So “those who tell stories rule the world.” Is that a reason to celebrate our empowerment or a warning to the unwary?
Category: Storytelling
Digital storytelling is a big part of what I do. I help people to tell stories. I’m a non-executive director of Curiosity Creative, a social enterprise devoted to community storytelling.
I love just about anything to do with stories and storytelling but this video by Jonah Sachs left me more than a little depressed. What does it do for you? It comes from the Future of Storytelling site (def worth a look!). It’s beautifully done an…
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Digital Storytelling for Researchers
I’ve been part of a discussion on a Facebook digital storytelling group this week about people using DS for research communication. It seems many researchers don’t see it as useful as it will never be able to convey the complexity of their researc…
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Digital Storytellers on Twitter
I follow a few people on Twitter who say and do very useful things about digital storytelling. Some do it as their job, some do it as part of their wider practice, some teach it, some think about it. So I created a list on Twitter. Please feel fre…
I had obviously behaved well enough at last year’s showcase in Wales to be invited back for another event from the HEA funded Enhancing Fieldwork Learning Team. This year was at the rather lovely Preston Montford FSC just outside Shrewsbury. I had…
Still catching up on blogging stuff I should have done months ago. Back in April and May some of us at Netskills and our colleagues at JISC Infonet took part in 4 days of digital storytelling workshops with Alex Henry of Curiosity Creative. Alex h…
At Netskills we’re developing our approach to helping project teams to use digital storytelling as a way of demonstrating their impacts. Part of this includes developing our own skills but we’re also putting together guidance for project teams wor…
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WeVideo – online video editing tool
The summary WeVideo is an online video editor that allows cloud storage of assets and finished videos. It’s got a good feature set and nice links to social media tools. But it won’t do everything. Pros Free Sign in with Google, Facebook or Yahoo G…
I’ve been reading a lot about narrative for my dissertation recently and came across 2 examples this morning that illustrate some of the ideas I’ve come across. Oatmeal on Game of Thrones The first simple example is from the Oatmeal. It says it’s …
Just saw this on the Neiman Journalism Lab blog… A collaboration between Condition One and The Guardian it’s a slightly more interactive approach to video where you have an element of control over where the camera is looking. Is it more than jus…