Simple Ideas for Powerful Stories

Palm Beach Tech Conference03.26.12Dean Shareski

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A Progressive Story

1. Tell a story using each slide as your prompt2. 1st person choose second and continue on3. You’ll have 20 seconds per slide

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The End

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The Truth About Stories is...

that’s all we are Thomas King

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The greatest digital divide is between those who can read and write with media, and those who can't.Elizabeth Daly

Who’s the big kid in the suspenders?

50,400

50,400hours of video per day

60,000 times faster than text

4,000,000

4,000,000Photos per hour

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The Boy is Sad.

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One Word

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Dear Photograph

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One Second

One Take

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Five Photo Stories

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A Wokking Story

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A Wokking Story

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A Wokking Story

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A Wokking Story

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A Wokking Story

Mr. Thumb’s Snow Day

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Mr. Thumb’s Snow Day

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Mr. Thumb’s Snow Day

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Mr. Thumb’s Snow Day

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Mr. Thumb’s Snow Day

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Guess the Book

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Guess the Book

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Guess the Book

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Guess the Book

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Guess the Book

Six Word Stories

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Search Stories

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Voice Overs

Animated Gifs

“If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person?”

Fight Club (1999)

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Daily Create

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