Narrative Summit 3: Stories That Change

The Digital Narrative Alliance is an emerging organization of storytellers, technicians, marketers, researchers and master creative professionals dedicated to articulating the uses of narrative and storytelling to reshape our world deliberatively and civilly using the ability to model visionary goals. We are building live events, online experiences, research projects, curriculum and training tools to explore three powerful aspects of digital narrative:The Purpose of Story: To delve into the possibilities for narrative as a mechanism for planning and leadership in an era when digital technologies are uprooting analog processes to facilitate the rapid reinvention of every element of human life. Narratives provide the basis for values and action in human society. Stories, which do the cultural work of testing and proving the possibility of new human ingenuity, can be used to gain feedback from every stakeholder in a narrative’s success. Narrative shapes the possibilities an organization may pursue, from early-stage mission-building, using stories to gather feedback through every step of its evolution.Stories with a Purpose: The DNA will unwind the human storytelling process to share discoveries, learning resources, and individual experiences that help everyone understand the power of media and role of their voice in the growing digital chorus. We seek to break down the barriers of institutionalized advertising and marketing practices to create authentic human engagement with customers, partners, stakeholders and citizens in the next phase of human history, the Digital Age.The DNA Experience: At the heart of the DNA, we are growing a thriving community of master practitioners who share insights across industries and through personal experience to drive events, news, interviews, training materials, and the delivery of storytelling skills and labor in support of stories with social impact.

Digital Narrative Alliance

Narrative Summit 3: Stories That Change, on June 20, 2017, is a fast-moving full day of professional insight offered in short talks combined with workshops abouta new strategy for telling stories using narrative as a tool for building social trust, moving your audience from their present state, increasing the odds towards action, and information sharing in support of economic and societal goals. You will leave with a new vision of the narrative of your company and life. <H4>Join us to learn:</H4> How to use stories to align mission and goals; Techniques to engage your audience towards a future state; To use stories to engage internally and externally; How to handle stories that can conflict with mission and goals; To use stories and narratives to develop co-designed products, services, and futures, based on proven film and marketing strategies represented by our speakers.
 <IMG CLASS="alignleft size-medium wp-image-422" SIZES="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" SRCSET="http://narrativealliance.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/AdobeStock_113497211-300x214.jpeg 300w, http://narrativealliance.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/AdobeStock_113497211-768x547.jpeg 768w, http://narrativealliance.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/AdobeStock_113497211-1024x730.jpeg 1024w" ALT="" WIDTH="300" HEIGHT="214" SRC="https://s.evbuc.com/https_proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnarrativealliance.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F05%2FAdobeStock_113497211-300x214.jpeg&sig=ADR2i7_16gMSAzHxoKYn0YU6IuyzS-tfzg">Leading the agenda is a stunning group of filmmakers, architects, researchers and authors with workshop sessions where small teams will collaborate to build new digital narratives that encompass the services, products and brands of the organizations and institutions they represent.<A HREF="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-narrative-summit-tickets-33818172063"> </A> This one-day event will be held at the<A HREF="http://www.acc-missionbayconferencecenter.com" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> Robertson Auditorium, </A>UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center in <A HREF="https://www.google.com/maps/search/ucsf+mission+bay+center/@37.7683012,-122.396168,17z/data=%213m1%214b1" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">San Francisco</A> on June 20, 2017. <A HREF="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-narrative-summit-tickets-33818172063">Register today</A>, seating is limited! 
