I’m part of a discussion at the Pendle Hill conference center outside Philadelphia next month. Everyone’s invited. It’s a rare chance to really bring a lot of different readers and media producers (official and DIY) together into the same room to map out where Quaker media is headed. If you’re a passionate reader or think that Quaker publications are vital to our spiritual movement, then do try to make it out.
Youtube, Twitter, podcasts, blogs, books. Where’s it all going and who’s doing it? How does it tie back to Quakerism? What does it mean for Friends and our institutions? Join panelists Charles Martin, Gabriel Ehri and Martin Kelley, along with Quaker publishers and writers from around the world, and readers and media enthusiasts, for a wide-ranging discussion about the future of Quaker media.
We will begin with some worship at 7.00pm If you’d like a delicious Pendle Hill dinner beforehand please reply to the Facebook event wall (see http://on.fb.me/quakermedia). Dinner is at 6.00pm and will cost $12.50
This is part of this year’s Quakers Uniting in Publications conference. QUIP has been having to re-imagine its role over the last ten years as so many of its anchor publishers and bookstores have closed. I have a big concern that a lot of online Quaker material is being produced by non-Quakers and/or in ways that aren’t really rooted in typical Quaker processes. Maybe we can talk about that some at Pendle Hill.
Sounds like fun!
Discussion on G+, what’s the world coming to??
Sounds interesting… wish it could be streamed. In a Google Hangout perhaps? 🙂
We can think about it. I must admit I’ve never tried Hangouts. Does it work as a broadcaster? I would think ustream would be better for something like this…
There are two modes…
Just as a hangout by itself, you’re limited to 8 (or 10?) people and it’s two way communication (though you could broadcast and receivers could just mute themselves).
Google offers an extension to Hangout that lets non-profits broadcast via Hangout and YouTube. So you can have a Hangout but your Hangout has a live YouTube stream that can go out to a larger number of people.
I can dig up a link to info on that if you’re interested but there might not be enough time to get that set up. I have no idea how long it takes them to verify non-profit status.
The second mode works similar to Ustream… The only difference is you don’t have to pay and your users don’t have to view ads (though you do have to be a legal non-profit).
I’d be interested in tuning in via Ustream or any other free type of service, too.
Great idea!
I’d join this as a hangout…let me know.
Unfortunately the wifi in this room is dodgy. Otherwise the brand new Hangouts on Air would be great.
Oh, the irony! We’re in transition in our communities as well as our media 😉
Not the first time I’ve thought I should just carry a wifi repeater in my travel bag. I did flip open my laptop and start Audacity recording. Don’t know the quality but some might have come through.
This may be the longest G+ discussion thread in history.
or close to it!
Tim O’Reilly has a few over 20 and one over 30 just in the past few days. Seeing the robustness of that convo is one of the reasons I haven’t ditched G+. It would actually be good if more people used it.
I would be interested in doing some kind of group hangout if we had an interesting topic/query to discuss together.
I’m posting it separately as well, but this post is pretty relevant to Saturday night’s conversation: https://plus.google.com/103697821787469756035/posts/G7p9taBurks
I’m posting it separately as well, but this post is pretty relevant to Saturday night’s conversation: https://plus.google.com/103697821787469756035/posts/G7p9taBurks