Hi Amy

Thanks for joining. I'm afraid things have been a little slow,
partly due to my absence, but largely because people are all so busy.

Anyway, it's very good to know that there are others doing similar
work and to consider ways in which we might work together to share
experiences and deepen our work with story.

Am I right in thinking that you haven't carried out any formal
evaluation of the stories you've done? It would be interesting to
think of a schema that might could be used more widely to ascertain
the effectiveness of the digital stories, particularly with respect
to their use in different contexts.

I am also increasingly interested in different ways of using story
work to surface conflicts (real or perceived), articulate visions
and, of course, to offer a voice to the untold millions of patients
and carers who have never been heard.

Finding appropriate theoretical frameworks within which to do this
work is a challenge.

all good wishes

Pip

--- In patientvoices@yahoogroups.com, Amy Hill <amylenita@...> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone. My apologies for the belated introduction. I am the
> Community Projects Director with the Center for Digital
Storytelling in
> Berkeley, California. I met Pip at a retreat we held this summer
and was
> very inspired by her work. We do similar projects with
health/public health
> groups. Perhaps the best examples online are the sites where one
can view
> stories from our silence speaks project with survivors and
witnesses of
> violence:
>
> http://www.silencespeaks.org
> http://www.engenderhealth.org/ia/wwm/wwmds.html
>
> We are always looking for ways to grow those efforts, connect with
other
> facilitators, further the research on how stories can be shared
and how they
> affect viewers. So I look forward to the discussion!
>
> All the best for now,
>
> Amy Hill
>
> --
>
> Amy L. Hill
> Community Projects Director
> Center for Digital Storytelling
> 1803 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
> Berkeley, CA 94709
> www.storycenter.org
> 510.548-2065 W
> 510-682-8311 C
>
> "Listen Deeply. Tell Stories."
>