Call for Participants: Digital Media Workshop with Trevor Doerksen

March, 12, 2008 · Training

A PRODUCERS GUIDE TO DIGITAL MEDIA REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES
WITH TREVOR DOERKSEN

The "Brave New World" Series Workshop 3

Join us after work:
Date:    Tuesday March 18th, 2008
Place:  The Burns Family Creative Classroom, Artspace Bldg.
              206-100 Arthur Street (2nd Floor)
Time:    5:30 to 9:00pm
Cost:     $40.00 for On Screen Manitoba members
               $50.00 for Non-members
               (Includes light meal and refreshments)

DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS THIS FRIDAY, MARCH 14th, 2008.
Click Here for Registration Form!

This is a rare opportunity to get up close and personal with Trevor Doerksen, one of Canada’s most successful digital media distributors.  The evening will include opportunities to share experiences and work together to create solutions. Bring your ideas, questions and challenges!

“The media landscape is changing, not as quickly as consumers' actions demand, but it has very quickly become fragmented and commoditized.  The industry, all along the supply chain, must focus on its customers and their experiences with content to reap financial rewards."

Trevor Doerksen,
CEO and Co-Founder,
MoboVivo Inc.

ABOUT WORKSHOP #3

In the third part of the Future of Television series, media strategist Kate Hanley is joined by digital media distributor Trevor Doerksen, CEO and Co-Founder, MoboVivo, for a closer look at the most promising revenue opportunities for content creators and key steps to exploiting them. Producers will come away with the tools to prepare their own digital media strategies and action plans for their businesses. Learning will include:

➢    Top short and long term revenue opportunities for content creators in digital media

➢    Working with distributors and aggregators: the best approaches to maximizing revenue

➢    Assessing your content to find win-win matches with digital media applications

➢    Bulking up: Strategies for creating an attractive library that earns revenue and boosts your multi-platform options.

➢    Beyond revenue: utilizing digital media to grow your audience and your profile

➢    Going digital: creating your strategy for succeeding in a multi-platform marketplace


Designed for senior professionals in producing, broadcasting and related service providers.  This is a must attend industry event!


ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Trevor Doerksen
CEO and Co-Founder, MoboVivo Inc.

Trevor Doerksen is CEO and Co-Founder of MoboVivo, the first Canadian company to sell television online and is a leading specialist in digital media and mobile entertainment.  Dozens of networks and content owners have joined with MoboVivo to offer their content from the MoboVivo WebStore for download, on itunes or via mobile.

Trevor has been at the intersection of media and technology for nearly 20 years.  He has investigated and developed large-scale implementations of streaming video and Internet TV for government and industry.  His graduate research into flexible e-content and content repurposing lead to a multi-million dollar research project, a chapter in the 2002 “Handbook on Information Technologies for Education and Training” and the founding of MoboVivo Inc.

Trevor is also an experienced director and producer. He produced one of the first snowboarding films in 1989 and more recently was the executive producer of the science television series, SciQ: Science Revealed.  

He holds a Bachelor of Education and a Masters of Science from the University of Calgary and is a frequent speaker on issues of digital media and mobile entertainment.

Kate Hanley, B.A. LL.B.
President, Digital Theory Media Consulting

A lawyer and management consultant to the media industry, Kate Hanley has over 18 years experience as a senior executive in film, television and digital media. In 2006, she founded Digital Theory Media Consulting, a company focused on assisting traditional players develop strategies to compete in the emerging digital content marketplace.   Clients include Telefilm Canada, Film Training Manitoba, On Screen Manitoba, the Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation, the Directors Guild of Canada (Ontario) and the Documentary Organization of Canada.

Kate’s executive positions include President and Past Chair, Women in Film and Television-Toronto, Vice-President of Programming and Business Development, Jim Pattison Trade Group, Director of Strategic Planning, NextMedia Consulting, Director of Marketing and Business Development, Vision TV, and Manager, Business Affairs at TVOntario.  

Kate is a contributing writer for Playback Magazine and Broadcast Dialogue and a speaker on issues of digital media in Canada. She is former Chair of the Entertainment, Media and Communications Section of the Ontario Bar Association, Past Chair of the Women in Film and Television-Toronto Board of Directors and former Chair of the National Corporate Committee for Unicef Canada.


For more information or to register, call 204.927.5891, or email steve@onscreenmanitoba.com

A Producers Guide to Digital Media Revenue Opportunities is a curriculum based workshop developed by Digital Theory Media Consulting as part of the On Screen Manitoba 2007-08 Management and Business Skills Workshop Series.

Funders of this initiative of the Manitoba Music & Motion Pictures Development Project (M3P):
 CanWest Western Independent Producers Fund (CWIP)

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REGISTRATION FORM

Date                    Tuesday March 18th, 2008
Time:                   5:30 PM Registration (Food & Drink provided)
                             6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Program
Location:             Burns Family Creative Classroom, ARTSPACE Bldg.,  
                              206-100 Arthur Street (2nd Floor)
Cost:                   $40.00 for On Screen Manitoba members
                            $50.00 for Non-members

DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS THIS FRIDAY, MARCH 14th, 2008.

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