wake county public libraries storytelling contest on storybird

Overview: The Contest Idea & rules Tribulation, Eventual Triumphs

The App: a lesson in regret Options: Pros & Cons Next Time

Questions?

The Contest

I’ve got an idea…

Please Like us!

Tales of wonder…

Our intentions (before we knew better)

FromIdea to Contest:

How will this happen: The State of Facebook Guidelines

What are the rules: Apprehensions & Revisions

The Rules (as of the start of contest): Must Like us to submit

Anyone can submit, but only one story per author*

Anyone can vote, but only one vote per story**

Degrees of trust = *

Promotions

Before Contest

Bookmarks, handouts & Flyers

Slideshare Tutorials

During Contest

The Tribulations:

Storybird rules: Author only sales Approval time

Facebook Rules: Always changing

Cheaters & their cheating ways

(Eventual) Triumphs: Increase in Likes:

344

Stories submitted: 60

Votes cast: 635

Tutorial views: 4546

The App

One day, in the Digital Library…

Todd: Hey, professionals charge a lot of money for custom Facebook Apps. Can you make one?

Ben: [shrug] Sure. I never have. But how hard can it be?

Pay someone. A lot.

Do it Yourself

Don’t do it.

App Building Options:

(Did we mention it costs a lot?)

App Option 1: Pay Someone

PROS Gets done by

someone who knows what they’re doing.

Full support Compatible and up to

date (technically and regarding FB guidelines)

(Did we mention it costs a lot?)

App Option 1: Pay Someone

CONS It costs a lot. Reliant on others for

updates and changes Gap between your

vision and ultimate design

It costs a lot.

(Did we mention it costs a lot?)

App Option 1: Pay Someone

THE ONES TO PAY

Wildfirewww.wildfireapp.com

Social Cubixwww.socialcubix.com

(It’s hard. And kind of annoying.)

App Option 2: DIY

PROS Full control of what it

does and how it works.

Update it and change it on your schedule

It doesn’t cost a lot (unless you count the cost of your sanity).

(It’s hard. And kind of annoying.)

App Option 2: DIY

CONS Chances are, you

don’t know what you’re doing.

No support from someone who does know what they’re doing.

Facebook changes a lot.

(It’s hard. And kind of annoying.)

App Option 2: DIY

If you still want to do it… We can provide the

code that we used for modification with some guidance.

We can provide a Resource Guide so you can start from scratch and do it even better on your own!

(Do yourself a favor. Go App-Less)

App Option 3: No App

Try a Survey Site like Google Web Forms or Survey

Monkey Call for entries via

website/email Participants create

Storybirds and share links via online form/survey

Another form/survey is posted with links to stories for voting via form/survey

(Do yourself a favor. Go App-Less)App Option 3: No App

Extreme Lo-Tech:Try an email/paper based

Contest Call for entries via website/email, flyers/posters

Participants create Storybirds and share links via email/paper forms

Links to stories shared via email, on handouts

Votes entered via paper ballots and manually tallied

Next time:Since we will know then

whatwe didn’t know this time…

Not on Facebook: no required “Likes” or Facebook only participation.

Incorporate into our new Nanonwrimo/Readers to Writers program

Next time:Since we will know then

whatwe didn’t know this time…

Storybird-created Contest site/interface

Work more closely with Storybird

Thanks!! Questions?

Todd Frei: todd.frei@wakegov.com

Ben McFadden: benjamin.mcfadden@wakegov.com

Storybird: www.storybird.com

Art by Storybird artists:Paul McDougallPascal CampionKathy R. Jeffords