1. NAWSA
an historically-based
platform demonstration

2. This is a story about the the stori.es platform, and the National
American Woman Suffrage Association in the final push for a
national suffrage amendment. The internet didn't exist in 1917,
but this is what the movement could have looked like if it did.

3. We created this historically-based
platform demonstration because:
1. We want to demonstrate just how the stori.es platform
helps advocates "gather, curate, and use personal stories to
effect change."
2. The suffrage movement is a great example of personal
stories effecting national change.
3. It's way more fun than a slideshow full of technical jargon
and screenshots!

4. The Suffragettes Make a Plan

5. In 1917, National American Woman Suffrage Association
(NAWSA) Organizer Maud Wood Park was in the middle of
their "Winning Plan" campaign to gain full suffrage for women
through a constitutional amendment. The amendment had
already been voted down twice in the past 50 years.

6. In order to achieve this goal NAWSA needed to coordinate
the efforts of 36 state organizations, expand their network of
advocates in reluctant but critical states, and increase the
public dialogue around the cause of suffrage.

7. As this is an historical reimagining, let's pretend that Maude
hears about the stori.es platform from fellow suffrage organizer
and current NAWSA president, Carrie Chapman Catt.

8. Maud & Carrie realize that stories from suffragettes and supporters
will amplify their organizing strategy- helping to connect storytellers
with the media and political leaders, identifying strong advocates,
and encouraging people across the country to talk about suffrage.

9. After a quick onboarding process, Maude sets up all of NAWSA's
state level organizers with stori.es accounts. Organizers will be
able to easily collaborate with each other, despite their widely
dispersed locations.

10. Maud is comfortable knowing that with the stori.es platform, the
privacy of the organization and their advocates is protected, and
none of their information will be sold or used for advertising.

11. The Suffragettes Gather Stories

12. NAWSA staff, introduced to stori.es only a few slides ago, quickly build
custom questionnaires using the stori.es platform drag and drop
"What You See Is What You Get" editor, easily deploying standard
questions for personal information.

13. Organizers quickly publish their
questionnaires, and send them to
supporters through email and
social networking sites. NAWSA
asks their membership about the
importance of suffrage, their
voting and protest experience,
and their involvement in the Great
War.

14. Women and men across the country share their stories of
support for suffrage. NAWSA receives stories from people of all
walks of life - those who already have voting rights, those who
don't, those who are participating in local level demonstrations of
support, and those participating in the war effort.

15. Organizers across
the nation are able to
easily view stories
as soon as they are
submitted.

16. NAWSA organizers can view individual story submissions, including
storyteller contact information.

17. The Suffragettes Curate Stories

18. The organizers work together
to apply custom tags and
organize stories into
collections, all with the
intent of being able to quickly
deploy the right story to the
right place at the right time.
The stori.es platform makes
it easy to keep track of
multiple stories submitted
by one storyteller.

19. NAWSA organizers across the
nation contact storytellers to
gauge interest in local
advocacy efforts and verify
facts, adding notes to stories
and storyteller records to
facilitate communication with
staff members across the
organization, and links to
document published uses of a
submitted story.

20. The Suffragettes Use Stories

21. The South Carolina NAWSA office receives a very specific
request from a reporter with the Columbia Gazette, wanting to
speak with a local suffrage supporter who has been to a protest,
but not been arrested.

22. Using the stori.es platform's
search function, which includes
geographic search capabilities,
the South Carolina Organizer is
able to easily create a collection
of stories from local women
(searching specifically within a
collection for stories from her
state), and pass those stories
along to the reporter.

23. Maud and the NAWSA organizers work with compelling storytellers
to develop advocacy skills, and deploy those storytellers across the
country to speak with elected officials in support of suffrage.

24. Organizers work with local storytellers to refine their written story,
sharing compelling pieces in NAWSA journals and newsletters.

25. The Suffragettes See Success

28. While NAWSA's use of the stori.es platform is fictional,
powerful personal stories -- like those of the suffragettes --
are a very real and effective part of influencing public
sentiment and creating meaningful change.

29. And we believe the stori.es platform can help 21st century
advocates gather, curate, and use powerful personal
stories to effect their own meaningful change.

31. Find out more on our website. If you are interested in
becoming a beta partner on the stori.es platform, contact us
to schedule a full demonstration.