I will be traveling to Montgomery, Alabama, today to give a talk on multimedia innovation to professionals, professors and students in the area. I’m extremely excited to share my passion with others, and look forward to their questions and feedback. I posted my presentation on SlideShare, and included it here for your viewing pleasure.
I just received an email for an upcoming News University seminar which caught my attention: “Picture This: Interactive Data Visualization: An ONAvation Webinar with Poynter/NewsU.” I have been a Poynter fellow, have friends who work at News University, and have taken previous seminars and online courses from them. Therefore, I highly recommend this upcoming seminar for journalists hoping to add interactivity and data visualization into otherwise mundane multimedia packages. It’s free for ONA members and $29.95 for everyone else, so why not take advantage of such a great training experience?
If you don’t follow me on twitter and/or del.icio.us (which you should, by the way!) you probably haven’t heard that yours truly will be speaking about multimedia innovation at API’s one day workshop in Montgomery, Alabama on April 3rd. I will be covering strategies for multimedia storytelling for news organizations and how to best prepare and equip your team for large-scale packages. My talk will be followed by two other professionals, and then end with a Q&A panel. If you are in the area, make sure to attend!
Interested in becoming a Flash guru, or getting a comprehensive understanding of multimedia storytelling? SND’s multimedia workshop and UNC’s multimedia bootcamp are two great opportunities for you to fine-tune skills, or to get your feet wet if you are a newbie. The best part is that these awesome workshops are held in Chapel Hill, NC, so you can take me out for coffee while you’re here!
Holiday season is time for 2009 budgets … and time for you to persuade your boss to put away some money for training seminars. Even if this year’s budget is tight, I have listed a variety of training opportunities that has something for everyone. Remember, our jobs require continuous education to succeed so be persistent!