Fwd: On-line Conferences?

Wed May 6 08:30:29 CDT 2009

Hi Jim,

This is a very thoughtful post. I agree on all points. We will want to really keep focused on preserving the intefrity of the participants and the process, while still meeting the needs of the viewer. 

We can do things like keeping the Director's input and...well...direction "real" and doing voice overs (in-post production) of the director explaining why they did what they did or what they were thinking, for instance. 

In essence overdubbing the very "private" dialogue with important teaching/learning notes. This might also help to preserve the flow of the session. Katherine Hudgins (http://www.therapeuticspiral.org/home.php) has done an AWESOME job with one (or perhap more I haven't seen) of her training tapes in this regard. Tian Dayton (http://www.tiandayton.com/) also has splendid examples of educational DVD's.

I woner if the group could generate a list of these types of learning tools for al of us to check-out. I bet we could post the list on the soulsmack site for purchase or viewing etc.

Thoughts?
Eric

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From: James Sacks <jmsacks at mindspring.com>
To: Eric Rutberg <ericrutberg at yahoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:09:28 PM
Subject: Re: Fwd: On-line Conferences?

This would seems to be natural vehicle for us. We only have to be sure that we do no harm to the persons who are not only showing their conscious selve's to the general public, but also much about themselves of which they are not conscious. I think it can be done but with great care. For example, protagonists must have the right to view and withhold all or parts of the tape after the session. There is also the danger of causing harm to the people only represented in a session. Suppose that an angry protagonist delivers a diatribe against a supposed sexual abuser. The next day the accused person  gets funny looks from his/her colleagues at work or gets fired or sues. You can imagine. What if the person is innocent. A person's whole life could be permanently marred by a tape he had never even seen.

I am assuming that this will be more than a simple acting out of a scripted session based on a previous real session. Better would be editing material from real spontaneous sessions. This way it could be real and still take out some of the long, wandering and less interesting parts which would try the viewers patience.
Jim

Hey !

Thanx for the quick response. There are lots of ways we can move forward.

I have a dream : ).

We get some of "our" best together in one place for a roundtable discussion. Film it. Then we follow those same folks "home" and film them in action. This becomes the axis around which we build our on-line conference.  

The conference could include:

- asynchronous viewing of "film."
- synchronized key-note speaker. (We all watch at the same time, live) Of course it will be available for viewing anytime a well.
- Listserve-type discussions using Skype or other c-me-c-you technology.
- Posting of songs, artwork etc. from other experiential therapies.
- Maybe have some other talkng points etc.

We then repeat the process. 

A cohort group gather for a roundtable discussion. It is filmed. A group is then filmed. A key note speaker is "found" and we have another conference. 

What are some of your ideas??
Eric

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From: "ACT1SM at aol.com" <ACT1SM at aol.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2009 12:17:24 PM
Subject: Fwd: On-line Conferences?

I'm all for it.   We need all the positive press we can get.

sue mcm

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From: edwschreiber at earthlink.net
To: ericrutberg at yahoo.com
CC: list at grouptalkweb.org
Sent: 5/5/2009 12:01:55 P.M. Eastern Standard Time
Subj: Re: On-line Conferences?

sounds amazing to me!
how do we go forward?
Edward Schreiber

On May 5, 2009, at 11:58 AM, Eric Rutberg wrote:

Dear Group,

I have developed a working relationship with sousmack productions (soulsmack.com) and they are very interested in helping us create a web-based intructioal environemnt that will allow us to present and produce psychodramatic events locally and broadcast them globally.

Their most recent project will air on "Rachel Ray in the Morning" this Thursday (May, 7th. 10am EST).

SoulSmack is interested in your feedback as to how we can launch an interactive forum for educating EVERYONE about psychodrama.

What do you all think?
Thanx, Eric Rutberg - Maine

PS

I am a clinical counselor (18yrs), specializing in experiential therapies. working towards my Doctorate in Health Education. I am passionate about using new media to promote our healing arts. Don't forget to check out Rachel Ray on TH !

