Digital Capital Week

About:
The Benevolent Media Festival is a celebration of D.C.’s community of storytellers and designers dedicated to social and environmental good. Members of the community who identify as “benevolent media creators” are invited to host and organize their own lectures, workshops, performances, networking events or other activities, located at multiple venues across the city, that compel audiences to care about a cause, take action on an issue, or promote a point of view through strategic and inspiring multimedia, including writing, film, photography, graphic design and street art.

This first annual series of events, organized by a team of volunteers, will be held on November 4-7, 2011 during the second annual Digital Capital Week, “focused on bringing together designers, developers, entrepreneurs, and social innovators of all kinds.” Ideally, most events are free and open to all.

Learn more: http://www.benevolentmedia.org/overview/

When:
- Date: Nov 4-7
- See agenda here: http://benevolentmediafestival2011.sched.org/

Where:
Multiple locations. See map here: http://www.benevolentmedia.org/map/

How you can get involved:
Members of the community who identify as “benevolent media creators” are invited to host and organize their own lectures, workshops, performances, networking events or other activities, located at multiple venues across the city, that compel audiences to care about a cause, take action on an issue, or promote a point of view through strategic and inspiring multimedia, including writing, film, photography, graphic design and street art.

Submit an event listing here: http://benevolentmediafestival2011.sched.org/submit-form

Get involved:
- become an official sponsor by covering costs of venues, catering, materials and other needs
- host and organize event(s) or project(s) in line with “storytelling and design for good”
- donate venue space for other festival participants to use
- provide in-kind marketing support or expertise, such as web development or graphic design
- help promote the festival with flyers, posters, banners, web ads, blog posts, etc.
- provide volunteers to document the festival through writing, photography, video, social media, etc.
- provide access to other potential partners
- contribute staff time and expertise after the festival to co-create the Benevolent Media Toolkit

About the organizer:
http://www.benevolentmedia.org/about/

Contact us:
If this sounds like an opportunity, contact our Creator and Curator, Erica Schlaikjer, at erica [at] benevolentmedia [dot] org, and our Community Manager, Monika Shepard, at monika [at] benevolentmedia [dot] org.