 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM: Breakfast Meet your fellow attendees over a fresh breakfast. 8:45 AM - 9:00 AM: Story Performance and introduction to the day. Hosts: Mitch Ratcliffe, Managing Partner, The Digital Narrative Alliance (DNA), and Sourabh Kothari, Director of Narrative, DNA <IMG CLASS="wp-image-242 size-thumbnail" ALT="" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="150" SRC="https://s.evbuc.com/https_proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnarrativealliance.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F05%2FLoeb2-150x150.jpg&sig=ADR2i7-fJ9oymPW0JGMXOo6c9yFzk3fqtw"> Aaron Loeb, Playwright and President of Studios & Live Services, Kabam! 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM: Keynote: Courage Across Every Story - Aaron Loeb, President of FoxNext Games An accomplished playwright and librettist recognized by numerous awards, Aaron Loeb also pioneered mobile gaming with Electronic Arts and Kabam!, which partners with Marvel Studios. “Constant interaction with the audience has absolutely prepared me for the world of live-service free-to-play games,” he told DICE Europe. “There's also a huge difference in the tools you use. Videogame writing is often very technical. They take on different meaning based on when and how you see them." Aaron will address telling a story without a static conclusion. <IMG CLASS="size-thumbnail wp-image-223" ALT="" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="150" SRC="https://s.evbuc.com/https_proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnarrativealliance.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F05%2FRichardOkumoto-150x150.jpg&sig=ADR2i7-kvvxPwJyWNQ3FGyZiysHVFYO97A"> Richard Okumoto, Adjunct Professor, SJSU and UC Longbeach 10:00 AM - 10:40 AM: Cognition & Storytelling -  Richard Okumoto, Adjunct Professor at San Jose State University & Cal State University Long Beach - As he completes his Ph.D. in narrative research at Queensland University of Technology, veteran financial and business executive Rich Okumoto, is exploring how society uses stories to exchange knowledge and establish trust. The evolution of mission expressed through stories provides important feedback about the shape of a society or organization, more now than ever. <IMG CLASS="size-thumbnail wp-image-224" ALT="" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="150" SRC="https://s.evbuc.com/https_proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnarrativealliance.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F05%2FRicciVictorio-150x150.jpg&sig=ADR2i78ddjiLoTBynBpfs8ZqcjryyxOm1w"> Ricci Victorio, President, Victorio Consulting 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM: Improv & Group Leadership - Ricci Victorio, President, Victorio Consulting. Executive coach and storyteller Ricci Victorio introduces the concept of practiced improvisation in organizational settings. Blending theater and management theory, Victorio’s firm has worked with organizations around the world to refine their use of stories in establishing shared mission and trust. Attendees can participate in improv training during the breakout sessions in the morning and afternoon. 11:20 AM - 12:15 PM: Improv Experience & Video Storytelling Workshop Sessions The Victorio Consulting team will lead two sessions of improv-for-managers training. If you'd prefer to dig into a focused topic of discussion, join advertising expert Neal Burns and DNA director of narrative Sourabh Kothari to explore how to show negative behaviors in video without reinforcing their use in real life. <IMG CLASS="wp-image-283" ALT="" WIDTH="140" HEIGHT="176" SRC="https://s.evbuc.com/https_proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnarrativealliance.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F05%2FKate-1601-240x300.jpg&sig=ADR2i78uCyoK4HlkajgODxlneYvbkJJHpw"> Kate Niederhoffer, Founder, Circadia Labs 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM: Lunch Speaker: Dream sharing and narrative development -- The stuff and style that dreams are made of - Dr. Kate Niederhoffer, Founder, Circadia Labs. The recent development of a social network dedicated to dreams offers unprecedented access to the language of dreams. The style in which we remember and share our dreams can give important clues to how we make sense of our dreams, and in turn, ourselves. This talk will share research on the language of 120,000 dreams and consider “the dream” as a medium on the path to self insight and social connection. <IMG CLASS="size-thumbnail wp-image-225" ALT="" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="150" SRC="https://s.evbuc.com/https_proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnarrativealliance.