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IMS Media Training & certification
IMS (SIL International Media Services) offers you a selection of core and specialized training modules to choose from, allowing you to be better equipped for the specific ministry context you are in.
If you are wanting to be certified as a Media Specialist, our obligatory four core modules are: Audio Production, Video Production, The role of media in ministry & holistic development, and Facilitating media. In addition to this, we offer a range of additional specialized courses for those seeking to become Media Consultants such as Dubbing biblical films, Using social media effectively, App building or Participatory radio drama.
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Episodes 11 and 12, recorded on December 4th, 2020, will focus on ethnoarts. Ethnoarts is all about joining with community artists in working toward a better future… one of justice, peace, joy, physical safety, social continuity, and spiritual wholeness. This participatory process draws on years of experience and insights from ethnomusicology, ethnography of communication, performance studies, participatory community development, and other fields.
Our guests include Dr. Robin Harris, chair of the Center for Excellence in World Arts at Dallas International University who also serves as the president of the Global Ethnodoxology Network, and Matt Menger an Arts Consultant with SIL who has worked in Southeast Asia for the past 12 years. Matt has his master’s degree in music and is just beginning work on a Ph.D. in World Arts at Dallas International University.
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Read More »Ethnoarts Part 1 & 2 (EMDC Podcast Episode #11 & #12)
Episodes 9 and 10, recorded on December 18th 2020, will take us out of the world of storytelling mediums through film, audio and web and introduce us to some ministries designed to equip Christians to better share their faith using communication strategies referred to as storying and orality. In these two episodes you’ll learn from representatives of Simply the Story and Storyweavers, as well as get to know a bit about the International Orality Network.
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Read More »Orality & Storytelling Part 1 & 2 (EMDC Podcast Episode #9 & #10)
For our 7th and 8th EMDC Podcast episodes recorded on February 17th 2021, our conversation will look at websites for ministry. Clyde Taber and Keith Williams will focus mainly on the Mobile Ministry Forum, a multi-agency volunteer coalition created to help provide training and insight into how best to use mobile phones in ministry situations. They’ll also touch on the Visual Story Network and Mission Media University, two other ministry focused sites dedicated to furthering the gospel among the unreached through partnerships and training.
If you are looking for a partner to develop a website for ministry, we highly recommend the services of Kalaam Media. In this episode, Steve refers in the beginning of this episode to them. Since 2011 they have become a world wide provider of creation and hosting services for multi-lingual websites and mobile apps, supporting clients in over 70 countries and offering an ecosystem of website and mobile app creation services, client support services, and website and mobile app hosting services.
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Read More »Websites for Ministry Part 1 & 2 (EMDC Podcast Episode #7 & #8)
For our fifth episode recorded on November 17th 2020, audio & radio experts Chris Singh with WEC in the U.K. and Pierre-Yves Mutrux with Galcom International based in Canada share about the impact that audio ministries in various forms are still having today.
For our sixth episode recorded on November 17th 2020, audio & radio experts Chris Singh with WEC in the U.K. and Pierre-Yves Mutrux with Galcom International based in Canada share about the impact that audio ministries in various forms are still having today.
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Read More »Audio in Missions Part 1 & 2 (EMDC Podcast Episode #5 & #6)
For our third EMDC Podcast episode recorded on November 16th 2020, Tim and Steve begin a series of informal discussions with experts that will focus on specific areas of ministry interest. For this episode and the next, it will be filmmaking–specifically for missions and non-profit ministry settings. We will hear from creative leaders representing International Media Ministries, Youth With A Mission, Create International, Ur Vision and Greater European Mission’s Gemstone Media.
For our fourth EMDC Podcast episode recorded on November 16th 2020, a selection of ministry filmmakers representing International Media Ministries, Youth With A Mission, Create International, Ur Vision and Greater European Mission’s Gemstone Media have been giving advice and recounting stories. We pick up the conversation as the group explores formal education versus on the job training.
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Read More »Missions Filmmaking Part 1 & 2 (EMDC Podcast Episode #3 & #4)
EMDC founder and podcast co-host Steve Baughman talks with podcast host Tim Cowley about EMDC’s past, present and future including pivoting in 2020 and the launch of EMDC online. This first of two episodes will not only go into some of the who and why behind EMDC, but will begin to look at some of the main topics that find a home in the EMDC universe: apps, websites, ethnoarts and culturally intelligent media.
This episode is the follow-up and conclusion to a recording from November 6th 2020 focusing on EMDC’s past, present and future. Podcast host Tim Cowley has been chatting with EMDC Founder Steve Baughman about the new developments with EMDC, including the launch of the new online training and connecting platform.
Steve also began introducing some of the topics they plan to cover over the course of season one including apps, websites, ethnoarts and culturally intelligent media. This second part highlights future episodes that will include conversations with experts in scripture gadgets, filmmaking, audio & radio, orality & storytelling and scripture engagement.
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Read More »EMDC – Past Present & Future (EMDC Podcast – Episodes 1 & 2)
In the gospels, Jesus is recorded thirteen times telling his would-be disciples to follow him. In our present social media age, follow is usually combined with like. Yeah, it can be cringeworthy but building a community means keeping in touch with one another and having effective ways to get messages and stories out to those who opt in to being a part of the community like we have here through EMDC.
In November of 2020, EMDC Founder Steve Baughman and I began hosting a podcast designed to introduce our growing number of community members to the “people, places and possibilities” behind the global EMDC network. Season 1, launching on Wed Jan 13 2021, is designed to cover some past history of our conference (for newcomers) bringing our community up to date on our current online offerings as well as include interviews with specialists in app development, websites, ethnoarts, filmmaking, audio/radio, scripture gadgets, orality & storytelling, scripture engagement and culturally intelligent media.