The Plan, Sustainability and a Vay-Cay in Italy
I’ve found another way to capture conversation: chat. You’d be surprised at what a powerful medium it is. Below I have included a conversation involving my sister fellows Latoya Peterson and Ashley Mosley. I divided it into three parts. (Click here to read Part 2 and Part 3.) We came together (virtually) to discuss our plan for the pitch to the Public Media Corps Advisory Board. We hash our many ideas about the best way to reach the underserved community. For the most part, I left in spelling errors, chat language and English dialects to maintain the essence of the conversation. I also didn’t edit out much for the following reasons.
- I want you to experience the diversity in our personalities.
- I also want to point out how new media can connect people from around the world. Ashley was in Italy on vacation. Latoya was in DC and I was in Maryland.
- That said, I also wanted to share our dedication to this project. We have jokes! But more importantly, we have passion.
Please leave any questions or comments.
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You have invited Latoya to this chat. This is now a group chat. Add another person. Latoya Peterson has joined. Ashley Mosley has joined. |
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Ashley: |
hello? |
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Me:
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Are you still there? LOL! Okay….that’s funny |
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Ashley:
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what is is latoya here |
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Me: |
The whole screen just changed! |
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Ashley: |
mic check i know right |
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Me: |
1, 2, 1, 2! |
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Ashley: |
girl u gotta be careful with this stuff |
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Me: |
oh yeah! Let Me text her right quick |
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Latoya: |
huh wait what happened? |
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Ashley: |
jenine invited u into this chat |
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Me: |
Good morning Sunshine! I think this might be the best tool PMC has given us yet! So Latoya we were talking about the pros and cons of collapsing the project. |
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Latoya: |
I mean if y’all aren’t into a collapse, that’s cool |
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Ashley: |
i’m pretty open/down for it |
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Latoya: |
we can still partner projects |
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Ashley: |
i think it would make it stronger how do u guys plan on rolling it out you and britt |
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Latoya: |
workshops first then |
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Ashley: |
bc i was sort of looking at ours as the recruitment/awarness phase |
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Latoya: |
lead to big summit ok knowledge end |
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Ashley: |
and then we plug people into what y’all are doing so would the workshops be weekly |
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Sent at 9:11 AM on Thursday |
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Ashley: |
can u guys see this internet might be weird |
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Latoya: |
yup so you want to partner the townhalls as a lead in to the workshops? is that correct |
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Ashley: |
pretty much i kinda looked at it structured as if we are sort of doing recruitment for u guys i guess if that makes sense |
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Sent at 9:14 AM on Thursday |
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Me: |
It makes sense. I’m concerned about what it will sound like to the PMC/Advisory board. |
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Latoya: |
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Me: |
Do we need a backup plan? They may see it as being too big…a lot to do in a short period of time. Just saying. |
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Latoya: |
i say go big or go home |
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Ashley: |
pretty much i mean we have to create the value |
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Me: |
Okie dokie. I’m in! |
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Ashley: |
for digital literacy |
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Me: |
I agree. |
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Ashley: |
question: for the workshops, what resources would u guys need to run them? computers, flip cams, etc have u thought about where they will be held – the same locations- rotational or have we not gotten that far |
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Me: |
We talked about resources yesterday. |
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Ashley: |
I’m just wondering what they can afford to support |
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Me: |
We have to find out where they are. May need to put together a budget for a mobile media cart |
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Latoya: |
Yeah |
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Me: |
I have one question. Sustainability? |
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Latoya: |
on the workshops? or your townhalls? |
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Me: |
Are we concerned with that for this type of project? both. |
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Ashley: |
Well |
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Latoya: |
many of the workshops will be train the trainer/downloadable video/downloadable curriculums |
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Ashley: |
the hardcore projects won’t be sustainable but the knowledge |
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Latoya: |
that we will wrap into the PMC site once it’s over |
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Ashley: |
they receive will be |
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Me: |
Maybe we can put together a digital media kit on the site for organizations to downlaod and use. |
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Ashley: |
yeah i agree. i mean if you equip somoene to go back into their community it begins to create an ecosystem |
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Sent at 9:20 AM on Thursday |
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Ashley: |
so do you want us to do our write up and send it over so to merge the two |
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Latoya: |
I say we present them seperately because Me and brittany’s will cost more cash so it has a higher chance or rejection |
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Ashley: |
Ok |
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Me: |
do you think ours would add value to yours? in connecting the dots. Even though it costs more, might they see the need for the entire program? |
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Ashley: |
that’s what i was thinking. |
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Me: |
u there L? Ash? |
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Ashley: |
im here |
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Me: |
okay…maybe she stepped away for a moment! |
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Latoya: |
Back |
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Me: |
cool. |
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Ashley: |
latoya question |
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Latoya: |
?? |
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Ashley: |
would your project work |
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Latoya: |
sup Ash |
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Ashley: |
if they needed to scale it down let’s say to just a bootcamp or is it designed to be a continuous roll out |
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Latoya: |
well, there are different scales private, targeted camps vs. public a 3 site conference, vs. a 6 site, vs. a 12 site conference etc not sure if all the adults could commit to a bootcamp though |
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Sent at 9:30 AM on Thursday |
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Ashley: |
that sounds cool! well let’s present them under one umbrella with separate write ups so that they understand that ours is the first-phase tht feeds into yours bc we have to do some sort of formal training in the community |
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Me: |
I agree! I believe it will be easier once we have the UN forum. Maybe we should call it the United Neighbor forum! |
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Ashley: |
that would be fun! and cute |
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Latoya: |
that works |
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Ashley: |
sounds good jenine are u or olivia presenting ours? im traveling to rome tomorrow but i might be able to connect in around 11 your time |
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Latoya: |
Ashley’s on a roman holiday… |
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Me: |
LOL! |
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Latoya: |
how Hepburn. |
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Ashley: |
yup |