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F05%2FLouiePsihoyos-150x150.jpg&sig=ADR2i78Yr0hKhCGS4i9ztIodHXz9Mg3q4g"> Louie Psihoyos, Director, The Cove & Racing Extinction[ 1:15 PM – 1:50 PM: Translating Narratives Into Movements - Louie Psihoyos, Director, The Cove and Racing Extinction. Photographer and Academy Award-winning director Louie Psihoyos broke one of the biggest stories of ocean preservation with his film, The Cove, which documented the slaughter of dolphins each year by Japanese fishing fleets, and has painted faces of Manhattan landmarks with projected images of endangered sea life in support of his 2015 film, Racing Extinction. Psihoyos will discuss the use of storytelling to create cause-based movements, hopefully in time to save the planet. <IMG CLASS="size-thumbnail wp-image-226" ALT="" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="150" SRC="https://s.evbuc.com/https_proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnarrativealliance.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F05%2FScottBurns-150x150.jpg&sig=ADR2i78-mge6rWP9BBt-NzUCYZxA77caxQ"> Scott Burns, Producer, An Inconvenient Truth, Writer, The Bourne Ultimatum & The Informant! 1:50 PM – 2:30 PM: Edge Cases – Bringing Attention Where It Is Needed - Scott Z. Burns in conversation with Barry Johnson. Scott Burns is prepping the follow-up to his Academy Award-winning collaboration with former Vice President Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth. An accomplished screenwriter, Scott talks with former Obama economic development advisor and producer of the upcoming film, Stories of the Uninvited, Barry Johnson, who will address the relationship between media and the human relations made during his travels to over 50 countries as a business executive and  White House appointee.  Scott and Barry will also discuss the importance of championing untold stories and uninvited storytellers, as well as his current development of two narrative films that break cycles and smash stereotypes. <IMG CLASS="wp-image-249 size-thumbnail" ALT="" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="150" SRC="https://s.evbuc.com/https_proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnarrativealliance.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F05%2FBarryJohnson-150x150.jpg&sig=ADR2i791SF78UithULEVo57Q1a1xSRf9TA"> Barry Johnson, Producer and Global Business Development Advisor 2:45 PM – 3:40 PM: Improv Experience & World Café The Victorio Consulting team will lead two sessions of improv-for-managers training. If you'd prefer to dig into a focused topic of discussion, join the World Café in the main room. Would you like to lead a focused discussion about a topic? Please email <A HREF="mailto:sourabh.kothari@narrativealliance.com" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">sourabh.kothari@narrativealliance.com</A>. <IMG CLASS="size-thumbnail wp-image-248" ALT="" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="150" SRC="https://s.evbuc.com/https_proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnarrativealliance.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F05%2FAnnPendleton-Jullian-cropped-150x150.jpg&sig=ADR2i7-qjgLCr4hHO7BgOa3DMQ96qbK3wg"> Ann Pendelton-Jullian, Architect, Author, Educator, World Builder 3:50 PM –4:10 PM: Pragmatic Imagination, Ann Pendleton-Jullian, Architect, Writer, Educator, and World Builder. Ann's five-volume collaboration with Silicon Valley pioneer John Seely Brown, Design Unbound: Designing for Emergence in a White Water World, will be released this Fall. In this short talk, she introduces the basic idea of <A HREF="http://www.pragmaticimagination.com/" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">pragmatic imagination</A>, that action and engagement with the world is the natural approach to design and the creation of human spaces. 4:15 - 5:10 PM: Speaker Roundtable - Tom Bedecarre, Chairman & Cofounder, AKQA, and Stanford DCI Fellow, leads a roundtable discussion with speakers about the <IMG CLASS="size-thumbnail wp-image-229" ALT="" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="150" SRC="https://s.evbuc.com/https_proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnarrativealliance.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F05%2FTomBedecarre-1-150x150.jpg&sig=ADR2i78hcRnxcc1p6O9C2DxsqWvTkyZt5w"> Tom Bedecarre, Cofounder & Chairman, AKQA, and Stanford DCI Fellow. Silicon Valley advertising pioneer Tom Bedecarre will put a bow on the day, tying together threads from the talks and experiences presented in a conversation with speakers and the audience. <IMG CLASS="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-55" ALT="" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="150" SRC="https://s.evbuc.com/https_proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnarrativealliance.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F04%2Fcropped-dna-logo-512-1-150x150.png&sig=ADR2i7_dFT03ZhQQ6C49ceWMHgp40iCt2w">3:45 PM – 5:00 PM: Review, Wrap-up & Next Steps – Before the cocktails flow, the Digital Narrative Alliance team provides a recap of the Narrative Summit and the DNA’s mission, upcoming events, and new projects for 2017. Learn what’s next, so you can be part of it. 5:15 PM – 7:00 PM: Cocktail & Conversation Wine, beer, hors d'oeuvres, and new connections. End the day in conversation with the growing DNA community. 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