Today is the third Now and Beyond mental health and wellbeing festival for schools and CEO, Sallyann, is hosting the live content all day from 0900 to 2100 beaming valuable and inspiring films, interviews, panels and music videos into classrooms and homes across the nation. From the first session for pre-schoolers [...]
MD, Sallyann Keizer had the privilege of hosting two prestigious pitching sessions at this year’s MIP Junior in Cannes. Hundreds of entrants had submitted their content ideas in the both the pre-school and tweens/teens categories and in each category five finalists were chosen to pitch live at the event. Sallyann wrangled [...]
Entry calls for the MIPCOM Diversify Awards are in again! MD, Sallyann Keizer, as a member of the MIP Diversity Board has the honour of judging the Children’s category this year – and we are asking for any content that highlights minoritised communities in an authentic, honest and heartwarming way to [...]
On 17th November, MD Sallyann Keizer felt very fortunate to be asked to present on the topic of ‘Children’s content with heart: achieving impact and integrity’ at Zinc, as part of their Venture Builders program. The Zinc Venture Builder is an annual programme where a group of diverse yet like-minded individuals [...]
We are very pleased to announce that Happy Media, Happy Mind, the panel that Sixth Sense produced for CMC 2021, is now available on YouTube for everyone to view! With guests including Head of PBS Kids Linda Simensky, YouTube Kids’ Head of Global Programming Mac Malik, practicing GP and wellbeing advocate [...]
Sixth Sense are extremely pleased to be presenting ‘Happy Media, Happy Mind’ at the Children's Media Conference 2021 as part of the Video on Demand Lineup. The topic of the panel is child mental health in a post-COVID world, considering the role that media professionals have to play in protecting and [...]
It was a real joy for Sallyann, Sixth Sense MD, to be asked to present this panel on the topic of ‘Leadership in 2021 and Beyond’ at the Children's Media Conference 2021. Featuring panelists Tom Box of Blue Zoo, Shabnam Rezaei of Big Bad Boo and Jon Mason of Jollywise, as [...]
In preparation for the Children's Media Conference 2021, Sixth Sense collaborated with the wonderful McPin Foundation to commission research for their upcoming panel ‘Happy Media, Happy Mind.’ The research asked young people themselves for their thoughts about all forms of media and the relationship between media and mental health. Sixth Sense [...]
Sallyann, Sixth Sense’s MD, had a wonderful time presenting ‘Brain Boost with Bow-Wowza’ at a virtual seminar on the 20th of March. The presentation was a whistle-stop tour of the background to Bow-Wowza, the research behind the offering, the schools’ package and three top tips for anyone working within child and [...]
It was a late night for Sallyann, Sixth Sense’s MD, when she delivered a presentation for media students at Temple University in the States - thanks to the hefty time difference! But, despite the virtual jet lag, the presentation went wonderfully well and Sallyann truly enjoyed the opportunity to speak to [...]
