Megaconference

[Eric Miller <>]

Dear Members of the Educational Videoconference Community,

Greetings!

As World Storytelling Day 2015 

( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Storytelling_Day )

comes to a close --

Congratulations are especially due to the 

Bangalore Storytelling Society for facilitating

a videoconference WSD event! (A link to the online

recording is below.)

Storytelling is going to be an important part

of videoconferencing, and videoconferencing is

going to be an important part of storytelling.

Performance of, discussion about, and training

in storytelling via videoconference has begun, 

and is growing. 

A videoconference platform of choice at present

is Google Hangout, which has the following strong 

points:

1) Up to ten parties can join.

3) There can be a live webcast (through a Youtube page).

4) A recording of the videoconference can also be 

accessible online (through another Youtube page).

2) All of the above is free.

***

The World Storytelling Institute (which is

based in Chennai, and which I direct) would

next year feature at least one videoconference 

as part of our annual Storytelling Festival:

Chennai Storytelling Festival 2016 

(Fri 5 - Sun 14 Feb 2016),

"Storytelling and Inter-cultural Communication".

Travel. Tourism. Translation. "Journey" and 

"Path" as Metaphors. Visiting other lands and 

worlds. Discovery and Exploration of the other,

and of the self.

Please let me know if you might be interested

in participating in this videoconference(s), as a 

speaker, workshop leader, teller, etc.

***

And -- I and team members in Chennai are looking

forward to participating in a videoconference in 

relation to WSD 2016 (on 20 March 2016) -- 

whatever the theme may be. This videoconference 

could be co-facilitated by a number of parties.

***

As mentioned, a link to yesterday's videoconference

facilitated by the Bangalore Storytelling Society

is below. Further below are links to three other recent

storytelling-related videoconferences.  All of these

events have occurred via Google Hangout.

***

Best regards,

- Eric

Chennai (on India's southeast coast)

www.storytellinginstitute.org (NGO)

www.storytellingandvideoconferencing.com (personal)

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World Storytelling Day 2015 -- "Wishes:

Videoconference Discussion and Tellings". 

Facilitated by the Bangalore Storytelling Society (BSS),

with

1) Deeptha Vivekanand  (President, Bangalore Storytelling Society), 

2) Neeta Lalwani, 

3) Sowmya Srinivasan, 

4) Lavanya Prasad --

(all of Bangalore) -- 

and 5) Kiran Shah (Australia).

The link to the recording is at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTjI0m0gs64&feature=youtu.be 

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Three other recent storytelling-related videoconferences

(recordings accessible online) --

1

"Using Storytelling to Teach Languages:

Videoconference Discussion" (Feb 2015).

Facilitated by the World Storytelling Institute (WSI).

Related to Chennai Storytelling Festival 2014. 

With Richard Martin (in Chennai) and others.

Info about, and a link to a recording of, 

this videoconference, are at

www.storytellinginstitute.org/337a.html .

2

World Storytelling Day 2014 (March 2014) -- 

"Dragons and Other Monsters:

Videoconference Discussion and Tellings".

Facilitated by the WSI.

Info about, and a link to a recording of, 

this videoconference are at

www.storytellinginstitute.org/77.htm .

3

"Storytelling and Healing: 

Videoconference Discussion" (Jan 2014). 

Facilitated by the WSI, 

Related to Chennai Storytelling Festival 2014. 

Info about, and a link to a recording of, this 

videoconference are at

www.storytellinginstitute.org/88.htm .

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and --

A photo of yesterday's WSD event here is Chennai is at

www.storytellinginstitute.org/WSD_2015_in_Chennai.jpg .

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