{"schemaVersion":1,"event":{"id":"238400275","title":"FuckUp Nights presents: World Storytelling Day","dateTime":"2017-03-20T18:00+11:00","eventUrl":"https://www.meetup.com/fuckup-nights-melbourne/events/238400275","description":"/media/archive/ed916d793f310fdbd5fe4910-display.webp\n\nAbout the event:\n\nWelcome to FuckUp Nights Melbourne! After extremely successful events through 2016 with over 200 people regularly in attendance, we are back in 2017 to celebrate the mistakes, the failures, and fucktastic stories that make us the humans that we are.\n\nGet your FREE tickets here: http://ga.co/storytelling\n\nSomething a bit different in March for the FuckUp Nights and Melbourne community- celebrating World Storytelling Day!\n\nWorld Storytelling Day is a global celebration of the art of oral storytelling. It is celebrated every year on the March equinox, on (or near) March 20.\n\nOn World Storytelling Day, as many people as possible tell and listen to stories in as many languages and at as many places as possible, during the same day and night.\n\nGeneral Assembly Melbourne are hosting an evening of shared stories and inspiration to mark this special global occasion, with this year’s theme being ‘Transformation.’ We've put together a lineup of local narrators who use various mediums to share their stories to the world.\n\nModerator: Anna Reeves (https://generalassemb.ly/instructors/anna-reeves/6509)- CEO & Co-Founder, That Start Up Show (http://thatstartupshow.tv/v2/)\n\n/media/archive/154564d210786840ae6cf9bb-display.webp\n\nAnna is a creative entrepreneur, producer and writer with a passion for culture change storytelling. She has worked for leading media production houses including: CordellJigsawZapruder, XYZ Films/Foxtel, and Renegade as a business affairs & brand manager. She was the US Campaign Director for a high profile worldwide anti-poverty campaign, The Global Poverty Project, and was Charity Partnerships Manager for Lux & Eco, an online eco-store working on projects such as Red Carpet Green Dress for the Oscars.\n\nShe has written and produced company culture videos as part of transformative workshops with the STW Group and global organisations such as the Accor Asia Pacific Hotel group, Qantas BT, Westpac Group, KPMG, Vodafone, and AusPost. She created, wrote and produced That StartUp Show, a web-series focused on start up culture released on Virgin worldwide with a global viewership of over one million. She is currently working on The Stand In My Shoes Project, a VR documentary film and education lab exploring the evolution of empathy. She has a Bachelor of Arts and Law from Australian National University and was accepted into the Victorian College of the Arts for drama/acting.\n\nFollow Anna on Twitter: @AnnaKReeves (https://twitter.com/AnnaKReeves?lang=en)\n\nSpeaking Group 1: Mark Welker (https://generalassemb.ly/instructors/mark-welker/11735) & Katie Boyts (https://generalassemb.ly/instructors/katie-boyts/11734)- Commoner Films (http://commoner.com.au/)\n\n/media/archive/de0d951a2f64a0651bc8b5e8-display.webp\n\n/media/archive/2d5fa96c25740d688711bf50-display.webp\n\nMark Welker is one of the founding members of Commoner and has co-directed and edited more than 40 films over the past four years for Commoner clients, with brands such as Bupa, Seek, Westpac, Shillington Design College, Feast Watson, and Smith Journal. Previously, Mark put in more than a decade working as a copywriter and digital marketer and his work has been widely published in Australian and International literary journals, newspapers and magazines.\n\nKatie Boyts is passionate about using emotional storytelling as a tool for change and connecting people. Working primarily in the US on a variety of projects, including activist profiles, tourism, arts organizations, distilleries, and tech companies, Katie has worked in both large and small scale video productions. She founded and hosted CreativeMornings Baltimore chapter, a global monthly lecture series for the creative community.\n\nFollow Mark on Twitter: @commonerfilms (https://twitter.com/CommonerFilms?lang=en)\nFollow Katie on Twitter: @KatieBoyts (https://twitter.com/KatieBoyts?lang=en)\n\nSpeaker 2: Sophie Kneebone (https://generalassemb.ly/instructors/sophie-kneebone/12784)- Podcast Manager, Omny Studio (https://omnystudio.com/learn)\n\n/media/archive/d8bfd74f23840cdca20a1cc0-display.webp\n\nIn her time as Podcast Manager for Omny Studio, Sophie has become an important contributor to the burgeoning industry of podcasting. Sophie has worked closely with top podcasters in Australia and around the world as a source of marketing and technical advice. In 2016, Sophie was asked to speak at Podcast Movement in Chicago, the world’s largest gathering of podcasters and audio-on-demand industry professionals, on the iTunes Store and podcast marketing.\n\nShe is also a highly sought-after podcast guest, having appeared on numerous podcasts in both Australia and the US. Sophie also has over a decade of experience in live performance and film and TV. She is a co-Artistic Director of The Big HOO-HAA! (Melbourne’s longest-running improvised comedy show), a founding member of Impromptunes: The Completely Improvised Musical and a cast member of the hit comedy web series, ABC iView’s 'Written It Down' (winner: Best Collaboration, 2014 Online Video Awards). Sophie has written, produced and performed in comedy shows all around Australia and if you ask her to read you a story, she'll do ALL the voices.