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Last year I met Korinna Waggoner for the first time. She was one of the participants of the Lisbon, Portugal Storytellers Abroad Multimedia Workshop.
She liked the experience so much that she wanted to do this again, so she joined us in Bucharest, Romania, this year.
While hearing all the content for teaching mainly was a repeat, hearing it for the second time was beneficial to Korinna.
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Last year Korinna experienced more bumps in the road with access to the subject. With all the preplanning we do, there is still a chance scheduling may need some adjusting. However, Korinna’s subject was more accessible this year and made for a much better story.
Here is her story from this year on Orphan Ministry in Romania.
When asked the most important things learned she learned this year, Korinna had three that rose to the top:
- Video/Storytelling Confidence
- How I can do storytelling on my own
- Social Media
After doing this 2nd workshop, Korinna was saying sign me up for storytelling for missions.
I believe that after two of these workshops, most people would be ready to adventure out on their own. However, if you are a mid-career in the communications field or towards the end of your career, you could probably take just one of these workshops and be ready.
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A critical aspect of a successful workshop is feeling like you can just be yourself. Now I hope this was taking place as we drove to different locations. I think Korinna was having fun. Ha Ha, Well, I was at least.
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Here Korinna is talking with James Dockery, senior editor with ESPN, about her story. Having these one-on-one times with each workshop participant is where James and I feel like we were able to help the most.
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| photo by: Jeff Raymond |
We also did some lectures, but this was only about 10% to 20% of the workshop. Only a small percentage of classes is because we needed everyone to be hands-on and learn from doing rather than by being lectured.
You can go online and listen to all you want tips on how to use software and see lots of examples of how to do multimedia projects. The workshop helped all these students by having someone walk beside them every step of their journey and having someone who pulled from all their experience and not just doing it alone for the first time.
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Here is Korinna shooting in the village of Herăști, Giurgiu, Romania.
Korinna’s advice to those considering a Multimedia Workshop:
Do it! What you will learn on this trip is far more than you can ever expect!
Email me if you are interested in taking a multimedia workshop next year.
