This program was presented by staff from TechSoup (a nonprofit that offers technology solutions) and Kixal (a training and instructional design firm). I was curious to see what they had to say since I worked on the California of the Past digital storytelling grant team. Basically, they discussed how to use digital storytelling to increase public support for your library.
They offered the following digital storytelling tips:
1. Do storymining - ask questions that illustrate impact
2. Show a transformation
3. Have a hero
4. Know your story's paradigm - make it a story of self, us or now
5. Pull Apart stories
6. Put it on paper
7 Surprise yourself
Ways to get organized before making your video:
1. Collect, organize, script
2. Use a storyboard
3. Make a production schedule
4. Log your shots
5. Use an equipment checklist (camera, mic, tripod, lights)
In closing, they mentioned that TechSoup holds an annual challenge which helps nonprofits learn how to increase their storytelling skills for fundraising and advocacy purposes. This year's challenge is called Storymakers 2016 - they also have a contest in which they give away $7,000 in cash prizes and a new camera. For more information, check the TechSoup website at http://meet.techsoup.org/
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