- NudgeCam: A Video Coach in Your Phone I love making martians on my iPhone. I have a great, free app and since I'm heading to wedding number six of the summer this weekend, I can testify that it is a great hit with both kids and grandparents.
- WITNESS training materials and videos in Burmese Over the past few years, literally hundreds of thousands have been moved to action by the videos created by our former partners at Burma Issues. Both the trailer and full version of just one video, Shoot on Sight, have been seen 1 million times on YouTube and the Hub alone - not to mention the dozens of times it has been screened before decision-makers and supporters.
- WITNESS in Paraguay for Americas Social Forum Greetings from Asunción, Paraguay, where the IV Americas Social Forum kicks off today with a march and opening ceremony that includes remarks by Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchú and many other leaders of social movements and civil society from across the region.
- Training Series: The Primary Audiences for the Toolkit (and How We Identified Them) In preparing for the Video Advocacy Planning Toolkit that we’re building (see my last post for an overview), we did a ‘persona’ exercise to help us narrow the primary audiences that we envision as key users.
- Training Series: WITNESS is Creating a Video Advocacy Planning Toolkit and We Want Your Input If you’re new to WITNESS, we’re a 28 person organization that works internationally to train, equip and support human rights advocates to strategically use video. We empower people to transform personal stories of abuse into powerful tools for justice, promoting public engagement and policy change.
- BAVC Producers Institute for New Media Technologies Well, I'm in the midst of having a great ten days! I'm in San Francisco participating at the Bay Area Video Coalition's (BAVC) fourth annual Producers Institute for New Media Technologies. It is an intensive ten-day residency for eight creative teams (see this year's projects below!) with a shared goal of developing and prototyping a multi-platform project inspired by, or based on a significant documentary project.
- Video: Socialnomics and the Social Media Revolution Erik Qualman, blogger, speaker and author of bestselling book "Socialnomics: How social media transforms the way we live and do business," produced a new, snappy video with some eye-opening stats on the rise of social media.