All amed Events (63)

AWG: Private Passions, and Highlights of our Writing Year, with Bob MacKenzie and Writing Friends (free, via Zoom)

December 18, 2020 from 1:30pm to 4:30pm – via Zoom, everywhere (Image: Janus, ancient god of gates, doors and beginnings. Source: http://www.novareinna.com/festive/janus.html). Your Invitation: Please join us for our free annual AMED Writers' Group (AWG)… Organized by Bob MacKenzie | Type: amed, writers, group, annual, celebrations

Writing to influence healthcare policy and practice, with David Zigmond

October 18, 2019 from 1:15pm to 4:30pm – Roots and Shoots, Lambeth ‘Expecting good Welfare to evolve and thrive in an oppressively controlled working environment is like expecting a happy and creative individual to emerge from a family that is determined by many inf… Organized by Bob MacKenzie | Type: amed, writers', group, gathering

Highlights of our Writing Year, and Private Passions, with Bob MacKenzie and Friends.

December 13, 2019 from 1:15pm to 4:30pm – Roots and Shoots (Image: Janus, ancient god of gates, doors and beginnings. Source: http://www.novareinna.com/festive/janus.html). Your invitation Please join us for the AMED Writers' Group (AWG)’s end-of-yea… Organized by Bob MacKenzie | Type: amed, writers', group, annual, celebration

The Power of Story, with Trevor Day

February 21, 2020 from 1:15pm to 4:30pm – Roots and Shoots, Lambeth The unread story is not a story ... The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story. Ursula K. Le Guin, Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places ‘A story only… Organized by Bob MacKenzie | Type: amed, writers', group, open, session

Our 200-year present: a fresh perspective through intergenerational writing, with Shelagh Doonan

April 17, 2020 from 1:15pm to 4:30pm – ZOOM Your invitation: Please join us in these extraordinary times for a free virtual gathering via ZOOM of the AMED Writers’ Group. Everyone is welcome. We're limiting numbers to 12 on a first come,… Organized by Bob MacKenzie | Type: amed, writers', group, free, zoom, session

The business of writing: how and when does it start for us?, with Nick Yapp (via Zoom)

June 19, 2020 from 1:15pm to 4:30pm – ZOOM Your business of writing: In ‘Why I Write’ (1946), George Orwell proposed that there are four motivators for writing: sheer egoism, aesthetic enthusiasm, historical impulse, and political… Organized by Bob MacKenzie | Type: amed, writers', group

Issues in writing for social media: an open co-inquiry

August 21, 2020 from 2pm to 4pm – Zoom (anywhere) How can we write most effectively for social media? Social media (noun): websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking. (Oxford… Organized by Bob MacKenzie | Type: amed, writers', group, free, coinquiry

Writing Support session via Zoom for prospective e-O&P Authors and Critical Friends, with John Sweet and Bob MacKenzie

September 12, 2020 from 10:30am to 12:30pm – via Zoom, everywhere Your Invitation to a Writing Support session via Zoom for prospective e-O&P Authors and Critical Friends As co-editors of the Winter 2020 edition of AMED’s journal e-Organisations and Peo… Organized by Bob MacKenzie | Type: amed, writing, support, group

AMED AGM 2020, and post-AGM events

September 24, 2020 from 11:30am to 2pm – Zoom Virtual Meeting The 25th AMED Annual General Meeting will be held on Thursday 24th September 2020 via Zoom from 11:30 am – 12:30 pm (UK Time) * followed by two short interactive 'Show-and-Tell' sessions and discu… Organized by AMED Admin | Type: agm, amed, trustees, workshop, show, and, tell
Post-AGM 'Show-and-Tell' & Diversifying perspectives sessions

September 24, 2020 from 1pm to 2pm – Zoom Virtual Meeting Post-AGM ‘Show and Tell’ sessions, via Zoom Thursday 24th September 2020, 1:00-2.00 pm Showing and Telling: After the AGM, from 1.00-1.25 pm, we’ll be hosting two short, innovative 10-minute inte… Organized by AMED Council | Type: agm, amed, trustees, workshop, show, and, tell

Spreading the word about writing: Why? and How? with Claire Pearce

October 16, 2020 from 1:15pm to 3:30pm – via Zoom, everywhere Claire writes about this free event: Self-discovery, self-soothing, self-expression – writing has so much to offer. It’s not just for writing poetry or novels. A lot of people don’t write because the… Organized by Bob MacKenzie | Type: amed, writers', group, workshop