The document discusses simple ideas for telling powerful stories using visual media like photos and videos. It provides examples of using a single photo or slide as a prompt to continue a story, creating photo stories in 5 pictures or less, telling stories through animated gifs, and generating six word stories. The document encourages storytelling through searchable online collections, voice recordings, and daily creative projects.

1. Simple Ideas for Powerful Stories
Palm Beach Tech Conference
03.26.12
Dean Shareski
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nidhug/5295192700

2. A Progressive Story
1. Tell a story using each slide as your prompt
2. 1st person choose second and continue on
3.You’ll have 20 seconds per slide

3. http://www.flickr.com/photos/9812708@N03/2666345725/

4. 4

8. cc licensed flickr photo by ayemo: http://flickr.com/photos/ayemo/2760308168/

9. The End

10. The Truth About Stories is...
that’s all we are Thomas King
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9812708@N03/2666345725/

11. The greatest digital divide is
between those who can read
and write with media, and
those who can't.
Elizabeth Daly
cc licensed flickr photo by jayRaz: http://flickr.com/photos/shnakepup/2935979173/ 11

12. Who’s the big kid in the suspenders?

15. 50,400

16. 50,400
hours of video per day

18. 60,000 times faster than text

19. 4,000,000

20. 4,000,000
Photos per hour

21. http://www.flickr.com/photos/31397036@N00/3022383314/

22. The Boy is Sad.

23. cc licensed flickr photo by ayemo: http://flickr.com/photos/ayemo/2760308168/

24. One Word

25. http://compfight.com

28. Dear Photograph

29. http://dearphotograph.com/

31. One Second

36. One Take

38. http://shareski.ca/y/12y

39. Five Photo Stories

40. A Wokking Story
http://www.flickr.com/groups/visualstory/discuss/72157629087998192/

41. A Wokking Story
http://www.flickr.com/groups/visualstory/discuss/72157629087998192/

42. A Wokking Story
http://www.flickr.com/groups/visualstory/discuss/72157629087998192/

43. A Wokking Story
http://www.flickr.com/groups/visualstory/discuss/72157629087998192/

44. A Wokking Story
http://www.flickr.com/groups/visualstory/discuss/72157629087998192/

45. Mr. Thumb’s Snow Day
http://www.flickr.com/groups/visualstory/discuss/72157629279283965/

46. Mr. Thumb’s Snow Day
http://www.flickr.com/groups/visualstory/discuss/72157629279283965/

47. Mr. Thumb’s Snow Day
http://www.flickr.com/groups/visualstory/discuss/72157629279283965/

48. Mr. Thumb’s Snow Day
http://www.flickr.com/groups/visualstory/discuss/72157629279283965/

49. Mr. Thumb’s Snow Day
http://www.flickr.com/groups/visualstory/discuss/72157629279283965/

50. Guess the Book
http://5photos.posterous.com/can-you-guess-this-book-1

51. Guess the Book
http://5photos.posterous.com/can-you-guess-this-book-1

52. Guess the Book
http://5photos.posterous.com/can-you-guess-this-book-1

53. Guess the Book
http://5photos.posterous.com/can-you-guess-this-book-1

54. Guess the Book
http://5photos.posterous.com/can-you-guess-this-book-1

55. Six Word Stories

62. http://ipiccy.com

64. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ransomtech/698713013
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcleod/6684760745

65. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ransomtech/698713013
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcleod/6684760745

66. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ransomtech/698713013
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcleod/6684760745

67. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ransomtech/698713013
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcleod/6684760745

68. Search Stories

69. https://searchstories-intl.appspot.com/en-us/creator/

70. Voice Overs

72. Animated Gifs

73. “If you wake up at a different time, in a different place,
could you wake up as a different person?”
Fight Club (1999)
http://gifninja.com/

74. Daily Create

75. http://tdc.ds106.us/