Beyond Borders Digital Media Academy
The digital media academy is a transformative master class on content development, and digital media strategy for community institutions and individuals building their portfolios taught by Dustin Craun.
Take Your Media Production Skills and Brand to the Next Level
Building Narative Change at the Community Level
Over the last 4 months, we've had 7 organizations, and more than 75 people go through our digital media academy. As we approach Ramadan we are getting ready to launch the Ramadan Edition of the DMA, to help institutions and individuals prep their Ramadan 2021 content and fundraising strategies.
DMA Student Testimonial
"A dear friend encouraged me to take a media training class. At the time I was thinking small and couldn't see what I could do with such an in-depth class. But I took the class and it was phenomenal! And now I'm working on a pitch deck. I didn't even know what a pitch deck was a few months ago I am so glad I took this class."
A Short Introduction to the Beyond Borders Digital Media Academy
The course has been a huge success in helping individuals and teams ideate story concepts and digital media projects. So far we have projects emerging from our group participants that are shifting narratives about Muslims from throughout the United States. We are helping startups in Europe and Southeast Asia build pitch decks to launch their companies, and we have already partnered with organizations enrolled in the DMA to produce great content like our 5 day live series with the Muslim caucus for the 2020 election.
The course is split up across 5 lessons, with 20 video lessons and tutorials, with 50 lesson sections, and links to hundreds of articles, books, videos, and resources on all the topics covered in the course from storytelling, to creating a culture for creativity, to branding, digital marketing, social media strategies, and online fundraising. Over 5 weeks participants will work with Dustin Craun to develop strategies focused on key campaign moments for their institutions, startups, or media projects. With feedback and coaching throughout the program, the course will culminate in the sixth week where our organization teams and students will pitch their ideas, in our demo day, to a panel of digital media experts.