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Olivia Dickinson
Digital Olive
Consultant
Olivia has almost 20 years’ experience in children’s media, across Amazon, the BBC, Nickelodeon and Sky Kids. She freelances as a consultant, mostly in digital media but also in challenging gender inequalities in childhood and education, having built up specialist expertise as a key member of the Let Toys Be Toys campaign. She is a member of the executive group responsible for Diversity and Inclusion at The Children’s Media Foundation, was Deputy Chair for the DfE advisory panel on apps for home learning in 2019 and she has an MA in Early Childhood.
Olivia's Sessions
Preview: Inclusivity Now
Olivia Dickinson is Excutive Producer of the Inclusivity Now strand of VOD content at CMC 2020 Online. Here she outlines the aims of the content which is new venture for CMC - practical examples of how creators and networks are pursuing inclusive content and expanding diversity in their productions. The…
YACF: This is for You
Encouraging voices that truly represent the UK.
Intentional Inclusion in Children’s Books
Inclusive Minds discuss the impact of both positive and negative representation at a young age and offer a personal perspective on how to ensure authentic inclusion.
Mission Employable: Presenting Popular Shows in BSL
The creators of 'Dare Master' and 'Mission Employable' discuss bringing British Sign Language to the CITV audience via these well-loved shows.
The ‘Drip Drip Effect’: How to Combat Gender Stereotypes
Parent-led campaign Let Toys Be Toys explores unconscious bias, the limitations of stereotypes and the harmful effects this can have on content creators and children as consumers, and what we can do about it.
Preschool and Prejudice
Hopster unveil their findings for their report ‘Is Kids TV Making Your Child Prejudiced?’ They reveal and showcase what they are doing to strengthen positive on-screen representation for preschoolers.
Modernising Kids’ Media: How Cartoons Can Forge the Path in an Inclusive TV Landscape
Shabnam Rezaei discusses what creating inclusive kids’ content looks like in front and behind the camera – from establishing a gender balanced writers’ room to matching voice actors to their characters’ cultures and all the little steps in between.
Equal Measures: The 50:50 Story
How is data driving cultural change at the BBC and attracting bigger audiences?
The Road To MixMups and Beyond
How the viral ToyLikeMe campaign led to the creation of new fancy dress pre-school brand and animated series MixMups. Rebecca Atkinson shares the bumps in the road, and offers a practical route map for creating authentic disability representation for others to follow.
Beyond The Quota: Authentic Inclusivity
Why embracing inclusivity authentically is a necessity for your brand reputation and how to get it right.
