https://www.petebrown.me/home daily 1.0 2022-12-20 https://www.petebrown.me/awards daily 0.75 2020-11-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f74af5e8283172b4a5d4cb6/1602600831764-P9K8PCGHMI3UN78NJ1EL/Wildscreen_18_03.jpg Awards The Kinect NatGeo TV project won the new media Panda Award at the prestigious Wildscreen film festival (2012). I keep telling my kids all about it, but they’re like “yeah, yeah, Dad. It’s the Golden Globes for animal films, right?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f74af5e8283172b4a5d4cb6/1602599612442-W7H1VA1ZB1PX4KDAE7RF/2X2Q1Wtf_400x400.jpg Awards I won Society for Professional Journalism award for feature writing for “Bowling at 4 am,” a story about Columbus’ 24-hour bowling center. It ran in Columbus Alive, our local arts paper (2007). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f74af5e8283172b4a5d4cb6/1602601212450-U8TNZAIG0VYZRIH9L1OQ/Screen+Shot+2020-10-13+at+10.59.28+AM.png Awards This is my dog Petey. I gave him part of my hotdog the other day and he immediately voted me “Koolest Hooman” (2020). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f74af5e8283172b4a5d4cb6/1602599717645-300C2F64XPUMC5N04K69/Screen+Shot+2020-10-13+at+10.27.10+AM.png Awards “Live Long, Ping Pong,” a short documentary I wrote and directed about competitive seniors table tennis was selected for the Best of Ohio short film festival at the Wexner Center for the Arts at Ohio State University (2014). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f74af5e8283172b4a5d4cb6/1602600173530-RG8E10PPC5XZXDSOS50Y/48HFP.jpg Awards A 2013 film I produced for the Columbus 48-hour Film Project won the Best Visual Effects award. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f74af5e8283172b4a5d4cb6/1602600932012-0R60VEHK72D99HK7ALSU/1200px-Kansas_State_University_seal.svg.png Awards I was the William Hicock Fellowship winner for Fiction Writing at Kansas State University in 1993. Good times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f74af5e8283172b4a5d4cb6/1602600760430-F0GQD97HXI7R879ILF1X/Awards.png Awards Projects I produced, directed or worked on recently (2020) won Learning and Development awards from the International E-Learning Association and the Brandon Hall Group. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f74af5e8283172b4a5d4cb6/1602599976700-OQV0YRNWICSH0QX5U3OY/Screen+Shot+2020-10-13+at+10.38.26+AM.png Awards At the close of my two years of service in the Peace Corps, the university I taught at (Rostov State University, now known as Southern Federated University) granted me an honorary doctorate (доктор гость) degree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f74af5e8283172b4a5d4cb6/1602600880993-Q1CE4VAVQ0J1WG5U7CG7/Screen+Shot+2020-10-13+at+10.29.45+AM.png Awards I only worked in print journalism for a few years, but I won two first place awards from the Texas AP Managing Editors for sportswriting and sports column writing (1998). https://www.petebrown.me/learning daily 0.75 2021-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f74af5e8283172b4a5d4cb6/1602095395764-8BYCBQKYQ5QF5LDGS7U6/Screen+Shot+2020-10-07+at+2.29.22+PM.png Learning and Development Running creative at Mindset Digital involves a bit of everything. https://www.petebrown.me/writing daily 0.75 2020-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f74af5e8283172b4a5d4cb6/1602514465168-TS9AUKK46S71QX257NM3/heraldcolumn.png Writing https://www.petebrown.me/experience daily 0.75 2020-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f74af5e8283172b4a5d4cb6/1602461271834-7F2KFIKPIEM47PFWXV78/Homepage-Mindset-Digital.jpg Experience and Education - Chief Creative Officer, Mindset Digital I’ve been working with Mindset Digital, a feisty agency based in Columbus, Ohio, for the past six years, designing award-winning learning experiences for a wide range of corporate clients. In each project I work closely with clients to understand their needs and messaging, then assemble teams of top-notch creative talent to deliver on-time and on-budget. While the needs of every project have varied, we regularly design custom-branded solutions that include video production, animation, 3D modeling, interactive multimedia and game design theory. We have always pushed the limits of what people expect. Our clients hire us to take big swings. My job is to ensure that we make solid contact when we do. Check out my Learning page for examples. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f74af5e8283172b4a5d4cb6/1602463703064-H4FVCV6NUNJVGNZU63MO/PeteBMC.jpg Experience and Education - Blue Monkey Communications I started Blue Monkey in 2008 and it has served as a home for the wide range of freelance production projects, film/television writing and directing, podcast production and more. In 2010, I took on writing, editing and directing duties for Kinect NatGeo TV, an award-winning educational video game developed with National Geographic and Microsoft; I also worked with Clutch Interactive to design narratives and cartoon scripts for a literacy project for McGraw Hill, and launched Blue Monkey Books, an interactive book publishing application aimed at K-5 readers. Check out my TV/Film and Gaming pages for examples of my work. https://www.petebrown.me/pods daily 0.75 2020-11-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f74af5e8283172b4a5d4cb6/1602602134409-RI8GKV0530GVSPW1Z88T/MSD_Podcast_1200.png Podcasts Agency podcast that covers the intersection of learning, social media and technology. 