films to be screened.
The screenings include be Truffaut's Love on the Run on 5 June, the NZ Maori film Boy on 3 July, an all-day workshop on 21 August (on the art of the cinematographer and editor), and the Glenn Gould portrait Genius Within on 9 October. More details about the program are available now on the cinema subpage. Please check screening times and films from the website closer to the dates announced.
TechnoSeniors 2011
Go On - Have a Go! The CTC@Robertson will hold a variety of free activities during Seniors Week 2011.
Wednesday 23rd March
10am – 12noon - managing and editing photos on your PC for beginners. A detailed overview of Microsoft Picture Manager and some other photo management programs.
2pm – 4pm - introduction to buying on Ebay. We’ll cover the rules for buyers, how to find items you are interested in, and how the bidding process works.
Thursday 24th March
2pm – 4pm - basic email, includes sending and reply, managing the address book using a variety of email programs.
Friday 25th March
2pm – 4pm - browsing the Internet tips and tricks. Know your browser, bookmarking, searches and safety.
You are invited to be a participant at CTC@Robertson.
TechnoSeniors 2011 is funded by Ageing, Disability and Home Care, Department of Human Services NSW (ADHC). TechnoSeniors is a special event run at Community Technology Centres throughout the state and is part of Seniors Week 2011 celebrations.
Free internet training for builders for compulsory professional development
CTC@Robertson is offering free internet training for builders who wish to obtain Compulsory Professional Development points online with 'Pointsbuild'. This is a pilot project funded by the Office of Fair Trading and right now there are two places for free training available.Builders receive a free internet training session at Robertson CTC and someone available to assist while they do their CPD training course with Pointsbuild. The CTC will be happy to provide multiple training sessions. Once the builder is confident with its use, then they can do it at home, in their own time, provided they have a connection to the internet. No more travelling to TAFE, allocating valuable business time for training. Now builders can obtain their points online, at their convenience, when they want.There are many resources and new information available for Builders online. For example they can access the Office of Fair Trading website which features the latest in building regulations. It has references to 'Running a trade business', 'dealing with customers' and lots of links to other websites for builders.If there are any builders out there who would like to know more please contact Monica at the Robertson Community Technology Centre on 4885 2665.
 'The Volunteer Centre'
comes to Robertson
'The Volunteer Centre' comes to Robertson
on Wednesday 23 February 2011,
10am to 12noon
at the CTC Café.
The Volunteer Centre is a resource centre for all aspects of volunteering.
It has recently received a grant from The IMB Community Foundation to take the services
of the Volunteer Centre to outlying villages in the shire. Come and join us for
morning tea, tell us about volunteering
in Robertson, find out more about
volunteering, register your volunteer
needs.
For more information, phone 4869 4617. All welcome!
Volunteering Wingecarribee Inc.
Cinema volunteers wanted
If you have enjoyed the film program from the CTC this year, you might be interested in volunteering to help keep this lively series going in 2010. We need help with flyer distribution and the café on screening nights. Call Monica on 4885 2665 during office hours, Wednesday to Friday 10am to 4pm.
Mobile phone recycling
at your CTC
Your CTC will receive $2.50 for every old mobile phone it collects. Simply bring in your unwanted mobile phone, no matter its age or condition and give it to one of our volunteers. This not only helps your CTC but the planet too, it is estimated that there are 16 million old mobile phones just lying around in office and home drawers in Australia alone. See the news page for more information.
Attention all Chess Players
We now have 2 chess sets available at the CTC. Come along and have a game. Would you like to start a chess club?
 Office space for rent
at the CTC
Are you a commuter? Do you work from home and wish you had better facilities? Need a quiet well equipped work space?
The office space or hot desk service in the community technology centre building has two desks with PCs equipped with MS Office applications and connected to the internet and networked to printers. Laptop computers can also be connected to the internet at the CTC.
There is also access a range of office services and catering on request. For details, please see the news item on the news subpage.
Find out about volunteering
at CTC@Robertson Meet our great team of volunteers and find out more about how to get involved! Volunteer application form can be downloaded from the volunteering subpage.
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