How to find and tell your story
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Discovering the art of storytelling by showcasing methods, tips, & tools that help you find and tell your story, your way.  Find me on Twitter @gimligoosetales
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The Promotional Legacy of Game of Thrones | Online Digital Marketing Courses

"The unrivaled cultural phenomenon of Game of Thrones has an almost intangible quality - a mix of ingredients that has propelled it from great to cult to iconic in a relatively short space of time. Love it or loathe it, you’re likely to have been just a bit curious about how the show became so successful.

 

Today’s digital consumers command inspiring storytelling and attention-grabbing narratives from brands, regardless of sector or industry. In fact, superior brand storytelling can increase the value of a product or service by more than 20 times.

 

As a show that boasts one of the most gripping, chaotic and unpredictable plotlines television has ever seen and based on a series of fan- and critically-acclaimed novels, it's fair to say that Game of Thrones has deep foundations in storytelling."

 

Read the full article to find out more about how GoT used these techniques to continue their story off-screen:

  • social media hashtags
  • beautiful death website
  • live streaming experiences
  • collaborations with brands
  • quest for the throne scavenger hunt
  • bleed for the stone experiential campaign
Kim Zinke (aka Gimli Goose)'s insight:

I am such a fan of shows that move their story past the screen.  Even more so when the fans take the story into their own hands and generate their own content.  Among my tv favourites that are doing this well is GoT and Walking Dead.  The story only ends when the reader says it does.

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A History and Future of Collaborative Storytelling | Scott Walker

A History and Future of Collaborative Storytelling | Scott Walker | How to find and tell your story | Scoop.it
An un-scientific, non-comprehensive, and not-at-all objective overview of the rise of collaborative storytelling.


Read the full article to find out more about:

  • definition - serial, parallel, storyworld
  • a century of collaborative storytelling - comic books, tv, RPGs, internet, technology
  • recent examples - Heroes, 1632, Bar Karma, Tiki Wiki Fiki
  • more encouraging signs - Worldbuilder, Kindle Worlds, Theatrics
  • what this means for content producers - questions about creative, legal, operations
Kim Zinke (aka Gimli Goose)'s insight:

Collaborative storytelling opportunities are not only on the rise but are becoming more mainstream.  I like how this post provides examples everyone is familiar with as well as some new ones.

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5 Innovative Projects Show the Power of Citizen Collaboration | PBS MediaShift

5 Innovative Projects Show the Power of Citizen Collaboration | PBS MediaShift | How to find and tell your story | Scoop.it

"Few newsrooms are leveraging the storytelling potential of their audience and working with citizen reporters and their footage in meaningful ways. The recent Tow Center study on user-generated content found that “UGC is used by news organizations daily and can produce stories that otherwise would not, or could not, be told. However, it is often only used when other imagery is not available.”


The reporting projects below do not use citizen content only as a last resort. Instead, they work with citizens as collaborators in sourcing, investigating and reporting stories. They curate citizen content by finding, verifying and presenting reports from the communities they cover and help their audience understand the larger story that they contribute to. They have resulted in consequential and award-winning coverage, and for journalism educators gathered at this week’s annual AEJMC conference, as well as newsroom editors and entrepreneurs, they provide models of innovation worth paying attention to."


Read the full article to link directly to and find out more about these innovative collaborative storytelling opportunities:

  1. India's community correspondents
  2. Reports from prison
  3. Making sense of a deluge of war videos
  4. Facilitating a community storytelling process
  5. Eyewitness videos form centerpiece of investigation
Kim Zinke (aka Gimli Goose)'s insight:

Take a look at these sites and be inspired.  How could you create your own collaborative storytelling effort for your family, group or community?


Be sure to check out part 2 of this article Skills, Attitudes and Approaches for the Journalist as Curator for more examples, tips, and things to consider when working in these types of collaborative projects.

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The Participatory Documentary CookBook: community documentary using social media | i-docs

The Participatory Documentary CookBook: community documentary using social media | i-docs | How to find and tell your story | Scoop.it

Now available free, it is a textbook for creating participatory documentaries using social media.

 

Downloadable document: http://geniwate.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/part-doc-cookbook.pdf


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