uploading and distributing your digital content

So, you’ve collected great stories

about local waterways . . .

4321

Share on your social media channels and inform contentcreator that his/her story is out there.

Download free and low-cost open editing tools like Audacity for audio or VSDC Video Editor or WeVideo for video.

Think about accessibilty. Create a transcript to post or includesubtitles in videos.

Finesse the audio/video quality, if desired. Find supporting Creative Commonsimages for project.

Now, what?

Instagram

Follow the advice of financial planners.

Diversify your content to safeguard it.

Photo by Alexandra Savicheva. Flickr Creative Commons.Attribution-Non-Commercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0)https://www.flickr.com/photos/ajlisss/4420749292/in/album-72157623587490290/

YouTubeSoundCloudOther

platforms

These platforms will help you diversify.

izi.TRAVELMuseum

On Main

Street

Museum on Main Street website

www.museumonmainstreet.org

Before you share you content on social media,

create beautiful graphics.

InstagramTwitter Storify

Then, post and promote!

Facebook Tumblr

Get creative on social.

• Story competition between towns, schools

• Awards/prizes for best stories

• Feature graphics with quotes from stories

• Voting for best stories on Facebook

• Feature stories on social and in museum

• Quizzes and trivia based on stories

• Storytelling superlatives: Most x,y,z

• Call outs for specific story types

• Emphasis on use of hashtag #bHereMainSt

Be part of a larger community.

Tag all content with

• “Be Here: Main Street”

• #bHereMainSt

Time for this.

Heather Shelton

@museumsago on Twitter

heather@museweb.us

Questions about software?

Questions about design?

Questions about platforms?

Afternoon Session:

• Setting up izi.Travel accounts• How to edit using audacity• Finding companion images

Setting up your izi.Travel account

Working in Audacity

Finding companion assets:

Wikimedia, Flickr, Adobe

Credit the sources . . . https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Best_practices_for_attribution

https://www.lizenzhinweisgenerator.de/?lang=en

Be part of a larger community.Tag content with “Be Here: Main Street” and #bHereMainSt