Find your inner storyteller with digital cultural heritage from Europeana.eu
We’re all storytellers. I’m a storyteller. You’re a storyteller. Don’t believe me? Join us and let’s change your mind.
Whether you work with cultural heritage, technology or data, and whether you’re engaging with ancient history or today’s younger generations, there will come a time when you need to communicate and encourage others to take an interest or an active role in what you do. That’s where storytelling comes in. Learn how to tell stories and you learn how to share your achievements, gain recognition and even encourage your funders.
Aleksandra Strzelichowska and Beth Daley from the Europeana Foundation are delighted to attend CHNT 2024 to help all conference attendees find their inner storyteller, in a two-hour training session on Monday 4th, and a keynote on Tuesday 5th November.
Audiences want to feel informed by digital stories, but also curious, immersed, inspired and connected by them. It is this that sets storytelling apart from other content types, and it is this that gives storytelling such a role to play in engagement and community-building across the cultural heritage sector.
In Tuesday’s keynote, Aleks and Beth will help you to discover your inner storyteller and activate your imagination, using cultural heritage items from Europeana.eu – the online resource that brings together cultural heritage collections from across Europe – to inspire you and bring your stories to life.
In Monday’s training session, they will delve deeper, sharing seven tips for digital storytelling and guiding you through them with creative writing and imaginative thinking exercises. You’ll find out how developing your skills for digital storytelling can help you out in all sorts of ways from creative thinking and encouraging learning in groups you work with, to being more influential and persuasive in work and business situations, and generally being able to express yourself effectively.
By developing storytelling skills, you are improving your ability to connect and engage. And that’s useful for everyone, whether you work with cultural heritage or technology and data, and whether you’re engaging with ancient history or today’s younger generations.
For KI-10988 (Wave)
Photo: © MAK/Georg Mayer
Ownership credit:
MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna
For GK 17 (Shoe)
Photo: © MAK/Georg Mayer
Ownership credit:
MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna / Estate Birgit Jürgenssen
For DS-245-2 (Glasses)
Photo: © MAK/Georg Mayer
Ownership credit:
MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna / Donation Robert La roche
