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All in the Name of Literacy
Our sincerest of apologies to the Vancouver Community for any over-inflation we may have done to the following individuals egos, by placing them in a calendar, entitled Reading is Sexy: Monique Trottier – @somisguided Lori & Richard Yearwood Patrick Tubajon – @iheartgudrun Raul Pacheco-Vega – @hummingbird604 Ian A Martin – @atomicfez Rayne Lorraine Murphy –…
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Recognizing the Importance of Story
I’m doing a workshop tonight on ‘Creating Interactive Brand Stories’ with Kontent Creative and hence a bit of research. Came across this Cannes Film Festival Short Story Winner, which really rings true on how important ‘telling story’ can be: Historia de un letrero [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyGEEamz7ZM]
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Brands Can Be Storytellers too!
A common misconception that we encounter with people when we tell them that we are interactive storytellers is that we create dynamic stories for children or that we strictly work with traditional stories in the form of books, movies, television series and films to make their stories more dynamic and interactive. This is a myth…
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Back to School With Kontent
Summer is winding down, and with it my days of zaniness. Time to buckle down to more serious matters, like interactive storytelling! Excited to be a part of Kontent Creative’s Summer School with a workshop on Interactive Brand Storytelling: Creating Interactive Brand Stories Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at 7pm – 9pm No matter how many…
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Lori Goes Viral
Howling with laughter!!! Always knew our very own Lori Yearwood was a Rock Star, but the paparazzi pics that spread virally of her on the web today proves it. As seen on celebuzz.com, Lori’s paparazzi pic! Not much of a celebrity hound or quite frankly an advocate of star power, but I have to say…
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I AM CANADIAN!!!
A classic, from our good friends at Molsons! These guys know their story. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRI-A3vakVg] Story Bites for Talk: Molson’s 2010 Mural Rickard’s Grill
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Delta School District = a Social Media History Maker
Cross-post from DSD Youth Activities Pretty impressed with the forward thinking of the Delta School District, as as far I am aware they will be one of the first school districts in Canada to fully embrace social media this summer, by actually offering students a course in it. That’s right, the Delta School District is…
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Chicks Who Click Hit Vancouver!!!
A few of you have been asking about Tris Hussey’s and my upcoming workshops and where you can sign up. Those are still on the horizon, but in the mean time there is another exciting event coming to town where you can learn the ins and outs of utilizing social media in your storytelling and…
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Making Twitter History in Yorkton, Saskatchewan
A very cool thing happened to us at this years Yorkton Film Festival. We hit the ‘top ten trending twitter topics’! Now I know what some of you are thinking, so what, we do that all the time at various events here in Vancouver. Well, what made this hit on the ‘top ten trending twitter…
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The Yorkton Film Festival Goes Interactive
Most excited to be heading off to the Yorkton Film Festival this week with Tris Hussey (from m2o) and Emme Rogers. The three of us, along with locals, Richard Gustin, Karen Brownlee, and Lee Robertson will be demoing Interactive Storytelling to the Festival by telling the Festivals story through tweets, snapping pics, blogging and possibly…
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Making Twitter History in Yorkton, Saskatchewan
A very cool thing happened to us at this years Yorkton Film Festival. We hit the ‘top ten trending twitter topics’! Now I know what some of you are thinking, so what, we do that all the time at various events here in Vancouver. Well, what made this hit on the ‘top ten trending twitter…