Ahimsa Media

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  • Merging Media 2011

    Merging Media 2011

    Two principles that Ahimsa Media has been built upon are education and the sharing of ideas and collaborating with others.  This is what we did back in the day with Megan Cole and Bridging Media to encourage the conversation between technology, digital media and traditional media.  When Megan and I got busy on other projects,…

  • 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…

  • A New Classroom & Course for the New Year

    Photo from The Hague’s Nationaal Archief I’m excited to be embarking on a new educational adventure this year! My new classroom will be in the Broadcast Communication Program at BCIT and the Continuing Studies Department at Capilano University.  At both schools I will be teaching Interactive Storytelling.  Not completely sure, but I do think these…

  • Back to School With Kontent

    Summer is winding down, and with it my days of zaniness.  Time to buckle down to more serious matters, like interactive storytelling! Excited to be a part of Kontent Creative’s Summer School with a workshop on Interactive Brand Storytelling: Creating Interactive Brand Stories Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at 7pm – 9pm No matter how many…

  • Delta School District = a Social Media History Maker

    Cross-post from DSD Youth Activities Pretty impressed with the forward thinking of the Delta School District, as as far I am aware they will be one of the first school districts in Canada to fully embrace social media this summer, by actually offering students a course in it. That’s right, the Delta School District is…

  • Chicks Who Click Hit Vancouver!!!

    A few of you have been asking about Tris Hussey’s and my upcoming workshops and where you can sign up.  Those are still on the horizon, but in the mean time there is another exciting event coming to town where you can learn the ins and outs of utilizing social media in your storytelling and…

  • The Yorkton Film Festival Goes Interactive

    Most excited to be heading off to the Yorkton Film Festival this week with Tris Hussey (from m2o)  and Emme Rogers. The three of us, along with locals, Richard Gustin, Karen Brownlee, and Lee Robertson will be demoing Interactive Storytelling to the Festival by telling the Festivals story through tweets, snapping pics, blogging and possibly…

  • Launching Ahimsa Media 2.0

    Welcome everyone to the new and improved Ahimsa Media!! As many of you are aware, Ahimsa Media has been undergoing some changes over the past year and a half, shifting our focus from Traditional Broadcast and Video Production to New, Social and Emerging Media Storytelling and we are loving it!  In the busyness, it’s taken…