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How to Make Student Filmmakers Non-Profit Advocates - Courtney Spence
In Chapter 13 of 16 in her 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, non-profit founder and executive Courtney Spence shares how to leverage the passion of college student program participants to help non-profits non-governmental organizations (NGOs) thrive. Spence notes how student energy and enthusiasm complements a sense of mission and purpose working with the NGOs, ultimately becoming a champion or advocate of the cause. Spence is founder and executive director of Students of the World - http://studentsoftheworld.org - a non-profit that partners with passionate college students to create new media to highlight global issues and the organizations working to address them. Spence graduated with a BA in History from Duke University.
Published 1 year ago
How Curiosity and Listening Inform Successful Storytelling - Courtney Spence ('02)
Non-profit executive and Students of the World founder Courtney Spence shares how listening and curiosity enable more successful storytelling. Spence has learned this over time creating her non-profit, Students of the World, that sends student documentary filmmakers abroad to work with Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and the communities they serve across the globe. She highlights how both curiosity and listening provide individuals the space and security to open up and share their story. Courtney Spence graduated from Duke University in 2002. View more at http://www.captureyourflag.comPublished 3 years ago
How Students of the World Develops Documentary Filmmakers - Courtney Spence ('02)
Non-profit executive and Students of the World founder Courtney Spence shares her organizational purpose to empower college students to travel abroad and tell the story of NGO work fighting problems on the frontlines. These locations range from New Orleans to India to Cambodia to other challenged areas. Students receive both impactful travel experiences gathering community stories on-location as well as post-production experience in Austin, Texas where projects are completed and, over time, distributed. Courtney Spence graduated from Duke University in 2002.Published 3 years ago
