Rising Voices » Audio http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org Helping the global population join the global conversation Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:05:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 [Podcast] Bolivian Voices Day http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/blog/2008/04/10/podcast-bolivian-voices-day/ http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/blog/2008/04/10/podcast-bolivian-voices-day/#comments Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:24:43 +0000 David Sasaki http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/blog/2008/04/10/podcast-bolivian-voices-day/ 4A3AE990-2473-4349-9034-C9B5493AD754.jpg

On April 19, at eight different sites throughout six Bolivian cities, Voces Bolivianas will host Bolivian Voices Day, a one-day synchronized event that will train dozens of Bolivians how to start their own blogs and participate in both the national and global online conversations.

In this podcast with Voces Bolivianas founder, Eduardo Ávila, we hear about the closing ceremony of the workshop series in Santa Cruz as well as why Voces Bolivianas decided to organize a one-day training at various sites around the country.

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]]> http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/blog/2008/04/10/podcast-bolivian-voices-day/feed/ 2 [Podcast] Cristina Quisbert Describes the Importance of Voces Bolivianas http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/blog/2008/03/21/podcast-cristina-quisbert-describes-the-importance-of-voces-bolivianas/ http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/blog/2008/03/21/podcast-cristina-quisbert-describes-the-importance-of-voces-bolivianas/#comments Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:41:06 +0000 David Sasaki http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/blog/2008/03/21/podcast-cristina-quisbert-describes-the-importance-of-voces-bolivianas/ In this three-minute podcast recorded with Cristina Quisbert while she was in Miami for the annual We Media conference, we discover the importance of Voces Bolivianas and citizen media in general for the residents of El Alto, Bolivia.

Cristina has recently started blogging in English as well.

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]]> http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/blog/2008/03/21/podcast-cristina-quisbert-describes-the-importance-of-voces-bolivianas/feed/ 2 Kathryn Ward on the Benefits of Blogging for Bangladeshi Women http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/blog/2008/03/15/kathryn-ward-on-the-benefits-of-blogging-for-bangladeshi-women/ http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/blog/2008/03/15/kathryn-ward-on-the-benefits-of-blogging-for-bangladeshi-women/#comments Sun, 16 Mar 2008 03:57:24 +0000 David Sasaki http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/blog/2008/03/15/kathryn-ward-on-the-benefits-of-blogging-for-bangladeshi-women/ For this week's Rising Voices podcast we listen in on a live interview with Nari Jibon founder Kathryn Ward from WDBX's Big Muddy radio program in Carbondale, Illinois. Kathy describes how Nari Jibon got its start and how they've been incorporating blogging and citizen media into their English and computer training classes to give women in Dhaka, Bangladesh a stronger voice and community online.

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]]> http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/blog/2008/03/15/kathryn-ward-on-the-benefits-of-blogging-for-bangladeshi-women/feed/ 5 Five Minute Phone Call with Eddie Avila http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/blog/2008/02/22/five-minute-phone-call-with-eddie-avila/ http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/blog/2008/02/22/five-minute-phone-call-with-eddie-avila/#comments Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:14:47 +0000 David Sasaki http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/blog/2008/02/22/five-minute-phone-call-with-eddie-avila/ This week we begin a new feature on Rising Voices where we will regularly check in with project leaders from the 10 Rising Voices outreach projects. We start with Eddie Ávila who is currently in the United States to present Voces Bolivianas at the We Media conference in Miami, Florida.

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]]> http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/blog/2008/02/22/five-minute-phone-call-with-eddie-avila/feed/ 2 Voces Bolivianas Featured on BBC's The World http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/blog/2008/01/25/voces-bolivianas-featured-on-bbcs-the-world/ http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/blog/2008/01/25/voces-bolivianas-featured-on-bbcs-the-world/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:34:23 +0000 David Sasaki http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/blog/2008/01/25/voces-bolivianas-featured-on-bbcs-the-world/ Voces Bolivianas, one of the first five recipients of a Rising Voices citizen media outreach award, was featured yesterday on the BBC program, The World. In the four minute feature Ruxandra Guidi interviews project facilitator Mario Duran and Voces Bolivianas participant and Aymara translator, Dora Romero.

Congratulations Voces Bolivianas for the much-deserved recognition! You can read frequent English translations from Voces Bolivianas participants here.

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