Gathering of Digital Storytellers 2006

How do you plan to bring the knowledge you gained at the Gathering back to your own community and/or organization?

Comment to this entry to share your thoughts!

Here's some ideas from the wrap-up discussions around Technical Assistance and Training Next Steps, what we need:

Ways to stay connected online:
- creating a product of best practices, including tools, and a list of resources, distribution techniques, information about copyright (Creative Commons), links to online curriculum materials
- centralized resource with links, tutorials, op ed's; where everyone can focus on the work, discuss in forums or listservs, an event calendar, and a wiki for material development
- geographic workgroups
- also how can we put stories online but have it be interactive and interpersonal connections?
- participation in massIMPACT's strategization around how it can expand digital storytelling in different areas
- collaboratively created portals (small committee to figure this out)
- channel of video content (Broadcast Machine)

Ways to stay connected in real life:
- annual magazine or publication
- anuual conference
- getting stories on cable access stations
- striving to connect to communities that don't have technology access involved
- Mobmov - car projectors; outdoor drive-through
- public spaces for stories such as an exhibit
- mobile production truck (such as John Lennon bus, StoryCorps, Container Project, Museum of People)
- on a local level, weekly/monthly optional meetup
- future conference in locations without a lot of technology infrastructure; and could invite local community activist.