VOX

Shasta College and the MEI are at it again! On April 24th they’re offering a FREE conference on social media. It will look at blogging, Facebook. Twitter and more.

Among those speaking will be noted writers and publishers from Redding, as well as Bay-area authors who will talk about publishing on demand and using social media tools to develop and engage an audience for you work. Authors take note.

Educator and multi-media trainer Donna Eyestone will be looking at how you can enrich your online presence with podcasting, sound and moving images. Eyestone was a content developer for Apple and has taught classes for several years through @One online.

It is open to the public, but seating is limited.

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Welcome to “VOX,” the blog of www.newmediatoolkit.com.

I’m Robb Lightfoot, the webmaster here, and a teacher by trade. I’m a communications instructor, teaching everything from debate and speech to journalism and multimedia.

In short, I’m a utility player. I have long had a passion for the spoken word, hence my degrees in speech. Vox is, of course, Latin for “voice.” It also has another meaning that I cherish. It’s a shorthand expression from radio, ham radio in my case, for “voice-operated transmission.”  This is where, when you start talking, the radio kicks itself on.

This was a new thing when I first hit the airwaves in 1970, and I thought it was pretty cool. Talk, and the technology is there with you.

We’ve come a long way since then, and I’ve changed with the times to follow other passions, including documentary film making and music.

The great thing about New Media is that it is a “big tent” sort of discipline. All of those pursuits will be found here as we develop this networking site. I encourage you to participate.

Thanks for checking us out. You can expect blogs on the local music, media andarts scene. Cool local businesses will be featured, too, as will interesting classes, instructors and students.

I an be reached here, or via my home web www.robblightfoot.com.

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