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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

From digitalmarketinginstitute.com - November 22, 2019 8:01 PM

"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
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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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Updating Centuries-Old Folklore With Puzzles And Power-Ups | NPR

Updating Centuries-Old Folklore With Puzzles And Power-Ups | NPR | How to find and tell your story | Scoop.it
From www.npr.org - December 2, 2014 7:00 AM

"Never Alone, a new video game by E-Line Media, has been generating a lot of buzz in recent months. Its developers teamed up with the Cook Inlet Tribal Council, a nonprofit that works with Native Alaskans, creating Never Alone as a way to help transmit traditional tribal stories to younger indigenous kids."


Read the full article to get a peak at the trailer promoting the game and read interview highlights with Amy Fredeen of the Cook Inlet Tribal Council and Sean Vesce of E-Line Media that covers:

  • this unlikely collaboration
  • representation in games
  • whether video games can have a larger purpose and still be fun to play
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The developers of this video game hope it can teach Native Alaskan children about their folklore and traditions while still being fun to play. I think it's a novel and beautiful way to tell these tribal stories, not only to the indigenous children, but children and adults from any walk of life.

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10 Oft-Overlooked Storytelling Methods | 20-Something Librarian

10 Oft-Overlooked Storytelling Methods | 20-Something Librarian | How to find and tell your story | Scoop.it
From 20somethinglibrarian.wordpress.com - November 6, 2012 1:32 AM

Read the full article for more information and examples of these 10 storytelling methods:

 

1-The Murder Mystery Party

2-Sound and Light Shows

3-Literary Maps

4-The Graphic Novel

5-The Spoof

6-Choose Your Own Adventure

7-The Oral Tradition… Storytelling for Adults

8-The Book Trailer

9-Prezi

10-RPGs

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How stories are told around the world | TED

How stories are told around the world | TED | How to find and tell your story | Scoop.it
From ideas.ted.com - March 20, 2015 1:40 AM

"No matter the tech, humans have invariably figured out a compelling way to tell each other stories.


That’s not to say we all tell stories the same way. Far from it. As Kay Turner, a folklorist and independent scholar who’s on the board of the New York Folklore Society, notes, “Even if a story is the same, each culture will tell it differently, because each one has its own genres and cultural rules.” That’s led to a host of different traditions and practices beloved around the world. Here are just some of them."


Read the full article to find out more about these storytelling traditions used across the globe:

  • Hula - Hawaiian
  • Shadow Puppetry - Chinese
  • Zagal - Arabic
  • Cunto - Sicilian
  • Rakugo - Japanese
  • Griot - West African
  • Bharatanatyam - Indian
  • Calypso - Trinidadian
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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
From www.pbs.org - August 16, 2014 1:36 AM

"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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Kamishibai: Lessons in visual storytelling from Japan | Presentation Zen

Kamishibai: Lessons in visual storytelling from Japan | Presentation Zen | How to find and tell your story | Scoop.it
From www.presentationzen.com (via @bulldogmi) - January 6, 2012 2:27 AM

Kamishibai is a form of visual and participatory storytelling that combines the use of hand drawn visuals with the engaging narration of a live presenter.

 

Kami (紙) means paper and shibai (芝居 ) means play/drama. The origins of kamishibai are not clear, but its roots can be taced back to various picture storytelling traditions in Japan such as etoki and emaki scrolls and other forms of visual storytelling which date back centuries. However, the form of Kamishibai that one thinks of today developed around 1929 and was quite popular in the 30s, and 40s, all but dying out with the introduction of television later in the 1950s.

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