2014 Visual Media Strategy Forum Executive Summary
April 4-5, 2014
Horizon Village, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Opportunity
The world is increasingly saturated with media in even the remotest parts of the world. In Chad, the nomadic population is 1% literate, yet 80% own smart phones for talking and watching videos! There are 141 least-evangelized mega people groups of 1 million or more that have no indigenous visual media (made by the people for the people in their heart language). The 2020 Vision is a plan to see the first indigenous, evangelistic film made for each of these groups.
Overview
– 90 mission strategists representing 46 organizations participated in the two-day Visual Media Strategy Forum.
– Fifty-five adoptions were made of 45 of the least-evangelized mega people groups. 22 of these people groups have never before been adopted for indigenous media production.
– Awareness was raised for the last 141 languages needing to be adopted.
– Presentations and discussions addressed the need for innovative media and distribution channels.
– There were powerful times of prayer on a 15 x 20 foot world map. Several commented that the times of prayer were the highlight of the forum.
Program Highlights
Devotionals were led by Jim Green (JESUS Film Project) and Rev. Paul Mathews (Filadelfia Church, India)
Worship was led by Scotty Meads (YWAM)
New Media Presentations
Principles of Indigenous Media (Ben McClure, Create Thailand)
Cross Cultural Film Production (Steve Baldwin, 2020 Vision)
MBB Media / Bengali Media (Kent Scott)
Art and Animation Case Study (Curtis-Creative ED)
22 Indigenous media products were showcased.
Distribution Presentations
Principles of Narrowcasting (Richard Daniel, CVC)
Near Field Communication (Brandon Honsalek, Renew)
Indigenous Television and Prayer (Mark Maclendon, CBN)
Kolo World App (Brian James, Frontiers)
Indigenous Media Training (Steve Cadd, Sword Productions)
Indigitube.tv (Sameh Hinen)
The Forum was hosted by Create International and the Visual Story Network in partnership with the Eurasia Media Distribution Consultation.