Opentech2010 Slideshare

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Slides from my talk about the campaign to save Bletchley Park. The work done at Bletchley Park shortened WW2 by two years possibly saving 11 million lives. It is also the birthplace of the computer.

Transcript of Opentech2010 Slideshare

Can Twitter save Bletchley Park?

Dr Sue Black

Senior Research Associate

Software Systems Engineering

University College London @Dr_Black

Captain Jerry RobertsBletchley Park codebreaker

What *you* can do........

•Visit Bletchley Park the “Geek Mecca” (only £10 for an annual pass)

•Have a look around the Bletchley Park website: www.bletchleypark.org.uk

• Pledge 1 days wages http://www.pledgebank.com/work4bletchley

•Read all about my campaign: savingbletchleypark.org

•Donate money www.justgiving.com/sueblack

•Watch the BCS ‘Women of Station X’ video

•Follow @bletchleypark and @Dr_Black on Twitter, search term #bpark

•Check out the Bletchley Park annual reunion site: www.bletchleyparkreunion.info

•Attend the Station X social media cafes, details can be found by following @StationX on Twitter

•Talk to everyone you know about Bletchley Park. Have they been there? Do they know how important it was/is?

Thanks for listening

Any questions?

@Dr_Blacksueblack@gmail.comwww.sueblack.co.uk

My blog about Opentech including this presentation is at:

DrBlack.posterous .com

@Dr_Blacksueblack@gmail.comwww.sueblack.co.uk