Normally, the process of measuring impact requires careful planning and long-term thinking. What would happen if we condensed this entire process into a series of panels and developed it with participation from a live audience? Last week, Harmony Institute modeled impact and engagement strategies for two of the documentaries in competition at the Hot Docs [...]
May 10, 2013
Highlights from TFI Interactive
TFI Interactive is an event that ties together the platforms, ideas, and stories at the leading edge of documentary media. Held at the shimmering IAC building in Chelsea, the day-long conference featured a revolutionary manifesto, robots in residency, and Play-Doh prototypes of our wishes for the future. Here are some of our takeaways from the forum: NFB: Interactive documentary [...]
April 23, 2013
My Sky is Falling: Testing the principles of data-driven storytelling
On Thursday, April 11, HI researchers will collaborate with Lance Weiler and Reboot Stories to produce an immersive and participatory narrative experience at Envision 2013, an annual event hosted by both the Independent Filmmaker Project and the United Nations Department of Public Information. The partnership brings together experts from the UN and NGOs with creative [...]
April 09, 2013
Stories, data, and impact at Media that Matters
Last week, the Center for Social Media at American University hosted their annual “Media that Matters” conference. The conference brings together a diverse audience of filmmakers, nonprofits, funders, and students working at the forefront of socially engaged creative media. This year’s theme was “Measure for Measure.” While the conference included compelling stories, innovative distribution strategies, and provocative [...]
February 20, 2013
Documentary, behavior, and climate change
One of the most exciting aspects of research at the Harmony Institute is how it brings different communities together. In October, we worked with filmmakers, developers, and designers at the Bay Area Video Coalition. This week, we spoke with a different but equally interesting group of policymakers, engineers, scientists, and advocates at the Behavior, Energy, and [...]
November 16, 2012
