What is data storytelling?
It should, but unless we can find the answer to the question “so what?” all that data just seems time-consuming. That’s why we practice data storytelling. It’s the act of data visualization before, during and after mining/analyzing data.
For all of us who want to know how to share the stories data tells, then this article gives a great framework. You'll have to read down to the end, however, to get to the gold.
Most of the article is about measuring social media campaigns. Then we get to the good stuff: the model for storytelling with data that contains 5 elements.
The other insights are good, so grab those. Then pay attention to those 5 elements and start working on your data stories. The model should get you started. Via Karen Dietz 
The iconic documentary filmmaker shares personal insights into the craft of storytelling and his lifelong quest to "wake the dead." (RT @aoscott: Ken Burns on storytelling. 
Social capital is a term that dates back almost to the beginning of the twentieth century. 
Why customer stories are better than metrics http://t.co/aMqlaxwX Jeannie Walters talks about the gold in off-the-cuff customer comments...
Articles like this one are rare -- hardly anyone recognizes, much less writes about, how customer stories and anecdotes gain you far more than metrics, surveys, or focus groups. Usually focus groups are crafted info-gathering exercises rather than story sharing experiences where deep meaning can be gleaned.
OK -- so maybe a lot of people in these fields don't know the best narrative research and story evoking methodologies. If they did however, I think we would see huge improvements in customer feedback, engagement, and better/deeper/richer material.
Back to the article -- this is a quick post but with good tips for thinking about customer anecdotes as critical information, and how to start gathering them. I really like that the author suggests once you have these anecdotes in hand, it's time to take action on them. Seems obvious, but it doesn't always happen.
Enjoy this post and I hope to see more like it in the future! Via Karen Dietz 
In business, storytelling is all the rage. Without a compelling story, we are told, our product, idea, or personal brand, is dead on arrival.
I usually don't curate articles whose main message is that business storytelling is important because it's old news.
But I really like this article because the author wonders if storytelling is just another biz fad, or if it is a key insight into communications strategy.
How he answers his own question is great! Plus he gives us more good information on the why's and wherefore's of stories being so powerful as a business strategy.
So go grab those insights so you can incorporate them into your work. And enjoy this well-written piece. Via Karen Dietz 
Nonprofit employees have always had to wear a lot of hats—fundraiser, marketer, grant writer, etc.—and now there is another one that smart organizations are donning with gusto: publisher. 
There are epic, inspiring experiences of always bold, sometimes outrageous, entrepreneurs in remote and difficult places throughout the world, and these are stories optimally shared across many platforms. 
Acting Up. Human Rights Watch spotlights Russian civil activists in this award-winning multimedia feature. Click image to view. When an NGO picks up a Peabody Award for outstanding broadcast journalism, shining against ... 
Robin Good: Here is a handy short guide to nine free infographic creation tools that can be utilized to create enticing visuals, word charts and data-based infographics without having special technical skills.
Via Robin Good, Karen Dietz 
Corporate communicators, think of yourself as storytellers if you want people to remember your brand, products or executives.
Frank Rose is the author of The Art of Immersion: How the Digital Generation Is Remaking Hollywood, Madison Avenue, and the Way We Tell Stories and a contributing editor to Wired. In 2007, Scott Gant declared: we're all journalists now. Now, five years later, being a lone journalist is not enough. 
An overview of the pedagogy and practice of using digital storytelling in higher education.
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Stories for GOOD (RT @hollyminch: .@GOODmkr wants to give you $3K to use storytelling to unite and improve your community.)... 
Robin Good: Now that SlideShare has significanty restricted its free offerings, limiting the size of presentations that can be uploaded for free, many presenters like me have started looking again for valid alternatives.
"Projeqt is simple, intuitive and highly social, playing nice with other platforms by allowing you to mesh together text, image, video and feeds within the same Projeqt."
Key features include:
-> Stacks - build deeper inside a presentation by creating stacks in place of individual slides
-> Cross-platform - works on any modern browser, mobile device or tablet.
-> Upload PPT, PDF or batches of image files
-> Embed everywhere
-> Link together and connect as many presentations as you like.
-> Multiple display options
Features: https://projeqt.com/#features ;
Examples: https://projeqt.com/#examples ;
More info: https://projeqt.com/ ; Via Robin Good ![The Importance of Timing in Blogging,E-mail Marketing and Social Media [5 Infographics] | Storytelling for Social Change | Scoop.it](http://img.scoop.it/8NHCmG_gZAcbNDZNezkNGDl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVaiQDB_Rd1H6kmuBWtceBJ)
Learn the importance of timing in blogging(promoting your posts) or marketing your products Via Jonha Revesencio 
The world's best non-profit blogs.(RT @markwschaefer: The World’s Best Non-Profit Blogs http://t.co/3sIHdHoJ...)... 
Pinterest is grounded in the simplicity of collecting, sharing and discovering images of inspiration and passion. Yet, what I find to be the beauty/addiction of Pinterest are the stories that are discovered between every pin. What we “like, love, live and dream” are the foundation of every story. This post will take a dive into the updated Pinterest layout and a revised Terms of Service, to discuss the perspective Pinterest is bringing to social media storytelling. Via Gregg Morris Miso project: how it will help you make your own Guardian-style infographics and data visualisations
The Miso project has been launched by our interactive developer team. But it won't just affect developers. 
RT @Ashoka: What's Good in the Hood, an @Ashoka Youth Venture, Featured in "Storytelling for Good" Mini-Documentary http://t.co/zE2yMxla... 
Great article in light of the monitoring and evaluation rage that is going on in the non-profit arena today and highly…http://t.co/NenN1SzM... 
Multimedia shooter and lecturer DJ Clark saw another problem with the framing of the prize, arguing few media organisations would finance the real costs of a production such as Afrikaner Blood. “For the competition to match ... 
Ben Hewitt of Save the Children describes how it got five million people around the world talking about child malnutrition (How a global tweet chat helped a #charity reach a worldwide audience http://t.co/2koRwrjV... 
Via Scoop.it – Story and NarrativeHow often do you immediately share with a room full of strangers the story of the most wild drag-down fight you ever had with your brother? |
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