Theme: Re-defining collaboration in a fractured media world

Photos by D. Burk

Making Media Now 2011

SAVE THE DATE:
Friday, May 6, 2011
Bentley University, Waltham, MA
8:45 am – 6:30 pm

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED!

Conference includes: breakfast, trade show, networking, lunch, workshops all day, one-on-one consultations (first come first served) and a cocktail reception.

One-on-One Consultations

These consultations will take place from 11:15-12:15 pm and from 2:45-4:00 pm on Friday May 6th.

Alyce Myatt of GFEM from MMN 2009

Sign up for these 15-minute consultations begins at 8:45 am on Friday, May 6th at Bentley next to the registration area in the LaCava Conference Center (3rd floor). Participants may sign up for only one consultation until 10:30 am and may then sign up for another if there are still vacancies. Sign ups are a first come first serve opportunity.

Topics include:
* Fundraising
* Investing in social media
* Operating as a one person band
* Distribution
* Story structure
* Legal issues
* Production
* Brand marketing
* Filmmakers working with corporations
* Tax credits
* Broadcasting on PBS
* Dealing with different formats
* Community and audience engagement

Consulting experts include:
* Mikaela Beardsley (fundraising, production, distribution, story structure)
* Melissa Bradley (Tides Foundation)
* Helen De Michiel (transmedia, webisodes, new modalities of creating and sharing film)
* Sandra Forman (legal issues)
* Nate Garvis (brand and marketing)
* Paul Gasek (Discovery)
* Beth Harrington (new avenues for fundraising)
* Sheila Leddy (Fledging Fund)
* David Tames (one person band)
* Judith Vecchione (docs, different formats, PBS)
* Irene Wachsler (tax credits)
* Alison WInshel (PBS)