Nordic Storytellers Workshop

Your story in the two-day storytelling and communication strategies for young civic leaders and youth organizations starts very soon. As the protagonist of this exciting story, you might want to be more familiar with the setting and plot to take best out of it.

WHAT IS THIS WORKSHOP ABOUT?

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Storytelling techniques, impactful and compelling stories and storytelling campaigns, and communication strategies for diverse audiences.

During the two-day journey, you will be together with fellow activists, NGO workers, and trainers from Finland, Norway, and Sweden, and you will learn about: storytelling techniques, impactful and compelling stories and storytelling campaigns, and communication strategies for diverse audiences. At the same time, you will gain the basics in running your own workshops on similar topics for other young people from your community. Because we believe in the power of co-creation, during the two days, prepare to share knowledge and skills from your current work with young people and from your organization experience and get inspired. Looking forward to meet you soon!

WORKSHOP AGENDA

JANUARY 31

ANKER HOTEL, Storgata 55, 0182 Oslo

Welcome Dinner

20:30
We will meet at the Anker Hotel lobby and have our first dinner together and breaking ice 🙂

FEBRUARY 1

Friluftshuset Sørenga, Oslo

Integration and Welcome

9.00-9:30

How to conduct a workshop

9.30-11.00
Learn how to conduct your very own workshop.

Refreshment break

11.00-11:15

Design thinking for effective communication

11.10-12.45
Learning design thinking for designing effective communication campaigns.

Lunch

12.45-14:00

Storytelling techniques & storytelling

14.00-15:30
Learn about the most celebrated and successful storytelling techniques.

Refreshment break

15.30-15:45

Social media & online marketing

15.45-17.15
Learning tips and tricks of social media and going viral in your campaigns.

Dinner

18:30
Going Norwegian way. A treat at traditional organic Norwegian restaurant.

FEBRUARY 2

Litteraturhuset, Oslo

Telling others' stories

10.00-12:30
This is where we get some handy and practice about collecting and creating moving stories for our causes.

Refreshment break

12.30-12:45

Evaluation & Wrap-up

12.45-13.15

Lunch

13.15-14:30

Best Practices

14.30-16:00
Going viral creatively with engaging content.
SAIH-Radi-AID by Sverre Øygarden Eikill
Communications Adviser – SAIH
Ellen Irene Aabol
Story of Radi-Aid campaign and lessons  A social media influencer’s perspective

Refreshment break

16.00-16:15

The future of storytelling - Interactive and AR Storytelling

16.15-18.00

Networking Dinner

18:30
Network with fellow participants, media experts, enjoy awesome food and live music at Mela House.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

What should I prepare as a participant?

bring your best mood, prepare yourself with a mindset of storytelling and good examples from your work.

We would like to remind you one important aspect of this workshop: You are the protagonist of this event. So to say, you will be actively shaping the content and sharing your and/or your organization’s knowledge and experience all the time. This sharing is a natural part of the workshop sessions. You can also bring information materials.

HOW ABOUT MY MY HOTEL & FOOD?

participants outside oslo will stay at anker hotel oslo from 31. january to 3. february (3 nights).

Participants from outside Oslo will stay in twin shared rooms at Anker Hotel, Storgata 55, 0182 Oslo.  

We cover accommodation of the participants between January 31 to February 3 (3 nights) in Oslo Anker Hotel. Breakfast will be served every morning at the hotel.

Lunch and Dinner will be served for all participants in different locations.

If participants plan to arrive a few days earlier or depart a few days later they are kindly requested to arrange their accommodation individually.

  • Check-in day: 31. January
  • Check-out day: 3. February

Hotel check in/out time: 12:00. If you come earlier than 12.00 on 31. January, you can leave your luggage in the luggage room at the hotel for free.

The hotel is relatively close to Oslo Central station.

You can walk from the central station to the hotel in 13 minutes. Alternatively you can take tram number 11, 12, 13, and 17 towards east (you can use your NSB train ticket there). You take off the stop “Hausmanns gate”. From the stop, you will see the hotel on the other side of the road.

Please be aware that there is Anker Hostel and Anker Hotel next to each other. You will go to Anker Hotel.

How can I get reimbursement for travel expenses?

The participants who are traveling from outside Oslo will get reimbursement of some travel costs upon presentation of all tickets / boarding pass, receipt/invoices. In order to comply with environmental standards, we kindly ask all participants to take the most environmentally friendly and cost effective alternative available (i.e. public transport instead of taxis or private cars).

MEET THE TRAINERS

Karin Wouda

Awesome People - Sweden

Karin is the founder and chief of board of the nonprofit organization Awesome People in Sweden. Karin has long experience in project management and have worked in several youth projects as a project manager both as a volunteer and as a professional in youth organizations and in municipality. She has a special interest in method development, learning and in coaching. Karin has a master in Cultural Analysis, diploma in coaching and has attended several trainings and courses in Sweden and abroad to develop her skills in working with youth

Nicole Mattsson

Saga - Finland

Once upon a time there was a leader from Saga Finland. Her name was Nicole and her family called her a troll. But she was a good troll. And through her work in the NGO Saga Finland she learned a lot about non-formal learning methods and how to be a happy troll. And she lived happily ever after.

Paula Beudean

Norsensus Mediaforum- Norway

Paula has more than ten years of experience in the nonprofit sector, in Europe and US. Through the various positions she held, she has developed sound expertise in storytelling, research, fundraising, CSR, advocacy, strategic planning and project management for NGOs.

Mauritz Eklund

Norsensus Mediaforum- Norway

Mauritz is a youngster interested in everything that has to do with film, photography and how to convey interesting stories! He will participate and host workshops in Oslo as a member of Saga Finland.

Vedat Sevincer

Norsensus Mediaforum- Norway

Vedat has worked as journalist, project manager and trainer in the field of media literacy, intercultural communication, visual storytelling, media and communication strategy and media capacity building for NGOs and universities in Norway and 9 different countries.

ABOUT THE PROJECT

Nordic Storytellers workshop is part of the Nordic Young Impact Storytellers (NYIS) project, run by Norsensus Mediaforum (Norway) together with its partners: Saga Finland, Awesome People (Sweden) and Solna Ungdomscafé (Sweden). The project is co-funded by Nordic Culture Point through Nordbuk program.

NYIS project covers the workshop costs, including training fee, accommodation for up to three nights (for participants out of Oslo), lunches and coffee breaks, and international transport to Oslo (in the limit of 150 euro/participant).

Partners:

Awesome People - Sweden

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Norsensus Mediaforum - Norway

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Saga Finland - Finland

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Solna Ungdoms Cafe - Sweden

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This project has been financed by Nordic Council of Ministers in the frame of NORDBUK grant programme.

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