Workshops

Bringing Heritage to Life (4)

1. “High-Tech History: Digitizing Your Photographs and Records”

Date: November 15th, 2008
Time: 9:00 - Noon
Venue: Morden Friendship Centre
Facilitators: Bryan & Michelle Warkentin
This workshop will introduce the process and protocols for scanning, storing, and web displaying print records and photographs. For more information contact Nancy Penner at 822-4937 or Email.

 

2. “Get a Life!: Interviewing and Recording Oral Histories:

Date: October 18th, 2008
Time: 9:00 - Noon
Venue: Morden Friendship Centre
Facilitator: Les Kletke
“An interview is just a conversation that the audience is eavesdropping in on.” This workshop will teach young people and adults how to record Oral History and to conduct memorable interviews. For more information contact Nancy Penner at 822-4937 or Email

3. “It’s Okay to Talk to Yourself”: Oral Memoirs Workshop

Date: November 8th, 2008
Time: 1:30 – 4:00 PM
Venue: Morden Friendship Centre
Facilitator: Abby Spielmacher
This workshop will teach participants how to create Oral Memoirs. It will demonstrate the effective use of recording equipment and provide guidelines to spark participants’ memories. For more information contact Nancy Penner at 822-4937 or Email

4. “Write Down Memory Lane: Multi-session Course on Memoir Writing

Dates & Times:
Workshop #1 January 12th, 2008 (1:30 pm to 4:00 pm)
Workshop #2 January 26th, 2008 (1:30 pm to 4:00 pm)
Workshop #3 February 9th, 2008 (1:30 pm to 4:00 pm)
Workshop #4 February 23rd, 2008 (1:30 pm to 4:00 pm)
Venue: Morden Friendship Centre
This multiple- session course in memoir writing will help Morden’s senior citizens to progress from memory to memoir. The classes will be a blend of direct instruction and participant workshopping.

We all have valued opinions, rich wisdom and wonderful stories to tell….
Here is an opportunity to celebrate your life in four sessions of fun and learning. You’ll draw on your own memories/expertise, and walk away having recorded a bit of history…..Yours! What a wonderful gift for your family/friends!

Registration is required as space is limited to 20 participants.

To register, and for more information, please call: Diana Wiebe on 822-5006 or Pat Plett on 822-3555.