Life inspires stories. Technology shares them. A talk I gave at the Geek Girl Meetup Event hosted by Berlin Geekettes at Supermarkt in Berlin on 13.07.2013. It is an inspirational presentation put together with found images from the internet. If you feel that I have mis-used any imagery, please contact me and I will remove any images reported. References: Berlin Geekettes http://berlingeekettes.com @berlingeekettes Geek Girl Meetup http://www.geekgirlmeetup.de @ggmberlin

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HOW TECHNOLOGY
ENABLES GREATER
STORYTELLING

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Hello, my name is
Leila. I am a Creative
Director.@leilaelkayem

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There’s lots of talk about
the latest technology trends
and tools that you can use to
tell your story.

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Instead, I want to talk about
how it starts with real life.
Then, about how technology
can be used to tell your
story and make it great for
every body.

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SO...
1. What is storytelling?
2. The role of technology
3. Make it great

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STORYTELLING:
Sharing of events with
words, images, sounds, and/
or experiences.
Sometimes with improvisation
or embellishment.
Wikipedia

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THE ROLE OF
TECHNOLOGY

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The inner self is very
connected to the outer self.
The Bill Hicks Story

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The role of technology and the
internet is much like the old
Choose your own Adventure
series. The books were very
different to any other books,
in that it allowed you to
choose the storyline.

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The story was no longer
linear, instead, the story
changed depending on which
chapter you wanted to jump
to next.

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Today, the internet is much
the same, only that there are
many more factors around
you that can also influence
your story.

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Imagine you wanted to start
to tell a story...

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But, you don‘t have a story
without a plot, a narrative and
characters.
These can be drawn up by
your own experiences.

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Stories should have a coma,
not a period.
Gaston Legorburu
The Shift from Storytelling to Storyscaping

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MAKE IT GREAT!

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Technology has given us
many tools that we can use to
document, create and share
our stories.
But not every story is worth
telling.

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56% of people using social
media experience FOMO
(the fear of missing out).
mylife.com

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So, how does technology
enable me to tell a great
story?
The truth is, it doesn‘t
guarantee a great story.

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Technology influences how
we learn stories, how we tell
stories, and who hears them.

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When was the last time you
swang on a swing?

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Jeff Waldman wanted to share
the freedom of experiencing
swinging and hung up swings
all over San Francisco.

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People started to swing and
share their stories with the
world through photos and film
posting them all over the
internet. Then, a global brand
decided to become a part of
the story too.

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Life inspires stories.
Technology shares them.

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Got a story to share?
@leilaelkayem