A Fourth Act

We look forward to capturing and visualizing the emotional response of the audience that will gather tomorrow to watch the documentary Frágil Equilibrio/Delicate Balance at IDFA! Grateful to Oxfam Novib for inviting us to be part of the Impact Experiment, and to the filmmakers for producing this powerful story for change.

Honored to be part of IDFA with an impact experiment in collaboration with Oxfam and the powerful film Frágil Equilibrio/Delicate Balance. Tuesday 21st - 10:00-1:00pm Brackish Ground Red Room

Oxfam Impact Experiment | IDFA A special interactive morning program. Can a documentary change the world? Using the documentary Delicate Balance and mobile web app Harvis as examples, Bahram Sadeghi and the audience investigate the impact of film. A limited number of tickets is available.

The Farmers of Tanner Creek Writer Putsata Reang on the little-known history of Chinese farmers and vegetable peddlers in Portland

Bring It to The Table is a truly important project in these times of divisiveness and lack of civility in public discourse. It's been a honor to collaborate with director Julie Winokur and contribute with Harv.is, A Fourth Act app that captures shifts in attitude and a nuanced portrait of people's convictions during the screenings.

Bring It to The Table: How a Table and a Flower Became My Weapons of Choice - Lead Initiative Post A few years ago, my 17-year-son called me the most politically intolerant person he knew. He told me that if the ‘other side,’ had a good idea, I wouldn’t know because I hadn’t been listening. My first reaction was denial, then self-reflection, then action. His comment inspir...

Last month, A Fourth Act launched Harvis Pond to engage the attendees of City Club of Portland's Friday Forum on “Digital Inclusion and Tech Diversity." Here's our story:

Beyond the Pipeline: Expanding the Conversation on Tech Diversity A Fourth Act Launches Harvis Pond to Engage Audiences in Real-Time

We're honored to be on the list of "10 organizations that are re-envisioning journalism."

Citizen centric: 10 organizations that are re-envisioning journalism – One River, Many Stories I’ve spent the last month looking for news organizations that are experimenting with innovative approaches to journalism. My questions was a simple one: Tell me which newsrooms are embracing a more citizen-centric approach to doing journalism. I was especially interested in newsrooms experimenting w…

Oregonians: Tune-in to the re-broadcast of "Don’t Wait for the Quake” tonight at 9pm PT on Oregon Public Broadcasting- OPB and interact with the content using Harvis from A Fourth Act. Viewers can share their responses in real time and answer questions posed during the broadcast. Join us tonight at 9pm. More info:

OPB And UO-SOJC to air “Don’t Wait for the Quake” with Broadcast Audience Engagement Tool Tonight, OPB-TV will re-broadcast “Don’t Wait for the Quake,” an event hosted by Oregon Public Broadcasting and the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication (SOJC) on Nov. 17. The program will air at 9pm PT, and although tonight’s show won’t be live, A Fourth Act’s audience enga…

Tim Matsui's social justice campaign Leaving the Life uses his stories on child s*x trafficking in America to create a shift in cultural and institutional norms. It's more than a documentary. It's a movement. And we are honored that our mobile app Harvis can be a tool for it. In this article on NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network we share how Harvis captures an audience's emotional reaction in real time, uncovering their differences, and allowing to use those points in facilitated discussion to co-create solutions.

From Storytelling to Social Change | NTEN October 20, 2015 From Storytelling to Social Change Meet the tech tool that’s bridging the gap By Laura Lo Forti Share this post At a gathering in Bellevue late last year, documentary filmmaker Tim Matsui’s acclaimed “Leaving the Life” project about s*x trafficking in the Northwest turned out police…

We are honored to join an incredible line-up of speakers at the Restorative Narratives Summit, starting tomorrow. Looking forward to a much needed conversation for a new storytelling movement that goes beyond "what happened" to "what's possible"!

Follow ivoh's summit on social media with the hashtag #ivoh2015 This Thursday through Sunday, we’ll gather in the Catskills for our annual ivoh Restorative Media Retreat and Summit.

We are honored to present at Media That Matters conference (February 19-20, Washington, DC), among an impressive line of speakers. We look forward to exchanging ideas around impact and engagement.

Well-Told Stories Establish an Emotional Connection with Others: Laura Lo Forti on Media That... The Center for Social Media showcases and analyzes media for public knowledge and action—media made by, for, and with publics to address the problems that they share. We pay particular attention to the evolution of documentary film and video in a digital era. With research, public events, and conven…

"The other half of the work is to engage with an audience and capture the needs of a community to spark change."

Moving Pictures and Opportunity for Change An innovative collaboration that began with documenting the lives of teenagers who were victims of s*x trafficking hopes to not just engage viewers, but also to spur them to act.

Check out Leaving The Life website. We are honored to work with Tim Matsui Photography and contribute to such an important effort.

STORY Leaving the Life is a multi-platform initiative to facilitate a collective action-oriented dialog around the crisis of commercial s*xual exploitation and domestic trafficking of children in the U.S.