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Mashable Hosts Social Good Summit 2012

The Social Good Summit is a three-day conference where big ideas meet new media to create innovative solutions. At the summit, innovative technologists, influential minds and passionate activists will come together with one shared goal: to unlock the potential of new media and technology to make the world a better place, and then translate that potential into action. This year’s Social Good Summit will be more engaging than ever. People from around the world, in both the developed and the developing world, will unite in person and online to participate in The Global Conversation – the world’s largest conversation on how technology can grow communities and improve life for all of us as we move toward being a networked society. The Social Good Summit in New York City takes place September 22 – 24, 2012. On September 24 it will go to China and Kenya. Buy tickets to the September 22-24 event…

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kdmcBerkeley Fall 2012 Multimedia Storytelling Series Announced

The kdmcBerkeley Fall 2012 Multimedia Storytelling Series is open for registration. All workshops are led by UC Berkeley lecturers and staff, with presentations from award-winning faculty and industry leaders to give you the skills to distinguish you as an expert in digital media. This fall they will be offering four courses.Video StorytellingOctober 11-13, 2012 | Register Today Learn from master storytellers techniques for capturing the attention of your audience to create engaging videos. This intensive three-day workshop is an immersion in digital video storytelling, providing hands-on video training in every phase of planning, production and digital delivery. This workshop delivers the same world-class training the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism provides its graduate students.Social Media for Audience EngagementOctober 22-23, 2012 | Register Today Beyond expanding the pool of possible connections to near limitless possibilities, social media is reshaping how we communication, learn, entertain ourselves, participate in politics and public life, search…

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One Week Left to Apply for FotoWeek DC International Awards Competition

FotoWeekDC's International Awards Competition is looking for extraordinary work. This year's competition honors professional and emerging photographers from the DC area and around the world. FotoWeekDC is now accepting entries in the single image, series, multimedia categories, and two new categories for 2012: Photo Book Competition and Modern-Vintage Category, Photo Competition (Images captured with Brownie, Polaroid, Holga, Diana, Lomography, pinhole cameras and mobile devices). Winning Entries Receive: Cash prizes totaling $26,000 Exhibition during the FotoWeekDC Festival Great online exposure Also, the People's Choice Award is back by popular demand. Entries will be judged by a distinguished panel of industry experts, who will select the top three winners in each category. In the People's Choice Category, the 20 images with the highest number of votes across all categories will receive one subscription to FotoPage Annual Subscription and online exposure through a top 20 feature on FotoDC.org's People's Choice Gallery. Applications due by September…

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PhotoShelter Hosts First Luminance Conference in New York

Next week PhotoShelter will be hosting Luminance 2012, a fresh new conference that will bring together leading voices from across industries to answer the question: What’s next for photography? This two-day conference will feature two dozen top speakers from a variety of organizations that help to create, consume and define photography in a myriad of ways. Each speaker will present a 20-minute TED-style talk on a topic relevant to their area of expertise. A brief Q&A will follow each session. Photographers, technologists, designers and those who care about the direction of photography are encouraged to attend. Conference Details Date: Sept. 12 - 13, with kickoff events on Sept. 11 Where: BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center, New York City Registration: www.photoshelter.com/luminance/register. Speakers PhotoShelter recently finalized there speaker roster with NASA astronaut Donald Pettit, who will discuss his role capturing some of the most iconic images from the International Space Station, as well as…

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Five Days Left to Apply for MediaStorm Storytelling Workshop

The MediaStorm Storytelling Workshop is looking for seasoned storytelling professionals looking to expand their capabilities with an intensive, hands-on training experience. At the MediaStorm Storytelling Workshop participants will collaborate with a hand-picked team of professional storytellers to research, shoot and produce a documentary project in just one week. Each participant will work as a field reporter, editor or observer as part of a crew dedicated to the telling of one story. The resulting projects from the MediaStorm Storytelling Workshop are high-quality, impactful pieces. Previous workshop projects have been honored with NPPA Best of Photojournalism awards, Picture of the Year International awards and Webby nominations, among other honors. Our next Storytelling Workshop will run November 3-9. Applications due September 12. Who Should Apply Applicants should have a working knowledge of audio recorders, video and still cameras and non-linear editing software. Applicants must be able to work with others in a collaborative, team-oriented environment,…

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