April 18, 2013
Communications Workshop:
Social Story Telling in the Age of Data– Meaning and Momentum
Organization: NGO DPI
by Erica Higbie, FAWCO UN NGO Representative in New York
Program:
Communications Workshop: Social Story Telling in the Age of Data – Meaning and Momentum
Speakers:
Wendy Levy, Co-Founder Sparkwise and Senior Consultant, Sundance Institute
Dara Kell, Co-Director Dear Mandela
Christopher Nizza, Co-Director Dear Mandela
Chris Johnson, Co-Producer Question Bridge
Wendy Levy
- Effective story telling: Telling powerful stories combined with supporting data to create change.
- We need to start thinking about kids as story-tellers in this new age of data.
- Blogging website “Word Press” http://wordpress.org/
- The best way to end bias in this country (USA) would be to tell the stories of Ramadan (July 8 – August 7)
- Use Sparkwise to measure the outcome of your story to report to funders – the hard data of your initiative. You can use it as a tool to create a dashboard to present your organization. http://sparkwi.se/
Chris Johnson
- Giving a voice to African Americans by letting them tell their story.
- http://questionbridge.com/
- Nominated by the Sundance Film Festival and selected for the Tribeca Film Festival.
- Controversial opinions are expressed, which is an important part of presenting a full and rich picture, but balancing those out by including multiple perspectives is also important.
- When viewed in a community, it becomes an opportunity to have a conversation, and heal by creating better understanding.
Dara Kell and Christopher Nizza
- Dear Mandela is film about poverty, made in South Africa, supported by The Poverty Initiative.
- Depicts the efforts of young people and the violent reaction of the government in South Africa.
- Screening this film at many US universities to help generate youth activism.
- Have shown the film in Haiti. The reaction was incredible – empowering.
- They have received a letter from Mandela’s nephew who has requested screenings in schools in South Africa.
