Empowering Media That Matters
Making Your Media Matter 2008 Podcast and Discussion Forum
Audio podcasts and power points from the 2008 Making Your Media Matter conference are now available! Please click on the mp3 or ppt files next to each part of the conference below to hear the full audio recording or download the power point. Audio files can also be downloaded by PC (right click, save as) and Mac (option + click).
In addition, we welcome your comments and thoughts about the conference in our discussion forum at the bottom of this page.
You can also read the Rapporteur's Report here.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Welcoming Remarks:
Pat Aufderheide, Director, Center for Social Media
Larry Kirkman, Dean, School of Communication, American University
Orlando Bagwell, Ford Foundation
INTRODUCTIONS.MP3
Panel 1: Games for Social Change: How games and video are playing well together:
How are online games mobilizing audiences around social issues? This panel will explore how video games can double as tools for conflict resolution, and maybe even save the environment!
Moderator: Suzanne Seggerman , Games 4 Change
- Heidi Boisvert, ICED!
Game launching on 2/28
- Eric Brown, Peacemaker
- Ivan Marovic, A Force More Powerful
- Dennis Palmieri, ITVS (World Without Oil)
Friday, February 8, 2008
Opening Remarks:
George Stoney, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
Panel 2: Plight Entertainment:
Sometimes the most uncomfortable stories are the most important ones to tell. What's the process for pitching and telling stories that don't have Hollywood endings? Then what?
Moderator: Leena Jayaswal, American University, School of Communications
- Julia Bacha, Control Room, Encounter Point
- Bristol Baughan, GOOD Magazine
- Salome Chasnoff, Beyond Media Education
- Giovanna Chesler, G6 Pictures
Keynote:
Byron Hurt & Sonya Childress, Beyond Beats and Rhymes & Firelight Media
Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes is a film that deftly explores issues of manhood, misogyny, violence and creativity in hip-hop. Join filmmaker Byron Hurt and community outreach campaign strategist Sonya Childress as they continue to inspire and engage!
Panel 3: Crossing Cultural Boundaries:
How are filmmakers and organizations using media to promote intercultural understanding? Amazing stories of media projects as agents of change in areas traditionally wrought with conflict.
Moderator: Frederick Thomas, MHz Networks
- Caroline Avakian, FilmAid International
- Nenad Maksimovic, Academy for Educational Development
- Senain Kheshgi, Project Kashmir
- Geeta Patel, Project Kashmir
- Virginia Williams, New View Films
Panel 4: Short Shorts and Hot Platforms: Emerging Formats and Distribution Strategies:
What used to be just virtual space has become a powerful tool for making media that matters. What is the latest thinking on the best approaches to audience engagement?
Moderator: Daniel Hartman, See3 Communications, dogooder.tv
- Leba Haber, Where My Ladies At?
- Matisse Bustos Hawkes, Witness Hub
- Melissa Roberts, Free Range Studios
- Leighton Woodhouse, Brave New Films
Funded by the Ford Foundation and the Surdna Foundation.
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