Webwatch – Storify

Networking and participating at events can help us learn new skills and keep up to date with what’s happening in our area of interest. Social media is increasingly being used as a way for people to be social at events and to have conversations with others about projects and resources that they may not otherwise be privy to.

Twitter is one such social media tool that enables these conversations. And not only can it connect people who are in the same room at the same event, it can also connect people who are watching the conversation from afar and who get involved on social media.

Conversations on Twitter and Facebook can at times be very busy and important information may be missed or forgotten. After an event, it can be very useful to create a ‘story’ or record of the conversations that occurred and to gather together relevant resources, be that tweets, blog posts, video, audio and web links, all in one place. In this way, people can revisit and remind themselves of the activities and discussions of the day.

Storify is a nifty way to create a ‘story’ of an event. It’s a free web tool that enables you to pull together resources from Twitter, Facebook, Soundcloud (audio) YouTube (video), Flickr (photos), Instagram (photos), blog/news feeds (RSS) and Google. And it’s really easy to do.

Use the search function in Storify to find resources. By searching a hashtag or keyword, Storify will return the results – you can choose to ‘add all’ or be selective and drag and drop items of choice into your story. A nice feature of Storify is that is allows you to include your own title, description and narrative, and arrange the elements of the story as you wish.

At IRISS, we’ve used Storify at a number of events. Examples include our Relationships Matter JAM and Small Changes, Big Difference event (partnership event with SSSC).

Visit Storify: https://storify.com