Kaleidoscope Digital presents at Twestival

The Barnsley Twestival was an afternoon of seminars to help participants get to grips with using social media as a tool for promoting themselves and their business. Kayla Kavanagh from Kaleidoscope Digital presented a "Twitter 101 for Business" workshop for beginners in the Digital Media Centre.

The evening finished with the Big Twitter Debate with arguments for and against the use of Twitter and other similar sites for the purpose of building contacts and networking. A successful day raising money for Charity as part of Twestival Local!

Kaleidoscope Digital presenting at Barnsley Twestival

The Big Twitter Debate - Discussing, understanding and using social media in life and business

Join us on Thursday 10th September 2009 for an afternoon of interesting and useful seminars to help you get to grips with using social media as a tool for promoting yourself and your business. Hear from practioners in the field who can give you practical advice and tips on how to use sites like Twitter and Facebook, as well as hearing case studies from people who have successfully integrated social media into their everyday lives.

Co-hosted by Creative Barnsley and the Barnsley Digital Media Centre, the evening will finish with The Big Twitter Debate where you will hear arguments for and against the use of Twitter and other similar sites for the purpose of building contacts and networking. Follow the debate live on Twitter http://twitter.com/twestivalbsly from 5:30pm.

The event will raise funds for Action Space Mobile http://www.actionspacemobile.org as part of the Barnsley Twestival Local event. http://barnsley.twestival.com

Date: Thursday 10th September 2009
Time: 3:30pm to 8:00pm
Fee: £5 (to be donated to Action Space Mobile as part of the Barnsley Twestival Local event)

Kayla featured in British Computer Society Magazine

British Computer Society Magazine - read article on BCS Website (copied below)

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Creative Director

Name: Kayla Kavanagh

Age: 30

Current Employer: Kaleidoscope Digital

Bagged this job by: Starting my own new media company in March 2009

Highs: Launching the company from its new offices in the Digital Media Centre, Barnsley

Lows: Starting the company with no funding, grants or loans available

Happiness rating: 9

Qualifications:
MA Digital Performance, University of Hull
BMus (Hons), Queen’s University, Belfast
Microsoft Certified Professional (.net & SQL Server 2000)

Other training: Social media marketing

Path trodden: I'm a Microsoft Certified Professional with a masters degree in digital performance. I'm also an accomplished entrepreneur with eight years' industrial experience as a marketing co-ordinator, web designer, musician, composer, trainer and project manager.

Having identified a niche in the market for individuals and small companies seeking to achieve high level media presence without the often prohibitive cost of using several different companies, my expertise in the creative and performing arts led to the creation of my own business Kaleidoscope Digital.

Career mantra: Every problem is an opportunity in disguise

Currently working on: Web design and development, social networking, online advertising, music and video, design and photography, and social media marketing training. And launching my debut album in September.

What I do: Kaleidoscope Digital is a new media company based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. The company offers a full range of promotional services including web design and development, social networking, online advertising, music and video, design and photography, and social media marketing training.

Specialties:
Web design, social networking, digital marketing, music, video, photography

Working hours: All the hours of the day and night. Web-based work is usually carried out between 9am - 5pm, then music performance every few evenings, and more fiddling with HTML into the wee hours of the night.

Options ahead: Growing my new company in its first year, hoping to secure major contracts and clients and releasing my debut album in September following a year long tour of the UK. www.kaylakavanagh.com

Kaleidoscope Digital joins Chamber of Commerce

Kaleidoscope Digital is the newest member of the Barnsley & Rotherham Chamber of Commerce. With nearly 2,300 members it is the largest Chamber in the Yorkshire region, and the seventh biggest in the UK.

Kaleidoscope Digital offers a 10% discount on all its services to members of the Chamber - check out our Special Offers for latest prices!

Irish female entrepreneur sets up in Digital Media Centre

Article featured in Barnsley Bubble

A new and exciting business has moved into Barnsley's Digital Media Centre. Kaleidoscope Digital is a Creative Productions company directed by Kayla Kavanagh, a Microsoft Certified Professional and Masters Graduate in Digital Performance. The company offers web design, music, video, photography and training from the Digital Media Centre in Barnsley. Kaleidoscope’s unique New Media packages make it a cost-effective one-stop-shop for local businesses seeking digital marketing – all under one roof! Kaleidoscope's services are aimed at local businesses and start-ups who have a tight budget. Specialising in Digital Marketing (web design, social networking, interactive online content, multimedia), the company has a transparent pricing system meaning that prices are available online today. For many of the music and video projects Kaleidoscope Digital works collaboratively with local engineer/producer Nigel Pease, whose company Selva Sound is also taking an office in the DMC in April. Find out more at http://www.kaleidoscope-digital.com.

Kaleidoscope Digital moves premises

To the Digital Media Centre in Barnsley ...

Our unique one-stop-shop of web design, online advertising, music, video and printing provides a cost effective method keeping all your promotional activities under one roof!

Click below to read the featured article in the Barnsley Chronicle: