Join us for a cocktail party hosted at The Dunes to kick-start our weekend celebration of storytelling and design for good.
Enjoy drinks at the open bar
Munch on yummy snacks
Mingle with D.C.'s best and brightest Benevolent Media Creators
Groove to music, courtesy of DJ Ora Nwabueze
About the Host:
The Dunes is a mixed media venue (owned by creative consulting firm The Dunes LLC) located in the center of Columbia Heights. The Dunes morphs easily from art gallery to concert venue to retail pop-up shop to cocktail lounge to private event space. The venue has a full alcohol license with accounts with all major distributors, and is equipped with an artisan crafted bar, a sound system that easily handles bands, large and small, and DJs. A highlight of the Dunes is its professional gallery hanging system with ample track lighting that always displays the latest monthly exhibit curated by The Dunes LLC; a beautiful backdrop to all events held at the space. The Dunes is as comfortable with 20 people as it is with 150 and is available for private functions consistent with The Dunes LLC's belief in the integration of creative exhibition with social interaction.
Photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ora777/sets/72157627125699309/show/
Directions:
We are 0.4 miles north of Columbia Heights Metro. The Dunes is not wheelchair accessible. Free Parking is available on residential streets.
This event is part of the Benevolent Media Festival, an all-volunteer project celebrating storytelling and design for good, organized during Digital Capital Week. Join us for what promises to be an inspiring event for up-and-coming photographers looking to bring social and environmental issues to light. We will have slideshow presentations from three photographers who use their talent to discuss social issues: Nancy Farese from PhotoPhilanthropy.org; Emma Scott from Critical Exposure; and JB Reed from The Nuru Project.
Following the slideshows, we will have a panel discussion, where the audience will have the chance to engage the photographers and learn how to get involved in benevolent photography. Join us as early as 11:30 a.m. to chat with event organizer and photographer Aaron Minnick, about using photography to inspire nature conservation.
At this event, we will be screening some short films, all written, produced, directed, and edited by our Youth Media Organizers. After the screenings, our Youth Media Organizers will answer questions about the program, youth media, and the importance of youth voice in the the organizing process.
In this rapidly changing world of mobile devices, social media and the cloud, how should cause-oriented organizations take advantage of new tech to raise money, influence thinking and make a difference?
Join Patrick White and Aziz Isham of Arcade Sunshine Media as they host a panel of experts presenting on the latest trends in multimedia outreach.
Arcade Sunshine Media (www.arcadesunshine.com) is a multimedia publisher working to transform the print industry by integrating social media, videos, animations, images and more. Their latest project is a multi-media book for 826DC (an after school tutoring program for inner-city youth).
Sarah Massey is a public relations professional who specializes in shifting the mass media conversation to include human rights, the arts, and socially responsible businesses. Sarah founded Massey Media in 2005 to build the progressive movement with creative and strategic communications. Over the last four years, Massey Media’s work has grown to include PR for arts groups, artists, and businesses.
This panel is open to nonprofit professionals, NGO workers, fundraisers, authors, journalists, media junkies, bloggers and anyone else interested in new modes of digital outreach.
This event is part of the Benevolent Media Festival, an all-volunteer project celebrating storytelling and design for good, organized during Digital Capital Week.
Sponsored by Stone Soup Films, a nonprofit film cooperative based in DC, this workshop is a practical look at communications challenges many nonprofits face and how a film can help move the ball forward. This is a hands-on exercise, with real-life scenarios and examples. The workshop will be held at the World Resources Institute, a global environmental think thank.
This event is part of the Benevolent Media Festival, an all-volunteer project celebrating storytelling and design for good, organized during Digital Capital Week. You have tens of thousands of Facebook fans and a popular, mission-driven blog. You know your way around hashtags, SEO, and conversion rates. Now how do you take your social media strategy to the next level? Learn how to use social media for everything from internal communication to internships, CEO visibility to capital campaigns, and everything in between.The panel discussion will be held at the World Resources Institute, a global environmental think tank.
The Benevolent Media Festival is a celebration of D.C.’s community of storytellers and designers dedicated to social and environmental good. Members of the community who identify as “benevolent media creators” are invited to host and organize their own lectures, workshops, performances, networking events or other activities, located at multiple venues across the city, that compel audiences to care about a cause, take action on an issue, or promote a point of view through strategic and inspiring multimedia.
Learn more: http://www.benevolentmedia.org/festival/
View the agenda here: http://benevolentmediafestival2011.sched.org/
Please join us for the screening and discussion of the Together Through Film Project. The program's mission is to teach young people how to use documentary film as a way to explore and respect the world around them. Media professionals lead local youth in learning the skills needed to plan, shoot and edit documentary films.
On Monday night we will watch the student-made film and the behind-the-scenes from the weekend program. Then Aziz Abu Sarah, a peace activist and National Geographic Emerging Explorer, National Geographic filmmakers and high school student participants will discuss what they have learned about promoting peace and understanding.
