Matthew Dunn's 'Digital Media' keynote address will be live-streamed

A presentation from digital media guru Matthew Dunn, co-founder of Say It Visually, will keynote Western Washington University’s forthcoming event, “Digital Media: The Future is N.O.W.” on April 11 at the PAC.

Dunn’s presentation will be at 4 p.m. on the PAC Mainstage, and is free and open to the public. His keynote address will also be live-streamed on Western's Ustream channel, http://www.ustream.tv/channel/wwu-live-events1.

Faculty are encouraged to attend and bring their students or encourage them to attend as well; Dunn's insights into how we all use digital communication, social media, and digital storytelling as ways of getting messages across various media are applicable to almost any field of study.

Dunn’s company, Say It Visually!, explains complex topics with compelling visual stories. Launched in 2008, the company is already the world’s largest creator of private-label explanatory media. Dunn, a former CIO at Microsoft, will lead a presentation and discussion on visual literacy for the new millennium.

Tech Tonic, Western’s annual technology expo featuring booths and presentations concerning the implications of the advancement of technology, will be held at the PAC lobby from 1- 4 p.m., and is also free and open to the public. Vendors and groups scheduled to attend include Apple (which will be discussing its new iBook authoring tool), the BAIRS student robotic club, the formula SAE group from Western’s Vehicle Research Institute, and the Bellingham Linux User’s Group.

Also included in the presentation will be viewings and announcements of the winners in the two categories of Western’s N.O.W. Films 2012 (“N.O.W.” stands for New. Original. Western.) student film contest.

For more information on “Digital Media: The Future is N.O.W,” contact Western’s Office of University Communications at (360) 650-3350.