# Digital Storytelling Conference 2013

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/08/09/digital-storytelling-conference-2013/
- Published: 2013-08-09T17:31:07+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Digital Storytelling is now one of the most powerful ways to reach any audience
and we want to ensure charities are at the cutting edge of the genre.**

Media Trust’s **Digital Storytelling Conference** on 7 November at Channel 4’s iconic
headquarters will include workshops on a host of topics including, digital platforms,
filming, audio, content strategy and supporter-led digital storytelling. There’ll
also be plenty of debate and discussion on who rules the communication airways, 
the fall of the gatekeepers and real-life storytelling!

Speakers will include:

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 * 
    **Channel 4** broadcaster Jon Snow,
 * 
    **Tumblr** director of strategic outreach Liba Rubenstein,
 * 
    **YouTube** industry manager Chris Bailes,
 * 
    **BBC Radio 4** Media Show presenter Steve Hewlett
 * 
    **the Guardian** social and communities editor Joanna Geary.

We will also have a number of expert-led workshops exploring how charities can tell
their stories digitally and where they can best place them in the digital space.
Our workshops will include:

 *  **Digital Platforms 101**
    _Jude Habib – Founder and Creative Director, sounddelivery_
   A guide through the best free and paid-for tools and digital platforms for filmmaking,
   audio, photography and social media to get your story told
 *  **Storytelling Through Film**
    _Adam Perry – Community Voices Development Manager,
   Media Trust_ Understand the variety of storytelling techniques available through
   film and learn how to use them to reach audiences and get them to take action
 *  **Listen Up – Storytelling Through Audio**
    _Rob Proctor – CEO, Audioboo.com_
   Take the chance to learn the skills that will get you scripting, recording and
   editing professional podcasts on a limited budget
 *  **Telling Stories Online**
    _Paul Isaacs – Senior Digital Editor, UNICEF UK_
   You can tell stories online in an ever increasing number of ways from infographics
   to Storify and to Prezis; but what’s the best way to tell your story?
 *  **Communicate Your Impact**
    _Karen Ackerman – Director, Mediastories_ Learn
   how to use your stories to encourage funders, donors and volunteers to invest
   in your organisation and to trust it to deliver on its promises
 *  **Supporter-led Storytelling**
    _Adam Perry – Community Voices Development Manager,
   Media Trust_ Understand how to get your message across through the voices and
   experiences of the people you work with
 *  **Content Strategy**
    _Lucia Barbato and Matthew Whalley – Directors and Co-
   Founders, Ilex Content Strategies_ Planning what content you need and in what
   format is key. Hear how to plan content and how to share it throughout your organisation
   to maximum effect

[Book by Friday 6 September to receive an Early Bird discount of 15%!](http://www.eventbrite.com/event/7701201501)

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