Bridging Media

Bridging Media is hitting the road again this Spring for some Interactive Storytelling outreach at the Yorkton Film Festival.  Brought on by a panel that I was asked to sit on with Richard Gustin (former head storyteller at SCN), Gresham Bradley (Director of On-line Development at e-cast in New Zealand), and Peter Raymont (Executive Producer of the Border), on Interactive Storytelling; Tris Hussey, Emme Rogers and I decided to demonstrate what Interactive Storytelling is all about by helping to tell the Festival’s Story using social media tools such as blogs, twitter, flickr and youtube. Locals, Richard Gustin, Karen Brownlee, and Lee Robertson will also be on the ground and helping to bring the Festivals story to life.

Designed by Mitch Doll

We would love it if you too would join in the conversation.  For those of you, who are old pros at Social Media Storytelling, the hashtag is #yff09.  For those of you that are new to all of this and haven’t got a clue what hashtags, let alone twitter and flickr are all about, no worries, I’ll start posting a few guides to such storytelling devices here.

Here are some ways to be a part of the Yorkton Film Festival Conversation:

• Comment or tweet us and let us know what social media tools you’d like to learn more about.
• Current social media storytellers: comment or tweet with your own tips and advice for those that are new to this form of storytelling.
• Tag all Yorkton Film Festival content with #yff09
• Newbies: set yourselves up on the social media devices we suggest and get your feet wet playing around on them.
• Join the Yorkton Film Festival flickr group and add your photos from this years and previous years festivals.
• Join us for the Interactive Storytelling Panel on Friday May 22 from 1:30 – 4 pm.
• Not at Yorkton:  Still join us for the panel on-line.  Tris and Lee will be tweeting from the audience, so follow them, remember the #yff09 tag and add your two-cents to the conversation.  I know @SookieBonTemps and @LordLikely are going to. The Panel is on Friday May 22 at 12:30 – 3pm PST or 3:30 – 6 pm EST.

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