Storytellers Abroad: Missions Multimedia Workshop
Storytellers Abroad
Visual communicators are uniquely positioned to tell amazing stories of how people are being changed by the gospel.
Our Storytellers Abroad | Missions Multimedia Workshops offer students the opportunity to engage in a two-week, hands-on multimedia storytelling course with expert teachers from top media outlets on one of our many mission fields.
You’ll receive daily professional instruction, practice applying those principles in real life, and participate in critiques to learn how to turn your passion for multimedia into a ministry — and connect your creativity and unique skills with God’s heart for the world.
Become a Visual Storyteller
You can learn photography anywhere, but this workshop is a unique opportunity to get hands-on field training in photo and video storytelling. Work on the mission field, with full-time missionaries, telling real stories of real lives changed.
Connect People to the Gospel Through Photography & Videography
While on the field, you’ll live life alongside our team of missionaries in order to experience how multimedia can be used as a ministry. Beginning with story development, you will learn to sequence your story, record audio and video interviews, and shoot photos and video to illustrate your message.
Craft a Multimedia Presentation
Your work will culminate in a finished multimedia story of God’s hand at work. It makes for the perfect portfolio piece, while giving the missionaries a resource to use as they reach out to their ministry partners, supporters, and churches.
Storytellers Abroad Trips
"I gained much more than I ever would expect to absorb in such a short time frame — from the technical and relational to the missional experience — this workshop hit it all!”
The Trainers
Jeff Raymond, ABWE Director of Visual Communications
Jeff works closely with ABWE missionaries to train them to use visual storytelling as the basis of their communications strategies. He also has a passion to invest in others with creative skills and to create an avenue for them to serve the Lord in missions.
Stanley Leary, Communications Consultant, Chick-Fil-A Corp.
Stanley is a visual storyteller, whose photojournalism has taken him across the world, with images published in TIME, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, and many more. Stanley is also a gifted communicator and teacher. He works with corporate clients to teach their staffs to become more visually effective.
James Dockery, ESPN Video Editor
James will never miss an opportunity to engage, to mentor, and to entertain. A brilliant and passionate teacher, his 30 years of photo and video experience have taken him around the globe to tell missions stories. James currently works as a top video editor for ESPN, leading the way to incorporate innovative editing and communication techniques.
Patrick Davison, UNC School of Media/Journalism
In Pat’s 25-year journalism career, he’s won more than 100 awards, including the Pulitzer Prize in Journalism. He’s taught photo, video and multimedia storytelling since 2001. Leading more than 25 student-team multimedia workshops worldwide, his productions have been recognized by some of the industry’s top awards.
QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS
- A working knowledge of your DSLR camera and laptop computer
- An interest in using photo storytelling in missions
If you are a student, his course is designed to fulfill internship requirements of most photography, journalism, digital media, design or missions majors. It may also qualify for course credit at your institution. Contact us to discuss the details.
The workshop fee includes all travel expenses from Harrisburg, PA (airfare, baggage, taxes, ground transportation, travel insurance), meals, housing, workshop tuition, supplies, and group activities.
Participants are responsible for their expenses to Harrisburg, PA, and any necessary immunizations, passport or visa costs (varies depending on destination).
CONTACT
Storytellers@abwe.org | 717.909.2302
