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The Pastoral Report, the newsletter of the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy (CPSP), has added two new features to its publication:
The PR Web Gallery will contain high resolution photos from a variety of CPSP events. Photos from Plenary meetings, Regional CPSP Gatherings, Governing Council meetings, International Symposiums, Chapter meetings and etc. can be viewed in the Gallery. Photos can be viewed in four forms: grid, slideshow, mosaic and carousel Personally, I like the carousel view for a quick run through of the photos. If there is a photo you like, you can download it to your computer. If you contact the PR, we can set it so you can add your own photos to the Gallery. For example, If you attended a CPSP event where you see ten photos posted on the Gallery, you could upload a few of your photos to add to the collection. Of course, such uploads should be selective. It would be in bad form to dump your 139 photos into the collection just because you have them.
Videos will also be found on the Pastoral Report Web Gallery. Videos are not new to the PR. Most of the presenters at the 2007 CPSP Plenary can be found on our site in video form using a little trick from Google Video. There are two problems I've encountered with this approach. First, the video quality suffers and secondly, many institutions block videos from Google and similar sites. One might be able to see the brief write-up on the PR about the video but the video can not be viewed. Although the PR will continue to use Google Video, the PR Web Gallery solves the problems when one’s institution blocks sites like Google Video and YouTube.
If CPSP had a good video camera rather than my personal $129 Canon, the PR Web Gallery will support HD quality video that can be streamed, viewed or downloaded for personal and professional use. For example, many have requested DVDs of James Gebhart's Presidential Address and Raymond Lawrence’s Report to the Community from the 2007 Plenary. It might sound simple enough to pull this request off but in reality it requires more time, energy and money that could be better put to use elsewhere. The PR Web Gallery is a pretty good solution for this issue.
By clicking on “subscribe”, you will be alerted when new photos and videos are posted on the PR Gallery.
Members of the community are to be encouraged to provide the PR selected photos and videos of gatherings and events that would be of interest and informative to the CPSP community for posting on the Pastoral Report Web Gallery.
Pastoral Report Podcast
These will be either audio or video podcasts. They can be downloaded to one’s computer and iPod. If you “subscribe” to the Pastoral Report Podcast, new podcasts will automatically be downloaded to your computer and iPod.
If you wish to provide your comment to a particular PR Podcast, you can do so. Although I like this interactive feature, it might not prove to be practical over the long haul. For now, the feature is turned on and we will “test drive” it.
Share your thoughts and point of view via a podcast. The PR can give you a few helpful hints about how to get started. Remember, some would prefer this form of media than write three thousand words on a topic. Given the enormous growth of podcasts, such people are not alone. Podcast can be found on the Pastoral Report Podcast and/or on Apple’s iTunes Podcast.
Summary
Members of the community are encouraged to provide the PR selected photos and videos of gatherings and events that would be of interest and informative to the CPSP community for posting on the CPSP Web Gallery. If you have a camcorder, video camera, or even the movie feature found on your digital photo camera, you have about all you need to produce a podcast that can be posted on the CPSP Pastoral Report Podcast.
Beyond face-to-face engagements, I think the more we also share via written word, videos, photos and podcast about ourselves and our ministries, the more significant we become to one another and the more significant we are as a community. So, get those camera shutter's clicking, the film rolling and move close to the mic while recording your podcast.
-Perry Miller, Editor
Posted by Perry Miller, Editor at September 4, 2007 12:14 PM
