MISSION
The Power of You
Your Voice. Your Story. Your Life.
We teach people of all ages to film and edit professional one minute films.
Through our programs we promote economic empowerment, advocate for freedom of speech,
celebrate cultural traditions and fight disinformation, one story at a time.
Over the last 12 years, we have partnered Adobe, National Geographic,
85 US Embassies, Princeton University, USC and CalArts,
and we have hosted hundreds of free workshops across 60 countries.
Let's make an impact together.
HOW DO WE DO IT?
Video literacy means being able to film and edit a professional looking video with a beginning, middle and end, and being able to speak about videos in a professional way. In our workshops we equip the next generation of leaders and storytellers to build a better world by promoting video literacy in their schools and communities.
WHAT MAKES IDEAS MOVE?
One Minute Academy founder Christoph A. Geiseler worked closely with USC Annenberg Professor and Public Diplomacy expert Nicolas Cull, PhD to design a curriculum to help diplomats understand the power of short videos. Cull speaks about the way that stories can impact public opinion. How do we work with credible messengers? Most importantly, what are the issues that will define our future?
CERTIFICATION
Many students around the world have never received a certificate before in their lives. A certificate of participation becomes a source of pride and prestige. Furthermore, certificates allow participants to apply for jobs. When teachers replicate the program in their communities, we achieve a multiplier effect, which deepens our educational impact around the world.
CASE STUDY:
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
One Minute Academy worked with the National Geographic Society to assemble a team of scriptwriters, actors and explorers to film and edit 120 one minute videos about photography, public speaking, social media and writing for impact. Our goal is to help scientists make better videos about their work in the field, and our collaboration won several awards for online educational video.
PODCAST:
CHASING THE LIGHT
8 months into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, an OMA storytelling workshop takes place in partnership with America House in Kyiv. Joined by guests Professor Nick Cull, from the USC Center of Public Diplomacy, and Ed Bice, CEO of Meedan, follow along and meet the students as they learn the skills they need to capture their experiences in a one minute documentary-style format.
BROADCAST:
BUILD A BETTER WORLD
OMA trained 1000 storytellers in Iraq to film and edit professional one minute videos. The program culminated with a One Minute Contest whereby the participants made videos to celebrate women’s entrepreneurship in Iraq. We broadcast the 10 best student videos on the US Embassy Iraq’s Facebook page.
STUDENT VIDEO GALLERY
BUILD A BETTER WORLD
12 years, 60 countries, hundreds of workshops
STATS AND FIGURES
Our goal is to provide the best video training on the planet,
for $1 per person, anywhere.
BROADCAST:
STOP THE SPREAD
OMA trained 1000 storytellers in Pakistan to film and edit professional one minute videos. The program culminated with a One Minute Contest whereby the participants made videos stop the spread of Covid Disinformation. We broadcast the 10 best student videos on the US Embassy Pakistan Facebook page.
NEWS:
FILMING THE COUP
One Minute Academy and IWPR's "story-telling project originally intended to train ordinary people to produce short films is now also generating powerful videos to alert the outside world and their fellow citizens to the country’s plight. It has provided a rare means of communication and genuine documentation amid the political and disinformation crisis."
PODCAST:
LIMITLESS AFRICA
From entrepreneurship to women’s empowerment, from building peaceful societies to the rising popularity of the Basketball Africa League, Claude Grunitzky’s Limitless Africa podcast addresses issues that matter to Africa’s young people. The OMA team helps administer the Limitless Africa grant and radio partnerships for 25 million people on the African continent and in the African diaspora.
CASE STUDY:
CLARITY MEDIA GROUP
The Clarity Media Group is a team of award-winning journalists who have dedicated their careers to the art of communication. The OMA team produced one minute promotional videos, a branding package and an online learning strategy to help the company boost sales and reach a global audience.
AWARDS
Horizon Interactive Gold Award (2019)
Communicator Award of Excellence for Training (2020)
Communicator Distinction Award for Educational Video (2020)
for one minute instructional videos about photography
written, directed, filmed and edited by OMA
for the National Geographic Society Sciencetelling™ Bootcamp.
“Hands down, this training was one of the most relevant and effective uses of my professional development time, to date, at Adobe."
Jim Babbage
Senior Solutions Consultant, Adobe Systems Incorporated