Geoffrey Long
Presentations and Lectures

I don't honestly remember when I first decided I wanted to be a professor. I remember thinking as a kid that having the summers off forever was an awesome idea, of course, but it wasn't until I was older that I discovered the joy of getting up in front of a room full of people and attempting to make them as excited about something as I was. I love being able to show people how amazing these subjects can be, batting ideas back and forth and getting them engaged in real conversations about fascinating topics.

The vast majority of my teaching experience so far has been gained while a graduate student at MIT. As a transmedia producer at Microsoft, I lectured whenever I can in a variety of courses and at a number of different conferences. (Unfortunately, due to the nature of corporate America, I'm unable to include internal presentations here – hence the precipitous drop-off in listed talks in 2010.) Once I returned to academia in 2013, I dialed up my lecturing again, primarily at the University of Southern California. Below is a list of my recent public appearances, with links to downloadable Keynote or PowerPoint decks wherever possible.


2014

Design Thinking at Microsoft
Susan Resnick West's Change Management course
Nov. 12, 2014  |  USC |  Los Angeles, CA

Geek Speaks: The Future of Comics
with Henry Jenkins, Scott McCloud, Hank Kanalz, Joe LeFavi, Dan Burwen, Patrick Chappatte and Diana Williams
Event Co-Organizer and Panel Moderator
University of Southern California
Oct. 23, 2014  |  USC |  Los Angeles, CA
Video of the event

USC Annenberg Innovation Lab and The Edison Project: Reimagining The Entertainment Business
Digital Hollywood
Oct. 23, 2014  |  Los Angeles, CA

Original Internet TV: The Cross-Platform Explosion
Digital Hollywood
Oct. 23, 2014  |  Los Angeles, CA

Mind Control Video Games in 25 Years
Oct. 2, 2014  |  CNBC |  Los Angeles, CA

The YouRift Podcast
Sept. 15, 2014  |  Los Angeles, CA

Transmedia Storytelling
Danube University Krems
June 28, 2014  |  Los Angeles, CA and Krems, Austria

East Coast vs. West Coast Transmedia Storytelling
with Erin Reilly
Transmedia LA
June 4, 2014  |  Los Angeles, CA

Futurecomics with Joe LeFavi
Henry Jenkins' Comics course
Apr. 30, 2014  |  Los Angeles, CA

Transmedia x The New Screens
Jon Taplin's Media Industries course
Feb. 10, 2014  |  Los Angeles, CA

Transmedia x The Future of Storytelling
Interactive Media Division Lecture Series
Jnauary 2014  |  Los Angeles, CA

2013

Transmedia Storytelling x The New Screens
Nanocon 2013
Nov. 8-10, 2013  |  Dakota State University |  Madison, SD

Transmedia and The Future of Comics
Billy Ireland Cartoon Research Library & Museum Grand Opening Festival of Cartoon Art
Nov. 14, 2013  |  OSU |  Columbus, OH

The Future of Storytelling
Nov. 13, 2013  |  Kenyon College |  Gambier, OH

2012

Storyworld panelist
October 2012  |  Los Angeles, CA

Comics and Transmedia
Transmedia Hollywood 3
April 2012  |  Los Angeles, CA

Entertainment After Transmedia
South by Southwest Interactive
March 2012  |  Austin, TX

2011

Panelist
Storyworld
October 31, 2011  |  Los Angeles, CA

Transmedia Franchise Design
University of Washington Bothell
Oct. 18, 2011  |  University of Washington |  Bothell, WA

From Story to Universe: 10 Best Practices for Transmedia Franchise Design
Game Developers Conference Online
Oct. 11, 2011  |  Austin, TX

A Transmedia Viability Toolkit
University of Southern California
Oct. 4, 2011  |  USC  |  Los Angeles, CA

On Future Unconventional Narratives
FUN Conference (Beta)
May 20, 2011  |  University of Washington |  Bothell, WA

"We're Looking For Characters": Designing Personalities Who Play Across Platforms (Panel Discussion)
Transmedia Hollywood 2
April 8, 2011  |  USC  |  Los Angeles, CA

2009

Case Study: Purefold (Panel Chair)
Futures of Entertainment 4
November 20, 2009  |  MIT  |  Cambridge, MA


