This month's podcast comes live and direct from the Empowering Me, Empowering You conference that was held just outside Cambridge at the end of February. The event was organised by Inspire East and was aimed at organisations in the east of England working with community groups. Sound delivery ran 2 workshops as part of the conference, and while we were there we took the opportunity to get some interviews in the can and record our podcast! You'll hear how delegates define Empowerment, and we've included some of the interviews and features recorded at projects we've done in recent months that connect to the theme...
Rebecca's story may be familiar to some of you, but its a great example of 'citizen journalism' or empowerment in action. Rebecca had never used recording equipment, and never really been asked to talk about herself or where she lived. Its a great example of being surprised and inspired by someone's voice and perspective. And its great to hear from the pupils of Sir James Barrie school. Listening to their definitions of community definitely makes me feel like I've become far too cynical about the world!
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The examples we've included in this month's podcast really illustrate how effective this kind of audio work can be. Surprising, inspiring, heart-warming in some areas. These are people who you really don't hear from in the mainstream media: and they're literally doing the recording themselves in their own words, without any interference from a reporter or anyone else.
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