Beginning April 2, nonprofits, libraries and other mission-based organizations can participate in TechSoup’s interactive trainings to learn valuable production techniques for create your own video or audio story to share online – which you can use to then create your own story to enter the TechSoup Digital Storytelling challenge.
2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge Timeline
April 2: Digital Storytelling Launch / Submissions OPEN
April 4: Webinar: Creating a Culture of Storytelling (register)
April 9: Tweet Chat: Storytelling with Data
April 11: Webinar: How to Use Your Digital Story
April 16: Tweet Chat: Storytelling Around the World
April 17: Google+ Hangout: Meet the Judges!
April 18: Webinar: Digital Storytelling Tools and Methods
April 23: Tweet Chat: Storytelling and Social Sharing
April 24: Google+ Hangout: Winners’ Circle!
April 30: Submissions close at 11:59 p.m. Pacific time
May 1 – 15: Community and expert judging
May 28: Awards Gala live in San Francisco and streaming online!
How to Enter
- Create a short video (90 seconds max) or a five-imageslide show
- Upload video to YouTube or slide show to Flickr
- Submit to TechSoup by 11:59 p.m. Pacific time on April 30
Here’s complete details on the challenge and how to enter.
And if you want to discuss digital storytelling for nonprofits, libraries, schools, NGOs and other mission-based folks, join in the Digital Storytelling branch of the TechSoup Online Community Forum.