Eurasia Media & Distribution Consultation 2010:

Right Message, Right Media

EMDC 2010

A Consultation on Applied Media and Technology in a Multi-Lingual Market

What Will Take Place?

Specialists in media, communications, and linguistics will be presenting ideas and providing training. Appropriate workshops will be facilitated by experienced teachers (a sample of some are below).  Assistance will also be provided to get finished material ready for distribution (TV, radio, CD, DVD, Internet-web, downloadable, etc).  Language-specific, country-specific, or ethnic group-specific working groups will be meeting.

Featured Speakers Include:

Dr. Viggo Søgaard, Danish, is considered by many to be one of the founders of the communication in non-print, oral traditions movement.  He has written three books on the topic and trained leaders in his many years teaching at graduate schools.  He will be a plenary speaker, do two workshops, and be available for one-on-one consulting.

Dr. Wayne Dye began linguistic work in Asia in 1964, but his focus since 1974 (including PhD dissertation) has been on language use, context, engagement, and proper media. He teaches two graduate course on these topics.He will be a plenary speaker, do two workshops, and be available for one-on-one consulting.

Mr. Ziden Nutt has been working in Africa and Eurasia since the early 60’s.  His workshops will provide key principles and some proven models on how to build partnerships.  These partnerships have led to the establishment of recording, production, and training centers around the region and elsewhere.

Dr. Peter Mead  is a public speaking trainer and specialist in oral communications in regard to storying. A Brit, raised in Italy, he has traveled widely for his studies and to train.

Mr Nick Hall, a Brit, has been dubbing, training, producing, and distributing in the region for many years. He will share newly developed dubbing software and insights from a number of DVD production and distribution projects in the region.

Dr Thorsten Grahn and a colleague (both German) will elaborate on their organization's foreign language work in 25 languages via Radio, TV, telephone and Internet (8 websites, 18 languages, 400,000 visitors monthly). They will also offer some direct hands-on ideas in radio production training. For those interested, they will provide a tour of their recording and editing facilities 35 minutes from the conference site.

Many other specialists are coming for workshops or hands-on training.

In addition, a good number of regional media organizations (film, TV, radio, web) will be present.

**Please note: The consultation will end with breakfast on Friday, 01 Oct, but the center is available Friday and Saturday if attending groups want to hold additional meetings.  If so, please e-mail  the Steering Committee when your registration confirmation is sent to you.

***IMPORTANT (July, 2010) Registration has been very positive. All new registrants need to be aware that we may not be able to give you the exact room you ask for on the registration form.  There are hotels nearby, so please do not let this keep you from registering.

***IMPORTANT! Registration will close on 23 August, 2010!

Some of the Many Workshops Include:

How to know which media are best for your language

You may be closer than you think to making TV programs

How to get started making radio programs

Oral Societies: What you need to know

Step-by-step method for creating a Youtube-like channel for your language

How to partner together to develop a local recording studio

Media products you may not know about

Cell phone and IT technologies for your language

Dubbing and editing culturally sensitive products from your laptop

Literacy via the Internet

Ethnomusicology and your language

How local art can be used in language development

Creating a web site where your material can be seen and heard

Special characters and special alphabets on line

Retrieving and graphing statistics and analytics from your language website

Insights for recording, dubbing, and editing

Easy software for electronic texts (on-line, CD) in multiple languages with audio

Making the best of social networks

Correspondence courses by radio and web; e-learning in regional languages

Tailor-made radio programs in remote languages of the region: a recent example

Software and hardware used for voice modification (demonstration, and application: bring your material for voice modification)

Language material on hand-held devices

Copyright issues with images, effects, and music

Rethinking plans for language development and translation in the light of digital media options.

Archiving digital products

Ideas on how to advertise your available language material

Language, people, and country specific working groups

Open Q & A time with media, communication, and IT specialists

One-on-one consultation with media, communication, and IT specialists

(check back as this list grows)