<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # The movement from audience to author begins when a... > The movement from audience to author begins when a person is given both permission and practical means to convert lived experience into useful public knowledge. Participatory publishing closes the distance between “I have learned something” and “another person can now learn from what I know.” The threshold is crossed when experience becomes an artifact another mind can examine and carry forward. **Source:** [[livestreams/From Audience to Author — Building Tools for Participatory Publishing - Workbook|From Audience to Author — Building Tools for Participatory Publishing]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The movement from audience to author begins when a person is given both permission and practical means to convert lived experience into useful public knowledge. Participatory publishing closes the distance between “I have learned something” and “another person can now learn from what I know.” The threshold is crossed when experience becomes an artifact another mind can examine and carry forward.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-movement-audience-author-examine-carry-forward ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->