MISSION
POWER OF YOU
Your voice. Your community. Your legacy.
Our mission is to empower people to pursue their dreams
through video literacy, leadership and entrepreneurship programs.
From 2005-2025 we hosted hundreds of workshops in 60 countries
and reached millions of listeners through our signature programs:
One Minute Academy, Limitless Africa, MIMA Music and Streamlife.
In proud collaboration with
ABOUT US
The Seenfire Foundation is an American 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. Over the last 20 years we invested over $4 million into hundreds of video literacy, radio broadcasting and music improvisation programs, in partnership with 85 US Embassies, Adobe, National Geographic Society and Princeton University. Only 5% of our budget has been used on management and we do not engage in any social media or fundraising activities.
SIGNATURE PROGRAMS
Students of all ages learn to film and edit professional one minute videos using our award-winning methodology.
25 million radio listeners in Africa receive entrepreneurial information in our podcast-to-radio strategy.
Students build self esteem and leadership skills through improvisational songwriting exercises and productions.
Teens and adults suffering from digital addictions develop a healthier relationship to their tech.
AWARD-WINNING STRATEGIES
In our signature program called the "One Minute Academy" we train "One Minute Ambassadors" to promote video literacy in their schools and communities around the globe. We use a train-the-trainers approach and provide all of our students with handbooks and a proprietary learning management system to ensure quality and privacy.
2026 NEW PROGRAM: STREAMLIFE
Streamlife is a practical philosophy for making decisions in an always-on world. It helps individuals and institutions work with technology deliberately—without rejecting it—so that attention, energy and time remain aligned with human goals. The approach emerges from three of Seenfire's core principles: philanthropic engagement, media literacy and creative experimentation with digital restraint.
AWARDS
Horizon Interactive Gold Award (2019)
Communicator Award of Excellence for Training (2020)
Communicator Distinction Award for Educational Video (2020)
for one minute instructional videos about photography
written, directed, filmed and edited by Seenfire
for the National Geographic Society Sciencetelling™ Bootcamp.
WORKSHOP AUDIENCES
University Students & Young Entrepreneurs
We teach youth, women and NGO leaders under the age of 35 to film and edit videos. These participants benefit from learning how to effectively utilize multimedia storytelling to get better jobs.
Journalists
Journalists who gain skills in multimedia storytelling can combat disinformation and advocate for press freedom.
Women Rights Advocates
Women and advocates for women's rights, particularly those working in areas such as disability rights, mitigating gender conflict, supporting victims of gender-based violence and promoting religious tolerance, will foster a safer and more vibrant society.
Diplomats & Professional educators
Diplomats, university professors, trade organization administrators and leaders of civil society and human rights organizations learn our training methodology and will support the broader impact of the video literacy initiative.
FOUNDER & CEO
Empowering Societies Through Media Education
Christoph Alexander Geiseler is an award-winning educator and filmmaker from Los Angeles, CA. He has worked with National Geographic, Princeton University, Adobe and 85 US embassies to promote disability rights, marginalized voices, climate change activism, women's entrepreneurship and press freedom in places ranging from Mali and Zimbabwe to Myanmar, Russia and Venezuela. Christoph has a Masters in Public Diplomacy from the University of Southern California (M.P.D. 2014 with honors) and he studied Politics at Princeton University (A.B. 2004 cum laude). He has also taken graduate-level computer science and architecture courses at Harvard University and ArtCenter College of Design. He speaks fluent English, German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian and Portuguese.
BUILD A BETTER FUTURE
20 years, 60 countries, hundreds of workshops, millions of listeners
IMPACT TIMELINE
2005-2025
Each year marks a significant expansion of Seenfire's expertise and global impact
2025
AMBASSADOR BOOTCAMP
Video literacy means being able to film and edit a professional looking video with a beginning, middle and end, and being able to speak about videos in a professional way. In our workshops we equip the next generation of leaders and storytellers to become "One Minute Ambassadors" who build a better world by promoting video literacy in their schools and communities.
2024
LIMITLESS AFRICA
From entrepreneurship to women’s empowerment, from building peaceful societies to the rising popularity of the Basketball Africa League, Claude Grunitzky’s Limitless Africa podcast addresses issues that matter to Africa’s young people. The Seenfire team helps administer the Limitless Africa grant and radio partnerships for 25 million people on the African continent and in the African diaspora.
2023
BUILD A BETTER WORLD
Seenfire trained 1000 storytellers in Iraq through its One Minute Academy to film and edit professional one minute videos. The program culminated with a One Minute Contest whereby the participants made videos to celebrate women’s entrepreneurship in Iraq. We broadcast the 10 best student videos on the US Embassy Iraq’s Facebook page.
2022
CHASING THE LIGHT
8 months into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a Seenfire storytelling workshop takes place in partnership with America House in Kyiv. Joined by guests Professor Nick Cull, from the USC Center of Public Diplomacy, and Ed Bice, CEO of Meedan, follow along and meet the students as they learn the skills they need to capture their experiences in a one minute documentary-style format.
2021
STOP THE SPREAD
Seenfire trained 1000 storytellers in Pakistan to film and edit professional one minute videos through its One Minute Academy. The program culminated with a One Minute Contest whereby the participants made videos stop the spread of Covid Disinformation. We broadcast the 10 best student videos on the US Embassy Pakistan Facebook page.
2020
FILMING THE COUP
One Minute Academy and IWPR's "storytelling project originally intended to train ordinary people to produce short films is now also generating powerful videos to alert the outside world and their fellow citizens to the country’s plight. It has provided a rare means of communication and genuine documentation amid the political and disinformation crisis."
2018
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
Seenfire worked with the National Geographic Society to assemble a team of scriptwriters, actors and explorers to film and edit 120 one minute videos about photography, public speaking, social media and writing for impact. Our goal is to help scientists make better videos about their work in the field, and our collaboration won several awards for online educational video.
2017
CLARITY MEDIA GROUP
The Clarity Media Group is a team of award-winning journalists who have dedicated their careers to the art of communication. The Seenfire team produced one minute promotional videos, a branding package and an online learning strategy to help the company boost sales and reach a global audience.
2016
VIDEO DIPLOMACY
Seenfire founder Christoph A. Geiseler worked closely with USC Annenberg Professor and Public Diplomacy expert Nicolas Cull, PhD to design a curriculum to help diplomats understand the power of short videos. Cull speaks about the way that stories can impact public opinion. How do we work with credible messengers?
2005-2015
MUSIC IMPROVISATION
MIMA (Modern Improvisational Music Appreciation) is an educational nonprofit that builds community through collaborative music-making. The Seenfire team helped transform MIMA from a student group at Princeton University into a global NGO that has hosted songwriting programs in 40 countries. MIMA now operates as an independent, self-sustaining nonprofit based in Charlottesville, VA.
“Hands down, this training was one of the most relevant and effective uses of my professional development time, to date, at Adobe."
Jim Babbage
Senior Solutions Consultant, Adobe Systems Incorporated