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Digital Storytelling with Social Media Tools Ma’ayan Alexander Internet and Technology for Social Change EVA/Minerva Conference, November 2016

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Digital Storytelling with Social Media ToolsMa’ayan AlexanderInternet and Technology for Social ChangeEVA/Minerva Conference, November 2016

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People are telling stories since the early ages of history

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Technology changes but basics of telling a story are similar

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information documentation

Characters

ConflictsDrama Motivation

Feelings

Call for action

Senses

Storytelling:

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Great Content+ Digital Storytelling Better Communication and Engagement

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Social Media Platforms• Create your content • Connect with others directly• For profit• An interest to make users use them• Create and share, consume content• Develop tools and methods to share

content and to tell stories

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How can we use these tools to tell better stories

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• Edit visuals• Create videos• Curate collections

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Visuals

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A picture is worth a thousand words

Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother 

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Great Visuals• A Picture is worth a thousand words• In social media: save time, convert to action• Social media platforms encourage sharing

visuals• Some are visual based

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Instagram Editor:

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Great visuals don’t need many effects

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Video

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Videos• Live videos are great• Edited videos have their benefits• Instagram stories: A fun way to experience

snapchat-like medium

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Instagram Stories:

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Collections

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Collections• You have collections, let's work with them• Curate users generated content (UGC)

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Pinterest Visual Search:

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Go tell your story!

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For further reading and follow up

• Social Media Examiner• Social media platforms' blogs:

– Buffer– Hootsuite– Canva

• Museums, libraries and archives on SM• Techsoup for Libraries

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Thank You and See You OnlineMa’ayan Alexanderabout.me/maayanalewebforchange.wordpress.com (Hebrew)