Storytelling for Social Good with Burt Herman, co-founder of Storify

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Join us on February 11th at TechSoup for what’s sure to be a great session with Burt Herman, co-founder of Storify (https://storify.com/). Burt will walk us through how to tell great stories using Storify and share examples of what individuals and organizations are doing on the site. Burt is also the founder of Hacks/Hackers (https://hackshackers.com), a worldwide organization bringing together journalists and technologists. He previously reported from around the world for The Associated Press over a 12-year career, heading AP's office in Korea and founding a bureau covering the five countries of former Soviet Central Asia. (Read more about him and Storify on their about page (https://storify.com/about).)

The schedule:

• 6:30 PM: Doors open - time for networking and snacks

• 7:00-8:00PM: Burt's presentation and a Q&A

• 8:00-8:30PM: more networking, more snacking, and clean up

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If you’re not familiar with the platform, here is a short description: “Storify helps making sense of what people post on social media. Our users curate the most important voices and turn them into stories.”

To learn more, watch this video with Xavier Damman, Storify’s other co-founder, at TEDxBrussels: How Social Media Is Changing The News:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Puro_L7O4eY

Also, Livefyre acquired Storify in September 2013, you can read a bit about it here on TechCrunch: Livefyre Acquires Storify, Says The Social Curation Service Will Still Operate As Standalone Product (http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/09/livefyre-acquires-storify/).

RSVP now and see you on Tuesday, February 11th!