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= Welcome to 21st Century StoryKeepers =

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// “Maybe it’s because we’re all so overloaded with information. Maybe it’s because we’re all so starved for meaning. Or maybe it’s because, thanks to social media, everyone’s become a broadcaster these days. Whatever the reason, we’re all getting the same memo at the same time: if you want to be heard, you’d better learn to tell better stories.” ~ Jonah Sacs, author of **Story** // Wars ====== = = = =

= Got Story or NOT? =

**Warning! ** All multimedia is NOT digital storytelling! These two words are NOT synonyms! While there are powerful multimedia products but that does not make them storytelling! Well-crafted, purposeful storytelling has immense **KLOUT** or power!

**Do you know the difference or not?** **Peek into Bernajean's brief video introduction!** Click Here] What does cortisol and oxytocin have to do with a 19th-century German playwright? Not all stories keep our attention or **KLOUT**! The brain research on the power of storytelling in communication shows amazing engagement, influence and impact on others when Freytag's ** Classical Dramatic StoryARC **structure is used to unfold the story with a MESSAGE! The inciting incident [problem or dilemma] begins the story's interest - then creative tension with struggles to resolve - and finally delivering a **POINT**!


 * What is DIGITAL STORYTELLING? ** It is a lot more than using simply mixing multimedia; it is the delivery of a rich, artistic experience with a storyline driven by **THE POINT** that has the power to change the brain's attention and chemistry. Digital storytelling's power lies in purposefully unfolding a **Classcial Dramatic StoryARC ** that is then brought ALIVE with a palette of digital tools that dances images, sounds, voices, and special effects together into a **sensory, emotionally charged experience** of a well-written storyline that needed -to-be-told! For a brief video introduction PLUS Bernajean's **//Take Six: Elements of Good Storytelling//** handout Click Here]

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 * Applied Storytelling ** //[fiction and non-fiction] achieves practical outcomes including making sense and meaning out of facts; increasing the depth and speed of learning; synthesizing complex concepts; clarifying our thinking; enhancing the “sticking power” of new concepts; influencing others; igniting action; inspiring understanding of ourselves and our world as well as crafting blueprints that build futures for individuals and cultures.// =====

====**Online Courses: ** Are you prepared YET to lead students and others in mastering media-based communication forms useful in all content areas along with the cultivating the craftsmanship of using multimedia to express ideas? Join in as Bernajean brings global educators together with **four [4] online interactive** courses in media-making and digital storytelling richly sprinkled with student examples. ====

Each of the four [4] online courses may be taken as stand-alone courses or culminated in an accredited certificate. View a video introduction to EACH course as you like. Click Here]

===**Customized workshops and presentations available as well. Email Bernajean with requests or more information! **===