1. 1986-88 : Continued development and refinement of “next Exit” 1986 : Meets Joe Lambert 1992 : Next Exit is performed at the National Association of Broadcasters Members of the American Film Institute are in the audience. 1993: Joe and Dana teach three “digital storytelling workshops at the American Film Institute. Dana and Joe launch “Digital Diner “, a new media salons frequented by Bay area media producers 1994-1998: Digital storytelling workshop are offered at the theater. Creation of the San Francisco Digital Media Center. Digital Clubhouse Network leads to the establishment of programs with service organization and collaboration with organizations in England, Germany, and Denmark. Stories about digital storytelling on CNN and MSNBC, as well as in print. 1995: First “annual” Digital Storytelling Festivals and Digital Storytelling Boot Camp 1996: publishes the first version of the Digital Storytelling Cookbook. Supported by Apple computer 2000. Collaborates with national and governmental organizations in the development of programs on youth violence prevention."Safe Motherhood", and introductory workshops for graduate students in design 1999. CDS offers the first of what will become an annual presentation at the New Media Consortium (NMC) Conference. This work firmly establishes digital storytelling in the world of higher education. Multiple consultations and workshop presentations nationally and internationally in both educational and business settings 2001. Worldwide training and program development. Holds the first Y.O.U.T.H. Training Project workshop, which leads to the development of foster youth digital storytelling spin-offs in New York, New Haven, and several other states. In Kentucky, initiates a digital storytelling program in K-12 schools that becomes the model for national K-12 implementation 2002 Waite Family Foundation underwrites StoryLink …form the backbone of the "Stories for Change" project. Publishes the first edition of Joe Lambert's Digital Storytelling: Capturing Lives, Creating Community , a text book that has sold over 10,000 copies. Created a local digital storytelling program within the San Francisco affiliate of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Involved in numerous national and international projects 2003-4 . Operating European based workshops with Inteatro. The BBC holds the first International Digital Storytelling Conference. Back in the states, CDS meets future Director of Canadian Programs Rob Kershaw. Daniel Weinshenker opens the first CDS Regional Office in Denver, Colorado and begins offering both standard and customized workshops. T he Bridges to Understanding program, which subsequently carries out digital storytelling workshops with youth in India, Canada, and Latin America. 2007-10 . Hires Education Director; and East Coast Region Director Open and custom workshops offers training to new practitioners throughout the United States and leading the establishment of innumerable local/national programs in digital storytelling. 2005-6. Holds an International Digital Storytelling Facilitator Gathering. Begins an ongoing partnership with the Patient Voices program . I nitiates its "Workshop for Educators," to prepare K-12 teachers and technology staff to lead classroom-based digital storytelling efforts with students. Develops storiesforchange.net, a hub of resources and stories for practitioners. 2000. Dana Atchley succumbs to complications of a bone marrow transplant. 1 998 . the Center for Digital Storytelling (CDS) is established University of California at Berkeley and a collaboration with the National Writers' Project. Colleagues like Bernajean Porter, Alan November, Mark Stanley, and Jason Ohler develop materials and author publications about digital storytelling as a pedagogical strategy. CDS collaborates with Apple Computer and Adobe Systems to develop digital storytelling curricula