Storytelling

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Finding your story Mar$n Hatchuel www.barefootclients.co.za Jan 13

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Organising my thoughts about storytelling for the media and on the social web

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Finding  your  story  Mar$n  Hatchuel  

www.barefootclients.co.za    Jan  13  

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The  shortest  distance  between  two  people  is  a  story  Terrence  Gargiulo:  Author,  speaker.  www.makingstories.net  

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Menu      

 Stories:  why  tell  ‘em?  

 What  makes  ‘em  work?  

 The  birds  and  the  bees  

(Mom,  where  do  stories  come  from?)    

Tag  and  release  (SeJng  your  baby  free)    

 

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A  good  story        Inspires  Energises  Galvanises  

 

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Start  by  listenin

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A  story  about  a  moth    Who’s  here?  Where  are  we?  When’s  it  happening?  What’s  happening?  How  do  the  characters  feel?  

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Now  tell  me  one  of  your  stories  

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So:  what  makes  a  story  work?    In  the  media,  I  mean?  

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1.  Timing      Is  it  current?  

Is  it  newsworthy?  

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2.  Significance      Is  it  important  to  a  large  number  of  people?  

Is  it  newsworthy?  

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3.  Proximity      •  Happened  nearby  •  Happened  in  my  area  of  interest  

Is  it  newsworthy?  

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4.  Prominence      Pff.  Celebs  get  all  the  celebrity  

Is  it  newsworthy?  

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5.  Human  Interest      •  Awwwww  •  LOL  •  YAY!  

Is  it  newsworthy?  

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Human  interest  stories      •  The  rebels  in  the  list  •  They  don’t  date  as  quickly  •  They  don’t  have  to  affect  large  numbers  

of  people  •  Who  cares  where  they  happen?    

Is  it  newsworthy?  

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So  what’s  a  social  webber  to  do?      

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 1.  Research  

So  –  what’s  to  do?    

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 2.  Why  tell  it?  

So  –  what’s  to  do?    

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 3.  It’s  about  people  

So  –  what’s  to  do?    

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 4.  SeIng  

So  –  what’s  to  do?    

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5.  Hook  ‘em  

So  –  what’s  to  do?    

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6.  Join  the  dots      Who-­‐what–why–when-­‐where  

So  –  what’s  to  do?    

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7.  Close  the  loop      

So  –  what’s  to  do?    

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8.  Make  nice  

So  –  what’s  to  do?    

GRAMMAR,  n.:  A  system  of  pi[alls  though[ully  prepared  for  the  feet  for  the  self-­‐made  man,  along  the  path  by  which  he  advances  to  dis$nc$on  Ambrose  Bierce  (Editor,  sa$rist,  writer  of  short  stories:  1832  –  1913)        

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The  social  web:  tag  &  release    Technology  is  the  campfire  around  which  we  tell  our  stories.  Laurie  Anderson:  experimental  performance  ar$st  &  musician:  www.laurieanderson.com  

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One  twig  does  not  a  bonfire  make      •  Blog  •  Wiki  •  Twicer  •  Facebook  

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QuanUty  beats  quality        The  value  of  the  social  web  becomes  clear  through  repe$$on  and  redundancy  Ron  Mader.  Founder  and  editor  of  www.planeta.com  

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1.  Think  globally:  Act  locally    2.  Tiny  cells  make  giant  trees    

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Mar$n  Hatchuel      [email protected]      0027(0)84  951  0574  www.barefootclients.co.za      www.thistourismweek.co.za            Advice  and  inspira$on:  Ron  Mader  hcp://planeta.com/    hcp://planeta.wikispaces.com/storytelling