Keywords: Storytelling, Digital Communications, Environmental Activism
Why Digital Storytelling is a manual to help activists in telling their stories and making them effective advocacy tools, focusing on Finding what you want to say, Deciding which digital tools to use and how to use them, Learning basic photo and video editing and Strategically sharing your story. Underlying the manual is a focus on communicating one’s experiences and struggles to create and consolidate networks of solidarity and action.
Authors: 350.org
Although the announced target of the manual are other environmentalist activists, most other fields of activism can make use of the insights shared. The relative simplicity of the manual reserves its use to ‘beginners’ – citizens looking to start a community mobilization, rather than experienced campaigners.