Thanx,
Eric

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From: "rorobear at aol.com" <rorobear at aol.com>
To: ericrutberg at yahoo.com
Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 10:52:59 PM
Subject: Re: A Challenge to the ASGPP

Eric
Continue writing about your ideas on grouptalk...it is both creative and appropriate in these times.
 Rosalie Minkin...(I have been a psychodramatist for 25 years.)

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From: Eric Rutberg <ericrutberg at yahoo.com>
To: rorobear at aol.com; List at grouptalkweb.org
Sent: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:45 pm
Subject: Re: A Challenge to the ASGPP

Hi all,

This is my first time chiming in to the group on this listserve. I do follow the discussions with great interest and yet feel utterly detached as I live and work in rural Maine. That said, I am fascinated with the topic of making continuing education more accessible. In a past incarnation, I was in radio broadcasting and video-production. I am currently pursuing a doctorate in health education with a focus on adult ed. I intend to marry the two.

When I think about the future of adult ed, a vision of a multi-stage, cross-continental production comes up for me. Last year, Al Gore coordinated such a multi-media event for Earth Day. Speeches, music, short films all co-occurring and broadcasted via satellite.

What if scholars, from all over, could present locally but broadcast globally?

Thoughts?
Eric Rutberg

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Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 9:47:32 AM
Subject: Fwd: A Challenge to the ASGPP

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From: Edward Schreiber <edwschreiber at earthlink.net>
To: Adam Blatner <adam at blatner.com>; Group talk Listserv <list at grouptalkweb.org>
Sent: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 6:01 am
Subject: Re: A Challenge to the ASGPP

I just got an email from a long time member of our society telling me, in response to my post, that she will not be attending the conference, that she had to cancel her workshop, that the $1000. it would cost to get there, stay there, be there was now unaffordable.  She is about to receive an award from our organization, and cannot attend.  What more do we need to realize our structure, location, format is keeping people from us? 

We are stuck - mired if you will - in a conference structure, place and timing that is not allowing us to grow.  And what's painful, for me, is our method is one of the most needed.   I have not fantasy about why "people don't change" as Adam suggests.  I am an activist, spiritual at the core and I am putting out the challenge we form a small group to redesign the conference to advance the conserve.  If we don't, we stay where we are, in the decline.   Best,   Ed

On Mar 15, 2009, at 11:05 PM, Adam Blatner wrote:

Dear Ed and all,
    First, good for you for passing alonng the IEATA conference information. (Interestingly, I've communicated to them my desire to get these announcements but they didn't send me one. What does that say about publicity skills?)
      I do support building bridges with related organizations, and recently suggested to one of their ex-officers that they tell folks about our conferences and also the IAGP conference.

      Second, you seem to be implying that we model our conference on theirs, though there are a variety of differences. Could you be more specific in your suggestions?
    Please don't assume that any disagreement or hesitancy can only be interpreted as fear of change or any of the other reasons you fantasize that people don't change. Here's another reason: What (fairly specifically) would you suggest as an alternative? What are the pros and cons of your suggestion? Every political move has disadvantages as well as advantages.
   Warmly, Adam

--- OnSun, 3/15/09, Edward Schreiber<edwschreiber at earthlink.net>wrote:

From: Edward Schreiber <edwschreiber at earthlink.net>
Subject: A Challenge to the ASGPP
To: "Group talk Listserv" <list at grouptalkweb.org>
Date: Sunday, March 15, 2009, 7:41 PM

Dear Colleagues,
How much are we willing to stay stuck in our conserve, a conference structure that no longer meets the needs of the larger community to hear, learn, grow with our method?  We keep the same format, the same awards dinner for the same selected people who can afford to attend, the same on-going structures that frankly are becoming stale.  A recent letter by Zerka to the President and the Council has called for us to grow.  Yet what I continue to hear is fear, resistance to take a leap.  So here's the challenge:  Read the enclosed and see what we could offer to the world - with the will, creativity, and drive to bring our method to the world in a way that grows us beyond the conserve our conference has become.

Here's an example:best,Ed

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