{"id":40783,"date":"2025-11-12T12:41:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/?p=40783"},"modified":"2025-11-21T09:54:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T14:54:42","slug":"mdc-tv-wins-gold-davey-award-for-tedxmdc-with-shane-battier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/mdc-tv-wins-gold-davey-award-for-tedxmdc-with-shane-battier\/","title":{"rendered":"MDC-TV Wins Gold Davey Award For TEDxMDC With Shane Battier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MDC-TV won a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/daveyawards.com\/winners-area\/gallery\/?event=1095&amp;award=1&amp;search=Miami&amp;id=618627\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gold Davey Award<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the General-Diversity, Equity &amp; Inclusion category for their production of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-k-bg0q3NNw\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TEDxMDC featuring former Miami Heat player Shane Battier.\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Winners were announced on Oct. 21.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The award, presented by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts, recognizes outstanding achievement in video and digital content from organizations around the world. During the last two decades, MDC-TV has won 13 Davey Awards\u2014four gold and nine silver.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s incredibly gratifying,\u201d said Ariel Rubalcava, executive director of MDC-TV. \u201cWhen you\u2019ve spent your career behind the scenes\u2014directing, producing, problem-solving\u2014it\u2019s easy to forget the power of what we do until moments like this.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The video titled <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Battier Effect: How the 98% Drives True Greatness<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> features Battier speaking about the power of leadership and selflessness. He focuses on his experience in the National Basketball Association.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cShane was powerful. [He\u2019s] a natural storyteller with the humility of a team player,\u201d Rubalcava said. \u201cHis message resonated deeply with our team because it mirrors what we live every day at MDC-TV, hard work without applause, teamwork without ego and a quiet pursuit of excellence.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The video was a segment from the College\u2019s<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wolfson-campus-hosts-inaugural-tedxmdc-event\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> inaugural TEDx event in December of 2024, TEDxMDC.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guest speakers included HistoryMiami Museum resident historian Paul George, Friends of The Underline CEO Meg Daly, clinical psychologist Joan Godoy, award-winning show maker Natasha Tsakos and Syneurgy co-founder and co-CEO Michael Mannino.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The creation of TEDxMDC featuring Battier took a month to finalize. The segment has nearly 50,000 views on YouTube.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lighting designer Carlos Cedanos was in charge of the stage lighting to make the event as cinematic as possible. Jos\u00e9 Antonio Fern\u00e1ndez-Calvo served as a producer, overseeing the program schedule and managing the guest speakers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pedro Santos Acosta, executive director of emerging technologies at the College, provided academic guidance to ensure an educational tone for the TED talk.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe tend to underestimate MDC, but there are genuinely so many great things that [we] have been able to achieve,\u201d Fern\u00e1ndez-Calvo said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The production team filmed with multiple cameras, utilizing wide, medium and roaming shots.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Postproduction work included meticulous editing, color correction and audio mixing to meet TED\u2019s guidelines before the video could be published and viewed by the public.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe Gold Davey Award is a beautiful reminder that small, passionate teams like ours can compete with the best, and that great storytelling transcends budget,\u201d Rubalcava said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i>Click<\/i><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.us19.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=4fc6146412415baee32007fd7&amp;id=b5cd3712dc\"><i> here<\/i><\/a><\/span><i> to subscribe to our bi-weekly newsletter, The Hammerhead. For news tips, contact us at mdc.thereporter@gmail.com.\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MDC-TV won a Gold Davey Award in the General-Diversity, Equity &amp; Inclusion category for their production of TEDxMDC featuring former Miami Heat player Shane Battier.\u00a0 Winners were announced on Oct. 21. The award, presented by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts, recognizes outstanding achievement in video and digital content from organizations around the world. 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