TEACHING TOOLS
How to use these materials and clips
These are materials that I assembled while teaching graduate screenwriting for 13 years at the AFI Conservatory and at USC. Here follows an explanation of how to use them as learning tools.
Think Tank Sessions
Visionaire has led more than 60 think tank sessions through ICT Works and in association with USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies facilitating discourse between subject matter experts and creative “out-of-the-box” thinkers from entertainment, gaming, technology and academia. Topics have included:
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Creativity and Innovation: Several Iterations
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The War on Terror: Multiple Perspectives
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Media in the Arab World
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Middle East Gaming
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Enhancing User Experience and Interaction in Online Learning
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The Deep Web
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Terrorist Uses of Gaming
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War Gaming Technologies
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Regional Media Initiatives and Training
Planning Seminars
Visionaire has given numerous planning seminars for federal and corporate clients who need creative thinkers, particularly writers, to generate a number of future scenarios for a given topic.
Visionaire has also led more than a dozen three-day seminars using storytelling and character analysis as tools to garner support, promote teamwork, predict behaviors and heal cultures.
Consultations Abroad
Visionaire’s international consulting includes over four years consulting with Hewad and Kandahar Television in Afghanistan to train personnel and develop programming. Visionaire is also working with a Dubai-based multinational corporation and regional media sources to develop a Regional Media Initiative that includes planning the business strategy, training and the development of a Superstation that will broadcast internationally in both Pashto and Farsi languages.