EMDC 2020 Executive Summary
The Eurasia Media & Distribution Consultation (EMDC) 2020 did not take place at Horizon Village, Chiang mai, Thailand in April due to the virus. However, EMDC Online was born in May of 2020. Here are some “Quick stats” followed by remarks from the chairman, and testimonials at the bottom. Please do not post this summary, as a whole, on any sites.
EMDC History
● 1st —Sept 2010, Germany, 130 people (32 organizations)
No pre-EMDC training (just 3.5 days of EMDC)
● 2nd—April 2012, Germany, 200 people (70 organizations)
3 Tracks of pre-EMDC training (video/audio/web, 75 participants)
● 3rd—April 2013, Thailand, 224 people (81 organizations)
9 Tracks of pre-EMDC training (120 participants)
● 4th—April 2014, Thailand, 320 people (99 organizations)
11 Tracks of pre-EMDC training (194 participants)
● 5th—April 2015, Netherlands, 380 people (130 organizations)
15 Tracks of pre-EMDC training (201 participants)
● 6th—April 2016, Thailand, 450 people (138 organizations)
14 Tracks of pre-EMDC training (270 participants)
● 7th—April 2017, Netherlands, 420 people (146 organizations) (Special note: over 30 registrants were unable to attend due to visa refusal or visa-related issues. EMDC worked hard to issue paperwork for 110 visas.)
15 Tracks of pre-EMDC training (230 participants)
● 8th—March 2018, Thailand, 725 people (193 organizations)
18 Tracks of pre-EMDC training (490 participants)
● 9th—08-11 April, 2019, Netherlands, 602 people (210 organizations) (Special note: over 55 registrants were unable to attend due to visa refusal. EMDC worked hard to issue paperwork for 195 visas.)
27 Tracks of pre-EMDC and post-EMDC training (400+ participants)
● 10th—April, 2020,Thailand (18 Training Tracks in pre-EMDC)(18 Tracks in post-EMDC). Over 900 registered from 270 organization and 75 countries. CANCELLED
General Information
● The Steering Committee comes from: Evangel Bible Translators, SIL, IMB, AIM Thailand Foundation, TEAM, OMF, Relay Trust, International Teams, Faith Comes by Hearing, Galcom Int’l, M2M, Cru, The Seed Company, Lutheran Bible Translators, Mission Quest, and Frontiers.
● EMDC is self-funded, depending on volunteer helpers and a small registration fee. No fee was required for EMDC Online in 2020.
● For full details and testimonials of a typical on site EMDC, please see the EMDC 2019 Executive Summary.
EMDC Online (2020) one-hour "breakout" sessions
● The presenters for EMDC Online one-hour sessions came from multiple organizations.
● From the hasty beginning in May, 2020 (resulting from the virus), EMDC Online held 38 one-hour session in 2020.
● An archive system was developed so that the video recording of each session was available to those enrolled.
EMDC Online (2020) Training Tracks
● From the beginning in May, 2020, EMDC Online held 5 multi-session Training Tracks with many more planned for 2021.
EMDC Online (2020) General Information
● From May 2020 to the end of December 2020, 1580 person had enrolled.
● Participants are enrolled from 110 countries.
● The enrollment process does not solicit organization name, but likely 300+ organizations are represented.
● The EMDC data base has 1,218 organizations and 5,100 names and continues to grow.
Special Thanks:
The Executive Leadership of both SIL and Cru have allocated personnel to make this work. Paul Konstanski has written the entire platform that EMDC Online runs on.
Plans were discussed in 2020 to open EMDC up, by January 2021, with a blog, podcast, SE Guide, FB, and YouTube page
For any questions about EMDC, or any desire to assist with training, personnel, or finance, please contact info@emdc.info.
Steve B. (for the Steering Committee), Dec 2020
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