\n\nFollow Sophie on Twitter: @SophieKneebone (https://twitter.com/SophieKneebone?lang=en)\n\nSpeaker 3: Beatrix Coles (https://generalassemb.ly/instructors/beatrix-coles/12835)- Copy & Content, Bureau de Change\n\n/media/archive/1361b1bf69b04c2f82ba8ff1-display.webp\n\nBeatrix (@beatrixcoles) is a copywriter who specialises in writing for the internet. This includes the creation and execution of digital marketing campaigns, and content creation for websites, blogs and social platforms as well as advising on strategy and relationship building, and running workshops teaching people how to engage audiences online. She is also part of the team who run the monthly Content Strategy Melbourne Meetup.\n\nCurrently working with Medibank, she has formerly worked agency and client-side with brands including Australia Post, Telstra, Kmart, Intrepid Travel, Crown Casinos, BUPA and The Good Guys. Formerly, she spent ten years in the screen industry working for organisations including the London Film Festival, Film Victoria and Eyeworks Television.\n\nFollow Beatrix on Twitter: @beatrixcoles (https://twitter.com/beatrixcoles?lang=en)\n\nSpeaker 4: Dr. Betty Sargeant (https://generalassemb.ly/instructors/dr-betty-sargeant/12836)- Artist-in-Residence, Exertion Games Lab (http://exertiongameslab.org/)\n\n/media/archive/333f61be4cfa46c857ddc607-display.webp\n\nDr. Betty Sargeant is an award-winning artist and designer. Her practice centres on how art and creative technologies can support people in being more socially and physically engaged.\n\nBetty is currently a consultant at the Exertion Games Lab (RMIT University). She was the Melbourne Knowledge Fellow (2015-17), artist-in- residence at the Asia Culture Centre, South Korea (2016), and she won the 2016 Consensus Innovation Award in recognition of her progressive digital technology work. Betty’s PhD was ranked top three at the Australian CHASS prize (2015).\n\nIn 2016 Betty exhibited her interactive media artwork The Storytelling Machine at the Asia Culture Centre (Korea). This work was developed as a part her\nMelbourne Knowledge Fellowship. She is currently creating a new community inclusive media artwork called The Playground.\n\nFollow Betty on Twitter: @BettySargeant (https://twitter.com/BettySargeant?lang=en)\n\nSpeaker 5: Ahmed Salama (https://generalassemb.ly/instructors/ahmed-salama/12737)- Creative Director & Co-Founder, That Startup Show (http://thatstartupshow.tv/v2/)\n\n/media/archive/c1950d14a8f1c5b47cfd691a-display.webp\n\nAhmed is a creative entrepreneur, designer and developer with a passion for impact storytelling and VR. He is a two time Directors Guild Award Nominee and AIMIA Award winner for his prolific work in innovative storytelling and development. As creative director, he produced critically acclaimed internet cult hits such as the “The Tunnel” – the first feature film to be crowd funded and released commercially via BitTorrent with over 20 million downloads worldwide - and the Free Hugs Campaign - Australia’s first online viral music video spawning a worldwide movement.\n\nIn his role as Creative Director and Director, he has created transformative stories for leading brands such as Accor, Qantas, Vodafone and Westpac. Recently he has worked on directing and producing That Startup Show, distributed via BitTorrent with over a million viewers worldwide. He holds a Bachelor's of Design and Master's of Design from the University of New South Wales. Ahmed is also co founder of The Stand In My Shoes Project, a VR empathy lab and documentary film.\n\nFollow Ahmed on Twitter: @AceSalama (https://twitter.com/AceSalama?lang=en)\n\nSpeaker 6: Merrilee McCoy (https://generalassemb.ly/instructors/merrilee-mccoy/12924)- Producer, Melbourne StorySLAMs | The Moth (https://www.themoth.org/)\n\n/media/archive/6ff223afdffce7cd4c51db79-display.webp\n\nMerrilee McCoy is a 'multipotentialite' with over 10 years experience in the creative industries both on and off stage. She’s trained in narrative long-form improvisation and has both performed and taught in Australia, NZ, and USA. Behind the scenes, Merrilee’s worked as a producer, marketer, and administrator, and with a number of pan-artform festivals under her belt.\n\nMerrilee's currently bringing her colourful experience to produce locally for NYC’s storytelling sensation The Moth,\nas General Manager for creative start up, Trash Puppets,\nand also helping people shape their stories through her own creative consultancy.\n\nConnect with Merrilee on Twitter (@mezzamac)\n\nFollow Merrilee on Twitter: @mezzamac (https://twitter.com/mezzamac?lang=en) or on LinkedIn (@merrileem)\n\nAttendance is free, but we do ask you to register in advance at http://ga.co/storytelling\n\nOrganised by our partners General Assembly Melbourne (https://generalassemb.ly/), Inspire9 (http://inspire9.com/), That Startup Show (http://thatstartupshow.tv/v2/), Commoner Films (http://commoner.com.au/) & Soul (http://wearesoul.com.au/portfolio_page/accor-qantas/).\n\nFind out more at: https://www.facebook.com/FUNMelb/","venue":{"name":"General Assembly Melbourne","address":"12a/45 William Street","city":"Melbourne"},"community":"humans-make-mistakes","city":"Melbourne","imageUrl":"/media/archive/dd425fc9911d7264124e9049-display.webp","slug":"fuckup-nights-presents-world-storytelling-day-238400275","sources":[{"provider":"Meetup","url":"https://www.meetup.com/fuckup-nights-melbourne/events/238400275","savedAt":"2025-04-16T08:10:55.201Z"}]},"album":null}