Making Your Media Matter ‘08 Podcast and Discussion Forum

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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)

PANEL1.MP3

Friday, February 8, 2008

Opening Remarks:

George Stoney, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University

REMARKS.mp3

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

PANEL2.mp3

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!

KEYNOTE.mp3

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

PANEL3.mp3

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

PANEL4.mp3

Funded by the Ford Foundation and the Surdna Foundation.

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