Social Impact Entertainment - 101
Getting Started
October 3, 2021
The XR for Change initiative seeks to encourage dialogue, collaboration, advance equity and inclusion, and inspire creative use of emerging technologies for social impact. XR4C hosts various convenings throughout the year including XR Talk and Play panel discussions, and the XR Brain Jam, a 2-day long event pairing developers and researchers in order to create new XR prototypes for potential research applications. The initiative’s work throughout the year culminates at the XR for Change Summit during the annual Games for Change Festival.
September 27, 2021
The goal of measuring impact is to effectively track, understand and communicate the impact of the film.* It can be difficult to measure when a story lands in a person's heart,
especially when it takes root in unexpected ways, days, weeks, months or even years later. Thus, it is helpful to draw a distinction between measurable and unmeasurable impact. Measurable impact can be understood through what the audience learned, how their attitudes shifted...
August 31, 2021
Platforms are shifting, new storytellers are emerging, and media systems are transforming in the continued revolutionary digital media era. Documentary has long enjoyed a vibrant space in the global media ecology, and the marketplace for creative nonfiction storytelling continues to expand around the world. The digital age of documentary reveals both new opportunities and challenges for nonfiction storytellers and organizations – that is, the era of YouTube, social media, streaming networks, and accessible filmmaking equipment. Audiences are finding nonfiction stories in new ways...