Facebook advertising

My SmithWalker Productions website is almost finished, so I decided to try out Facebook's advertising. A colleague of mine told me that I could advertise my Event Videography business specifically to people on Facebook near Monterey that display "engaged" statuses for a minimum of a $1 a day. So I am giving it a try.

I am also in the middle of preparing for some new media workshops, and have made a podclasstv blog on wordpress so I can teach people how to use it. So far, it's leaps and bounds better than blogger (sorry blogger). Although, for new bloggers, wordpress could be overwhelming. Blogger has less options, so probably less confusion.

Websites and Festivals

I leave for the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival in one week. I am busy remaking my www.smithwalkerproductions.com website and updating podclasstv. I will be on two or three new media panels, so I will also need to make a new media presentation by next week. I just ordered Leopard OS 10.5, and need to buy a screen capture program called ScreenFlow so I can make my multi-media presentation. With ScreenFlow I can record me (my computer) visiting and using some of my favorite innovative new media websites. If I try to show the audience the websites live from the web, there would be a huge chance the internet would be down or too slow. With ScreenFlow, I will be able to play a DVD of my me (my computer) visiting those websites. I will post this presentation soon.

New Media Project for local landfill

I have just finished the first of 7 virtual tours for the Monterey Regional Waste Management District. The first one is on the Material Recovery Facility, where they reuse around 60% of incoming waste.
I am shooting one next week on their reuse store, the Last Chance Mercantile.

International Wildlife Film Festival

Just returned from IWFF. Saw lots of great films and met some extraordinary people. The Legend of Pale Male won best of festival. I recommend seeing it if you have a chance. The original show can be found on PBS: Pale Male.

My Zebra film won a Merit Award for Scientific Value, so that was a fun experience going to the award ceremony. I also had the opportunity to see my film screen twice in front of hundreds of school children. The kids seemed to enjoy it and laughed in the right places.


I just found out today that "Why don't we ride zebras?" also won the EarthVision Environmental Film Award, Act Locally. Now, hopefully on to the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival. Fingers crossed!

PodClassTV Webpage

I've spent the last few months teaching myself web design and dreamweaver. I still have much more to learn. But I finally have started the real PodClassTV portal.

I have mainly worked out the look of PodClassTV. So most of the links within the site are under construction. I will be developing lesson plans and games over the coming months.

Keep checking back!

www.podclasstv.com

Successful and Funny New Media Examples

This funny new media campaign helped save the Bronx Zoo's Funding.
Green Porno creates animal reproduction documentaries with a different slant.

SPCA and New Media

I just signed up for the 2009 Wag n' Walk. It's a walkathon fundraiser for the Monterey SPCA. They allow "walkers" to sign up for free. They also give the "walkers" a free personalized home page to encourage friends and relatives to sponsor their walk. I think it's a great use of new media and Web 2.0. Check out Team Dink: http://wagnwalk.spcamc.org/goto/teamdinkMy only suggestion would be for the SPCA to take it one step further, and add options for "Wag N' Walk Walkers" to "share" their personal page with social network sites like Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, etc. Youtube allows users to directly "share" videos to Facebook with a click of a button.