Congversations

Chris Reina with Maker Meet E17

Chris Reina visited the Clonmel Digital Campus where he met with Claire Bentley to discuss Maker Meet and several creative ventures. Music by Andre Louis. Questions: 00:22 - Who is Chris Reina, where can people find your content? 00:57 - 5 word identy 01:12 - What is maker meet? 01:55 - Do you have any third spaces? 02:54 - How was CESICON 2019? 04:01 - Valuable Skills for Third level students? 05:21 - How do you start networking? 07:01 - Who inspires you? 08:44 - What events do you attend yearly? 09:50 - What are you reading at the moment? 11:20 - Advice for sharing content online?

Inside Artizan Creative with Zanya Dahl E13

Shownotes at http://insideview.ie/2018/12/congversation-13.html [http://insideview.ie/2018/12/congversation-13.html] 03:30 Introductng Zanya Dahl through a five word Google search and finding hockey, creativity and improv. 05:30 The role of comedy improve in the creative industry. 06:38 Interagency karma. 08:45 Estimating one's value. 09:43 Reflections on #Cong18. 10:22 The essence of the Cong Community. 11:45 The special "third space" in Zanya’s life—think “coffee”. http://coppa.ie/ [http://coppa.ie/] 15:19 Working to raise the standard of the online experience in Ireland. 16:29 Inspired by Fjord and Fantasy.co and you should know the Adobe Creative Suite if you plan to work in a creative studio. 18:42 The importance of critical thinking. 21:17 Digital Champions coalesce around high quality work. 27:10 A showcase that starts along the Z-axis. Find Zanya Dahl though http://artizan.ie [http://artizan.ie] and see her work in social feeds like https://instagram.com/artizancreative [https://instagram.com/artizancreative]. See the word cloud of Zanya Dahl inside the Congversation Flickr Album at http://flickr.com/groups/congversations [http://flickr.com/groups/congversations]

Storytelling with @larrygmaguire's Iron Skillet E12

This "congversation" supports the Congregation unconference in Cong, County Mayo, Ireland. Show notes at http://insideview.ie/2018/12/congversation-12.html [http://insideview.ie/2018/12/congversation-12.html] and images inside http://flickr.com/groups/congversations [http://flickr.com/groups/congversations] 00:50 If you search Google for "Larry" and added “podcast” to the search string, you would find “The Larb”. 01:42 Lots of cover art images, audio clips, and YouTube video collateral of Larry Maguire. 02:19 Larry Maguire is doing how-to video content, especially informative clips about Mailchimp 04:18 Unpacking vibrant Social Audio: Narrow, Anchor.fm, and Limorapp. 05:05 New work by Jerad Maplethorpe. 07:48 Pam O’Brien explains the importance of face to face meetups. 08:24 Sharing Creative Commons content with Flickr. 10:48 Larry gets inspiration in his van and then leverages the power of Google Keep. 14:13 We’re not far from a world of people who agree to life with embedded chips. That might bring the virtual into the actual in a dystopian way. 15:42 Chris Brogan is a digital champion. 16:06 How do you know something is real? 17:44 The story of the Iron Skillet. And iron-clad skills for an effective digital lifestyle. 25:44 Next up: Zanya from Artizan Creative. 26:10 How to stay in touch with http://larrygmaguire.com [http://larrygmaguire.com] through audio, video, writing, and imagery.

Art as a Community Forum E11

Art does more than question our surroundings. It can also serve as a community forum, as Cliona Maher explains in this congversation. Show notes at http://www.insideview.ie/2018/12/congversation-11.html [http://www.insideview.ie/2018/12/congversation-11.html] with music by Andre Louis. 00:33 If someone used five words to find you on Google—and one of those words was Cliona—what would the other four words be? It depends _why_ people were looking for Cliona. 00:58 What sorts of imagery, video clips, audio snippets, or other forms of media text are associated with Cliona Maher? You would probably find pictures of Cliona with others. 03:10 The 2019 theme of Congregation is “community”. How important is the role of art in the development of a vibrant community? See Cliona on YouTube talking about art and community. She references the Theatre of the Oppressed and work of several prominent practitioners. 05:33 The special Third Space that helps Cliona find higher levels of creativity and energy is quiet and in a quiet time slot. 07:47 Music helps Cliona Maher write. 08:25 Big wall calendars help keep things tracking. 10:47 Inside view of Cliona Maher’s workflow. 11:56 Eoin Kennedy explains how #cong19 theme was chosen. 12:53 Productivity tools for writing: Scrivener, Otter.ai, and Rev.com 14:29 If someone was entering the arts space today, what sorts of digital literacies would they need to succeed? Hint: Be able to talk about what you do. 17:50 Digital Literacy is computational thinking, says Pam O’Brien. 19:09 If we took a shelfie of Cliona, you would see Beloved by Toni Morrison, Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter, and Joseph Campbell’s Hero with a Thousand Faces. 20:22 Four different Tom Murphys get name-checked. 22:32 Being informed by the search algorithm affects how would someone finds you on the internet. You could go directly to @southtipparts or to @clionama. You should read http://southtippartscentre.ie [http://southtippartscentre.ie] and if you have a local paper, look for arts announcements. 24:13 The purpose of Facebook is changing. 25:29 There are different reasons to use LinkedIn. Slideshare may deliver unexpected results too. 27:30 Congversation 11 ends just in time to hear @eoink talk about Congregation in a series of two podcast episodes.

Initial State of Congversations E10

Bernie Goldbach explains how Congversations are set up from research to follow-up analysis of the reach of its content. Shownotes at http://www.insideview.ie/2018/12/congversation-1810.html [http://www.insideview.ie/2018/12/congversation-1810.html] Music by Andre Louis. 0:08 Today we break down the basics of the Congversations, starting by explaining the basic steps behind Congversations. 0:33 Listener Paul O’Mahony and shelfies and Otter.ai 2:24 Dylan assists in explaining how the process starts with research using Word. 3:00 Recording with Spreaker. 3:35 Flickr Congversation Group contains image collateral. 4:09 Short YouTube clips share the main ideas in a Congversation Playlist. According to Google, 50% of the each clip is viewed by visitors, compared to only 23% of the audio clip being heard all the way to the end. 4:47 Show notes are kept at http://www.InsideView.ie/podcasting [http://www.InsideView.ie/podcasting] 5:15 Each Instagram clip is seen by at least 100 people. 5:40 Short video content is placed inside the https://www.linkedin.com/groups/85170/ [https://www.linkedin.com/groups/85170/] Open Coffee Congversations group 5:58 Some of the content is shared to Medium.com/@topgold and tagged as Congversation. 6:22 Google for Congversations and see the reach of the podcast. 7:42 Congversation 10 ends. Next up: Congversation 11 with Cliona Maher from South Tipp Arts Centre.