Digital+Storytelling+-++RMH+Charities+of+Detrit

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I currently serve as a Board of Director for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of SE Michigan - Detroit Chapter. For me, I need the balance of social responsibility when working in the corporate world. As part of my duties as a member of the Board, I feel that more can be done electronically to promote the House and the __families__ that this wonderful organization serves. This past year the house has developed a Facebook page, won a $25,000 grant through Home Depot and Facebook for updates to the House and promoted general awareness as well as fundraising events. While this will not be used to educate a "classroom", per se, it will be used to help educate people on the social responsibility and volunteerism opportunities that are available at the House. Often, people feel that monetary contributions are all that the House needs. Not true! The House needs your talents, connections, resources, etc. I began on an Operational Efficiency committee to help streamline the budget and expenses at the House. Now, I am a proud member of the Board.

I chose not to use music as this will be on rotate in the lobby of the RMH, and I believe the message is powerful on its own and should be conveyed without distraction. However, I used an external microphone and you can still hear some loud clicking noises. I will continue to fine tune this so that it completely without distraction when being viewed.

Also, please find attached a copy of the storyboard used in this assignment. I tried using the storyboard document attached in the week 3 folder, however I do not have a scanner. I assumed it was created in ppt as a "notes" document so recreated each slide of my storyboard in ppt and "printed" as a pdf in "Handouts" view. This allowed me to save it as a pdf, embed above, and get across in a very generic way what my story is.

Enjoy! I hope that you enjoy watching it. I most certainly enjoy working with the charity and was happy to use an assignment for the greater good.