Them's Playing Words: Video Game Adaptation Workshop
With Matthew Weise
October 15, 20 and 22, 2009  |  MIT  |  Cambridge, MA


Building Worlds Between Panels: Migratory Characters, Comic Books and Transmedia Storytelling
Henry Jenkins' Transmedia class
October 5, 2009  |  USC  |  Los Angeles, CA


Transmedia Tales to Teach: Vast Narratives as Educational Spaces
Descolagem Lecture Series
August 22, 2009  |  NAVE  |  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
(Somewhat Rushed due to Translation) Video of the Event


Play Chapter: Video Games and Transmedia Storytelling
2009 Games Education Summit
June 16-17, 2009  |  Carnegie Mellon University  |  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


The Convergence Culture Workshop
Danube University Krems
June 12-14, 2009  |  Krems, Austria


The Future of Publishing (Plenary Panel Chair)
MIT6: The Media in Transition Conference
April 24-26, 2009  |  MIT  |  Cambridge, Massachusetts
Podcast of the Event  (86.46MB MP3 file)


"Opening Doors, Building Worlds": The Origins of the X-Men
A Conversation with Chris Claremont

MIT CMS Colloquium Series
April 21, 2009  |  MIT  |  Cambridge, Massachusetts
Podcast of the Event  (110MB MP3 file)


Play Chapter: Video Games and Transmedia Storytelling
MIT6: The Media in Transition Conference
April 24-26, 2009  |  MIT  |  Cambridge, Massachusetts
PDFs of Paper and Presentation  (27.8MB .zip file)


From Horrorism to Terrorism: the New Weird, the New Horror and the War on Terror
2009 American Comparative Literature Association Conference
March 26-29, 2009  |  Harvard University  |  Cambridge, Massachusetts


From Plot to Character to World: Some Aesthetics of Transmedia Storytelling
3rd Pictoplasma Conference
March 17-22, 2009  |  Berlin, Germany
Keynote Presentation and PDF  (25.41MB .zip file)


Them's Playin' Words: Game Adaptation Workshop
With Matthew Weise
MIT Independent Activities Period
January 15, 2009  |  MIT  |  Cambridge, Massachusetts

2008

Them's Playin' Words: Game Adaptation Workshop
With Matthew Weise
Austin Game Developers Conference
September 15-17, 2008  |  Austin, Texas


Them's Playin' Words: Game Adaptation Workshop (Lite)
With Matthew Weise
Boston GameLoop 2008
August 23, 2008  |  MIT  |  Cambridge, Massachusetts


Transmedia Storytelling Workshop
2008 ACM SIGGRAPH Sandbox Conference
August 9-10, 2008  |  Los Angeles, California
Keynote Presentation  (3.29MB .zip file)


Toys, Twentysomethings and Transmedia
International Toy Researchers' 5th World Congress
July 9-11, 2008  |  Nafplio, Greece


Toys and Stories
Guest Lecture: MIT Toy Design Course (2.00b)
April 2, 2008  |  MIT  |  Cambridge, MA
Keynote Presentation  (7.43MB .zip file)


Transmedia Storytelling
Sony Game Design Workshop at MIT
January 2008  |  MIT  |  Cambridge, MA


2007

Every Screen a Bonfire: Transmedia Theory, User-Generated Content and Interactive Narrative
Part of a panel chaired by Stephen Jacobs
FuturePlay 2007
November 15-17, 2007  |  Toronto, Canada
Keynote Presentation  (2.94MB .zip file)


Radial Narrative Maps and Mike Mignola's Hellboy
Media in Transition 5 Conference
April 27-29, 2007  |  MIT  |  Cambridge, Massachusetts
Keynote Presentation  (4.9MB .zip file)


Transmedia Storytelling, Niche Media and the Jim Henson Company
Part of a panel chaired by Henry Jenkins
Society in Cinema and Media Studies Conference
March 8-11, 2007  |  Chicago, Illinois
Keynote Presentation  (2.8MB .zip file)


2006

Transmedia Storytelling
Part of a panel chaired by Stephen Jacobs
2006 ACM SIGGRAPH Sandbox Conference
July 29-30, 2006  |  Boston, Massachusetts
Keynote Presentation  (828KB .zip file)