Gathering of Digital Storytellers 2006

Wednesday June 21st

9:00-9:30 WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS

• Thaddeus Miles of Mass Impact , Amy Hill of The Center for Digital Storytelling , Tasha Freidus of Creative Narrations
  

• Shira Golding, Artsengine.net
• Vanessa Pabón, Telling Our Legacies Digitally
• Melissa Krodman, Project Think Different
  

11:00 - 11:15 Break

1. Stories and Youth - Nicole Demedenko of the Youth Training Project , Youth from Telling Our Legacies Digitally, Dean Gransar of Home, Inc., Dina Rosen of Kean State University
   
2. Story Coaching 101 – Tasha Freidus and Amy Hill
   

12:30 – 1:30 Lunch on your own

• JaModi Robinson of Digital Expressions
• Jennifer Gilomen from Bay Area Video Coalition
• Christefano, ParaHuman
  

2:45-3:00 Break

1. Inclusive Storytelling - Diane Dew of the Citti Project , Sheela Sethuraman of EduWeave, Danielle Martin of UMass Boston CTC VISTA Project
2. THE STORY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS: Josh Schachter of StoriesMatter and Cheryl Crow of Bridges to Understanding
   

5:00 – 7:00 Networking/Cocktail Hour at the Middle East , buffet dinner provided; Late night jazz

THURSDAY, JUNE 22

9:00 – 10:30 CAPACITY BUILDING:
How your organization can build & sustain a digital storytelling project

• Lisa Dush, UmassBoston and Thaddeus Miles of MassImpact

10:45 – 12:00 Concurrent Sessions

1. Stories and Healing – Amy Hill Silence Speaks , Aimee Thompson of Close to Home , and Lisa Fliegel of Arts Incentives Program
2. Stories and alternative education/language and literacy issues: Melanee Grondahl of Year-up , Vanessa Pabon of T.O.L.D., Heather Pleasants of University of Alabama

1:00 – 2:30 Concurrent Sessions

1. Stories and Community Engagement – Barbara Ganley of Middlebury College , Jennifer de Fontaine and Camille of Neighborhood House, Tasha Freidus of Better Questions, Better Decisions
2. To be determined, open space

• Creating our own community

• Dinner on your own
• Optional Harbor Cruise & SALSA PARTY!

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