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Tag: Erica Hargreave

  • UNWTO Travel & Media Conference: #WeVisitEgypt ‘Real’ Time Digital Travel Storytelling Presentation

    For those of you that sadly could not be with Audrey Scott and Daniel Noll of Uncornered Market and I at the UNWTO Tourism and Media Conference last week on Egypt’s Red Sea, here is a slide share of our presentation on our #WeVisitEgypt ‘Real’ Time Digital Travel Storytelling Demonstration.   UNWTO Travel & Media…

  • #WeVisitEgypt ~ A Digital Egyptian Travel Tale

    #WeVisitEgypt ~ A Digital Egyptian Travel Tale

      We are Roamancing Egypt (again)! As some of you may be aware we launched Emme Rogers and Brie Mason into their latest digital, interactive transmedia tale this past summer, Roamancing ~  a travel tale in search of those most elusive of creatures: love and romance.  We’ve been having fun with it and for those of you that are…

  • Happy 2012!

    Happy 2012!

    2011 was a year of challenges, both personally and in business. In terms of Ahimsa Media, it was a year that saw much growth in the company in a positive way, in which Lori and I really were able to make some informed decisions on the direction we wanted to take the company.  It was…

  • Burnaby Village Museum – A Storyteller’s Delight

    Burnaby Village Museum – A Storyteller’s Delight

    At Ahimsa Media the winter holidays are all about relaxing and spending time laughing and having fun with the folks we love.  It is for this reason that Lori and I take a break from the pre-holiday craziness each year to laugh, be silly and shoot our holiday card together. This year’s shoot was even…

  • New Courses for the New Year

    We are pleased to be ringing in the New Year with two new Interactive Storytelling Courses for Professionals at BCIT and Capilano University. Photo Courtesy of John Biehler The focus of both these courses are to inspire the participants to use digital tools, such as social media, to make your online communications more engaging, build…

  • The Vancouver Sun asks: Can Technology Improve Literacy Skills?

    Last week The Vancouver Sun‘s digital life writer Gillian Shaw approached Erica Hargreave to discuss the effect technology is having on literacy skills.  An issue often discussed in the Ahimsa Media office and, it would seem, many other offices too. Gillian’s article went to press on Saturday, and it was fascinating to read the full…

  • Back to School With Ahimsa Media – An Interactive Classroom This Fall

    It never fails, since my third birthday the autumn still means it time to head back into the classroom for me, some more conventional, some a little less so.  This is probably why in my mind the year runs from September to June and the new year starts for me afresh every September.  With a…

  • The NSI speaks to Ahimsa Media (part 2)

    As promised, please enjoy installment two of Liz Hover’s NSI interview with Erica Hargreave and Susan Brinton. Here, the conversation turns to the unknown elements of applying to a brand new funding stream and our project’s future should the application be successful. Erica also takes the time to briefly discuss the funding changes within the…

  • The NSI speaks to Ahimsa Media (part 1)

    The Ahimsa Media office began this summer abuzz with application preparations for The Canada Media Fund’s (CMF) first ever Experimental Funding Stream. As the printer fell silent, the regular working day returned and the waiting game began, our phone rang. Liz Hover, Digital Media Manager for the National Screen Institute (NSI), was calling to set…

  • Tips for Creating a Personalized YouTube Channel

    Tips for Creating a Personalized YouTube Channel

    In July my knowledge of personalizing YouTube Channel pages went up by about 100 percent. Erica assigned Liz and I the task of creating and personalizing YT Channels for Ahimsa characters Shawnee and Shawn Rockett (of the Shaw Rocket Fund), and for Shea, Ahimsa’s teenage character online. I’d never tried my hand with personalizing YT…