DIGITAL STORYTELLING@nancyyxu

1. What’s the Story?

2. Pick the Medium

3. The Headline

4. Story Arcs

5. Selecting Visuals

DESIGNER

one

“What is the Story?”

story of your work

fundraising campaign

story of a beneficiary

sharing your process

to inform to entertain

INTERVIEWING

Empathy

5 Why’s

Tell me more…

What do you mean by….

ACTIVITYfind out why your partner do the work they do,

using only why… and tell me more…

ACTIVITYshare your story with your partner

two

“Pick the Medium”

ACTIVITYpick a different partner and

share what medium you want to use to tell your story

three

“The Headline”

curiosity gap

ACTIVITYbrainstorm your story headline in a group

pop culture analysis tools

distillation

show don’t tellstart late, end early

four

“Story Arcs”

ARISTOTLE

HERO’S JOURNEY

WADE DAVIS

Attention grabbing introductionAppeal to the heartAppeal to the mind

Approachable call to action

ACTIVITYsketch out your story layout

tools demo

accountability buddy

five

“Selecting Visuals”

action shots

X

text/image overlay

go for noiseless

blur it

darken the image

add a color layer

go BIG

put it in a box

free image editor roundup

1. What’s the Story?interviewing tips, story types

2. Pick the mediumlong article, photo essay, scrolling site

3. The Headlinerelevance, timing and being part of a bigger story

4. Story Arcshero’s journey, Wade Davis, camp fire

5. Selecting Visualsaction shots & text overlays

RESOURCES If you have a lot of text, try writing on Medium: https://medium.com/@

scottharrison/the-last-walk-for-water-979160375b4a

If you have a lot of photos, try Storehouse: https://www.storehouse.co/stories/t7tkj-nyirazana

If you want to pitch stories to press, find the nonprofit journalists that you like. You can also talk to our LiveStories CEO who writes on HuffingtonPost: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adnan-mahmud/

If you have "lighter" content that has mass appeal, try contributing that on buzzfeed: http://www.buzzfeed.com/lyapalater/italy-is-beautiful#47kjip4

Inspiration for your short video, Splash.org's water story, watch at the 3min mark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVDGSMvlwQM

Inspiration for headlines written withe "curiosity gap", but be careful not to overdo it: http://www.upworthy.com/

RESOURCES CONT.

Search for what topics people are searching for on the internet so you can better target your content: http://www.google.com/trends/explore

Search what conversations are happening on twitter so you can join ones with the most chatter. This tool shows you which related hashtags are more popular to your topic: http://hashtagify.me/hashtag/entrepreneurship

If you want to practice how to distill complex info and still preserve the essence of the story, check out this class on writing micro-fiction: http://www.skillshare.com/classes/writing/Mini-Class-Flash-Fiction-How-to-Tell-Pint-Sized-Stories/2104850910/project-guide

We didn't have time to cover this, but if you need to edit your photos to have them stand out more, free image editors roundup here: http://mashable.com/2013/07/22/free-image-editors/

If anyone have data stories they want to tell (infographics, stories that include charts, reports), we would love to have them try our tool and get feedback! Request invite on our website: http://livestories.com/

DIGITAL STORYTELLING@nancyyxu

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