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Communications Training Conference for BRI, ELC, HIB

There is an old alliance between Jesuits and communication. Ignatius was famous for the enormous amount of letters he produced. These days, various new forms of communications have emerged. In mid June, some thirty collaborators and Jesuits gathered in Drongen (Belgium) for a ‘triduum’ on how to use these new media.

In addition to a few talks, there was a broad choice of  hands-on workshops. To mention a few, Pat Coyle, Director of Communications for the Irish Province, gave a tour ‘inside the mind of a journalist’, with good advice on how to respond to interviewers. Rick Timmermans, Chief Editor of the Dutch language online magazine Ignis, talked about recording small video’s for Facebooks, and Nikolaas Sintobin SJ spoke about engaging people in meditation and reflection by means of youtube videos. Ruth Morris, Digital Communications Manager for the British Province introduced us to finding and editing images that capture the imagination. Finally, myself, I gave a workshop on ‘having and holding the attention’ when you write a blog, opinion piece or reflection.

I left the days in consolation. There was a good atmosphere amongst ourselves. In addition, I was impressed both by the quality that is around in our midst and by the willingness to improve  our current practise amongst collaborators and Jesuits. Would this be something to organise in other provinces as well?

Pictures: Paula Nolan

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