CANCELED-

The weather has caused major problems for one of our speakers tonight and may cause problems for everyone trying to commute to this meeting so we are going to postpone it to a later date (TBD).  Stayed tuned for a new date for this event.

Sorry for any inconvience, this was a difficult call.

Geri Migielicz from Story4.org and Jeff Davis of the Lumen Production Company and Project Peanut Butter

Join us for two very great speakers who share a passion for doing good in their work but have different yet complimentary stories to tell.  Geri left the Mercury News and started the Story4.org team to make a business out of producing compelling multimedia storytelling for non-profits.  Jeff has worn many impressive hats thus far in his career but will talk to us about a daunting project he is just completing and which is poised to help save thousands of lives. It was very long journey and he has a lot of wisdom and stories to share.

Speaker Biographies

Geri Migielicz, Executive Editor of www.story4.org served previously as Director of Photography at the San Jose Mercury News from 1993 to 2009. Under Geri's direction, the Mercury News garnered all the major national awards for photo editing and photo usage, making the paper a destination for the leading talent in the photojournalism industry because of its innovation in web and print storytelling. Most recently, Geri was executive producer on an Emmy Award-winning web documentary, and she directed coverage that won a 1990 Pulitzer Prize in general news reporting and a 2003 Pulitzer finalist in Feature Photography. Geri was a 2004-5 Knight Fellow at Stanford University, where she studied multimedia narratives. Geri teaches multimedia in Stanford University's Graduate School of Communications. She has served on the faculty at The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, and has been an editor and leader at the industry's top photojournalism workshops including the Missouri Photo Workshop, the Stan Kalish Picture Editing Workshop, Society of Newspaper Design, and the National Press Photographers Association, and is a founding board member of Associated Press Photo Managers.

Jeff Davis has had a career spanning leadership roles in media, technology, non-profit services, and the arts. Today, through the Lumen Production Company, he works as a Producer, Photographer, Filmmaker, Speaker, Consultant, and Advocate.  Jeff was also Co-Executive Producer for the twenty-six part television series "Travels To The Edge," hosted by photographer Art Wolfe and focused on environmental, wilderness, wildlife, and cultural themes across the world.  Jeff has also been a passionate MMSIG member since it's inception. His latest project is making a difference for Project Peanut Butter (www.projectpeanutbutter.org), a non-profit helping to fight severe malnutrition in African children.

A Generous donation from Think Tank of 5 professional Multimedia bags will be raffled:

Multimedia Wired Up 10, Multimedia Audio Recorder, Multimedia Big Audio, Multimedia Mic Drop In, and the Multimedia Wireless Mic Kit

Studio provided by  www.blueskysf.com

Members and Students WITH ID $5.00

Affiliates $10

Non Members $15

Location:
Blue Sky Rental Studios
2325 Third St.
San Francisco, CA 94107
http://www.blueskysf.com/