50+ episodes to date. Recommended Ep: It’s Time to Talk About Snapchat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f74af5e8283172b4a5d4cb6/1602602348760-YN09AQV8ADU0U08ISU0P/Screen+Shot+2020-10-13+at+11.18.17+AM.png Podcasts This podcast accompanied a documentary film project about Buckeye state voters in the year leading up to the 2020 election. COVID-19 halted progress, but we still released most of the interviews as standalone episodes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f74af5e8283172b4a5d4cb6/1602602364680-N62DWF8R0YG89232CFVX/Screen+Shot+2020-10-13+at+11.17.47+AM.png Podcasts A weekly dose of silly “sports talk for the medium-level fan.” 125+ episodes, this show has gained a loyal following in Central Ohio. Closing in on 30,000 downloads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f74af5e8283172b4a5d4cb6/1602602333305-Q1UH83DS6NKYQ7IT40ZE/Screen+Shot+2020-10-13+at+11.17.15+AM.png Podcasts Pete Brown Says is a creative nonfiction podcast that combines storytelling and sound design. Two seasons of “pretty good stories, told by Pete.” Recommended ep: Hey! Cut-off Man! https://www.petebrown.me/pete daily 0.75 2020-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f74af5e8283172b4a5d4cb6/1601595745537-FR1DRO19YR7SCCPUQT48/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-30%2Bat%2B12.50.39%2BPM.jpg About Pete https://www.petebrown.me/gaming daily 0.75 2020-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f74af5e8283172b4a5d4cb6/1602606162547-A99HXTOC6C6PODEHPLPV/Hoop.jpg Gaming - Games are a form of storytelling. I think we forget that fact too often, but it’s one of the reasons why gamification can be such an effective strategy in learning, and it’s why I love designing and playing games. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f74af5e8283172b4a5d4cb6/1602605778039-JL7T3V74TUEREAKVADTU/Screen+Shot+2019-12-15+at+7.40.41+PM.png Gaming Hoopsters is a cross between basketball and backgammon. Learn more at Hoopsters.store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f74af5e8283172b4a5d4cb6/1602605512226-XXOA4VHOCZ33CS5QZFME/Screen+Shot+2020-10-13+at+12.10.47+PM.png Gaming - Gamification and Learning I am a frequent speaker on the topic of adding gamification to your learning experiences. My approach is not to force an awkward game metaphor on top of your existing course, but rather starts with brain science, and seeks to “gamify” your course by pairing learning moments with dopamine production in the brain. https://www.petebrown.me/production daily 0.75 2022-12-20 https://www.petebrown.me/kids daily 0.75 2020-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f74af5e8283172b4a5d4cb6/1602513780281-D6EUKUZRR7V6J6OI9PQU/Screen+Shot+2020-10-12+at+10.34.47+AM.png Kids I’ve written many kids’ show pitches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f74af5e8283172b4a5d4cb6/1602513851858-KF6FXH7UQL8AROREJSPK/Screen+Shot+2020-10-12+at+10.34.32+AM.png Kids https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f74af5e8283172b4a5d4cb6/1602471941590-I33JQ0M9HOAV5C6PG7AQ/Screen+Shot+2020-10-11+at+11.04.32+PM.png Kids STEM kids and Math kids have fleshed out bios. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f74af5e8283172b4a5d4cb6/1602472456687-4W9SXCRJ6P171TOUK25T/Screen+Shot+2020-10-11+at+11.12.38+PM.png Kids Work-in-Progress, writing backstories for educational characters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f74af5e8283172b4a5d4cb6/1602471925870-8KUHA0K9SRHMCY9BEGJ4/Screen+Shot+2020-10-11+at+11.03.34+PM.png Kids Engaging cartoons introduce new concepts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f74af5e8283172b4a5d4cb6/1602513789251-BF0V75IXKZZ7R7H801F5/Screen+Shot+2020-10-12+at+10.35.03+AM.png Kids SkyKids concept for STEM-themed cartoon series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f74af5e8283172b4a5d4cb6/1602471298735-7A99JS0DMSQW53EVFQ81/100000.jpg Kids https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f74af5e8283172b4a5d4cb6/1602472789038-LH9A0HP3FS85K259HDU3/Screen+Shot+2020-10-11+at+8.41.42+PM.png Kids This is just some chickens listening to vinyl records in my backyard. Hipster level: Master. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f74af5e8283172b4a5d4cb6/1602471281292-RS69648A7YJFUBCYJXV1/100001.jpg Kids https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f74af5e8283172b4a5d4cb6/1602471262154-JM4WESY6KDGCGO6S694C/100002.jpg Kids https://www.petebrown.me/recommendations daily 0.75 2020-10-29 https://www.petebrown.me/volunteer-work daily 0.75 2020-11-09 https://www.petebrown.me/engaging-pete daily 0.75 2022-03-24