Webinar: Discover How to Create Immersive Wildlife Stories with 360 Media

Louise Jones October 21, 2025

🐘 Inspire young minds to explore, protect and connect with nature using immersive storytelling, 360° content and ThingLink’s creative tools.

Weds 26th November

9am PST | 12pm EST | 5pm GMT | 6pm CET | 7pm EET

Registration

Join us for an inspiring and exclusive webinar where we explore how immersive storytelling can bring wildlife and conservation education to life in powerful new ways.

This is a unique opportunity to hear from special guest Elaine Ford, an interdisciplinary artist and filmmaker whose breathtaking 360° wildlife videos featuring elephants, hippos and wild dogs in Botswana’s Okavango Delta have just been released on ThingLink. Elaine will share the story behind the creation of these immersive experiences, including the creative process, technical challenges and the ethical collaborations that made the project possible.

Read more about Elaine in our blog here! VR in the Wild! Meet the Brilliant Film Maker Elaine Ford

Where and When!

📅 Date: Wednesday 26th November 

⏰ Time: 9am PST | 12pm EST | 5pm GMT | 6pm CET | 7pm EET

⌚ Duration 60 minutes

📍 Where: YouTube Live

Co-hosting alongside Louise Jones is Claudia Fisanotti, ThingLink Certified Trainer, who will guide you through practical ways to turn 360° images and videos into interactive learning journeys. You’ll learn how to use ThingLink to empower learners to explore the natural world, tell their own stories and connect deeply with issues of conservation, biodiversity and sustainability.

This session designed especially for educators will leave you feeling inspired, equipped and ready to use immersive media to spark action and awareness in the next generation of learners.

✅ 3 Brilliant Webinar Outcomes, What You Will Gain!

1. Inspiring Conservation and Sustainability Through Storytelling

Filmmaker Elaine Ford shares her experiences capturing immersive wildlife stories in the Okavango Delta and offers insight into how immersive content can spark empathy, awareness and hope in the next generation of conservationists and creators

2. How to Create and Capture Your Own Immersive Wildlife Content

Learn practical tips and tools for capturing 360° photos and videos, from smartphones (with ThingLink Pano to 360)  to more advanced gear, and discover how to start creating your own immersive virtual field trips that inspire curiosity and care for nature

3. Using ThingLink to Design Immersive Learning Experiences

Explore how to transform 360° images and videos into interactive learning journeys using ThingLink. Claudia Fisanotti will demonstrate techniques educators and creators can use to engage learners through layered media, narration and project-based storytelling

Don’t Miss Out!

Our webinars are always lively, informative and eventful! Even if you can’t make it live, don’t worry, sign up, and we’ll send you the recording and all the links afterward.