Go Around the Globe with #Storymakers2014

Storymakers2014 is going around the world! Are you ready to join a global storytelling conversation on Twitter at #Storymakers2014 spanning the globe from India, Libya, Kenya, across Europe, Canada, and the United States. Then join us September 4, 2014, for an amazing global conversation. 

With one-hour chats in Cameroon, New Zealand, India, Kenya, South Africa, Poland, Canada, and the United States, we have over 12 hours of digital-storytelling conversation planned for your listening pleasure.

Below is our timeline for the September 4, 2014, festivities. Join us for an hour, or 2, or 3, or even 12 if you dare!!! Check out the topics and time, and we'll continue to update it as we go. We'll be hanging out in our #Storymakers2014 Tweet-chat room.

New Zealand

• 3 p.m. New Zealand Standard Time / 3 a.m. Coordinated Universal Time
• Topic: AWESOME Digital Storytelling case studies
• Host: Vivan Chandra,  @vivster81 @net2akl

India

• 10 a.m. India Standard Time / 4:30 a.m. Coordinated Universal Time
• Topic: Best Practices in Digital Story Telling / How to tell impactful stories
  
• Host: Rita Soni, @ritansoni, @big_tech, @NASSCOMfdn

Australia 

• 3 p.m. Australian Central Time Zone / 5:30 a.m. Coordinated Universal Time
• Topic: Mobile tools and platforms for telling your story
• Host: Ryan Jones, Connecting Up, @bigkevracer @connectingup

Kenya

• 11 a.m. Eastern Africa Time / 8 a.m. Coordinated Universal Time
• Topic: What sort of stories should nonprofits tell
  
• Host: Anne Musyoki, TechSoup Africa, @Manka2, @TechSoupAfrica

South Africa

• 11 a.m. South Africa Standard Time / 9 a.m. Coordinated Universal Time
• Topic: What makes a good story
• Host: David Barnard, TechSoup Africa, @david_barnard, @TechSoupAfrica

Poland

• 12 p.m. Central European Standard Time / 10 a.m. Coordinated Universal Time
• Host: Agata Jalosinka, Fundacja TechSoup, @jagataj, @TechSoupWarsaw

Cameroon

• 12 p.m. West Africa Time / 11 a.m. Coordinated Universal Time
• Topic: How do you make storytelling a part of your organization’s culture?
• Host: Excel Asama, NetSquared Cameroon, @ExcelAsama

Florida

• 12 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time / 4 p.m. Coordinated Universal Time
• Topic: Mobile Tools for Digital Storytelling -- What's Your Favorite
  
• Host: Birgit Pauli-Haack; NFN4Good, a NetSquared group, @bph, @nfn4good

#CommBuild

• 10 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time / 5 p.m. Coordinated Universal Time
• Topic: Building Community with Digital Storytelling
  
• Host: Elijah van der Giessen, NetSquared/TechSoup, @elijah, @NetSquared

Vancouver

• 11 a.m. Pacific Standard Time / 6 p.m. Coordinated Universal Time
• Topic: Measuring the Effectiveness of Stories
  
• Host: Vanessa Chase, @VanessaEChase

Toronto

• 3 p.m. East Daylight Time / 7 p.m. Coordinated Universal Time
• Topic: Tools for Storytelling
• Host: Joyce Hsu, TechSoup Canada, @fuuyin @TechSoupCan

Honolulu, Hawaii

• 10 a.m. Hawaiian Daylight Time / 8 p.m. Coordinated Universal Time
• Topic: Incorporating Data Into Storytelling
• Host: Joe Heaukulani, @joe_heaukulani

New York City

• 6 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time / 10 p.m. Coordinated Universal Time
• When Your Story’s Far Away: Best Practices in International Storytelling
• Host: James Porter, @PorterJamesE