So here’s the current challenge I have with my work; I don’t have any examples of what I’m doing. In a digital storytelling workshop, I get people to tell their stories and show them the tools necessary to do. Often times, participants only want to share these stories with family and neighbours. The idea of putting it on the Internet usually doesn’t cross their minds or does and they don’t want to that. These stories can be very personal, and it makes sense that they don’t want to share with everyone. I don’t push the online publishing option because my goal is to get the story done, teach the skills, and build confidence.
The last thing I want to do is use other people’s stories for my own gain. So I’m working on a strategy where during the normal course of the digital storytelling workshop I can suggest putting the content online in an organic way, without being pushy and respecting all points of view. These stories aren’t about it.
Another option is to create my own story about facilitating a digital storytelling workshop, which is probably what I’ll do.