Victor d’Allant on Using Video
by Michael HoffmanFriday, November 2nd, 2007
At the Communications Network conference in Miami I am right now listening to Victor d’Allant from the Skoll Foundation’s Social Edge community. He is showing video and talking about how, for them, it is all about stories. They invite people to tell them stories in something they call X-Interviews. “Just a white wall, cheap video camera, tripod and a blue tooth microphone for good sound.”
They are uploading their videos on other communities and places like iTunes. Don’t expect everyone to know who you are or that they know what you do. Go and find people online in other places.
Here’s the video he showed. He stopped it right at the good part — and said if you want to see the rest you have to go to Social Edge. “I need traffic,” he said. (Of course, with YouTube, I embedded this right here, without going to Social Edge. That’s the promise and power of portable media — you don’t have to be the convener of all the audiences for your stuff.)
