1. Telling Stories with Video Session for LINGOs staff Erica Rothman Nightlight Productions

2. Introductions

3. Purpose of this session 1. Help LINGOs start thinking about our stories to tell with video – Id needs, knowledge, gaps, start thinking strategically, prepared to meet deliverables 2. Next step in preparing for a multi-session virtual classroom workshop on video for storytelling for our members – Gain confidence in use of Elluminate for Erica – Get content and approach for workshop

4. Primary Audiences for LINGOs video are: Use text tools to write on whiteboard Mark 3 PRIORITY Audiences with a dot:

5. The right technology for the project Review of Flip cameras http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Panasonic-HM-TA1-Camcorder-Review- 37913/Audio-amp-Other-Features.htmhttp://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Panasonic-HM-TA1-Camcorder-Review- 37913/Audio-amp-Other-Features.htm Audio recorder to recommend http://www.zoom.co.jp/english/products/h4n/index.php http://www.zoom.co.jp/english/products/h4n/index.php http://www.soundslides.com/ example: http://weshallnotbemoved.net/stories/marshall-cooper/http://weshallnotbemoved.net/stories/marshall-cooper/ video to watch http://mutinycompany.com/spec/idiot.movhttp://mutinycompany.com/spec/idiot.mov

6. What does it mean to make a video? 3 stages+ Pre-Production Production Post Production Distribution..

7. The Art of cost-effective video story telling Steps to containing costs of video production (and post-production) Plan for long shelf-life Leverage footage for multiple uses Audience, Audience, Audience The Elephant Traps – Poor Planning

8. LINGOs Strategy for use of video why use it? Why not? Rationale of more low quality videos vs fewer high quality? How much (time, effort, money) needs to be invested to make it EFFECTIVE? – Have seen lots of poor video, bad light, background, poor audio, too long… Distribution Channel: benefits/limitations of YouTube vs Vimeo vs other?

9. Strategic Use of Video

11. Ready, Fire, Aim! Next 60 days for LINGOs What things can we/should we try and see what works for us? What Lessons do we need to learn? What info do we need?

12. Identify audience(s) Identify message(s)/story(ies) Try Soundslide Identify photos to get Audio recorder

13. Resources http://www.studiodaily.com/blog/?p=568 http://www.independent-magazine.org/ http://www.der.org/ http://documentarystartshere.blogspot.com/ http://www.innovativeinteractivity.com/2010 /06/21/multimedia-gear-kits/ http://documentarystartshere.blogspot.com/ http://www.innovativeinteractivity.com/2010 /06/21/multimedia-gear-kits/

16. Specs for low-bandwidth audiences vs HQ higher bandwidth: Small screen resolution vs larger, How much extra work/investment to get video in multiple formats for use in eLearning, on website, in reports, in ppts, etc Video in eLearning: streaming vs downloading Standard template/checklists for stories we want to tell different angles? (Project Mgmt (PM), Global Giveback, Commercial Partners helping, member impact).