Digital storytelling per le organizzazioni del Terzo Settore

"<< Background >>The candidature of the project on the ""Erasmus+ small scale"" call for proposals arose from the need felt and shared, in different forms and from different educational perspectives, by the subjects making up the partnership to favour the increase or enhancement of narrative-digital skills of a group of young citizens in a community development dimension, starting from the importance of digital storytelling for the Third Sector, in Italy and in general for European non-profit organisations.In addition to this main need of a training nature (the acquisition of digital storytelling techniques and tools), two others were identified in the planning phase: the consolidation of the use of distance learning methodologies (also in asynchronous mode) and the involvement of volunteer networks in their respective national territorial contexts.Lastly, the desire to support the promotion of youth volunteering and initiate paths of knowledge of the associations involved in order to envisage in the near future the generational change that the Third Sector constantly needs.<< Objectives >>The project aimed to concretely achieve the following objectives stated in the form:1. to increase the digital skills of a group of thirty young adults;2. to increase digital narrative products capable of effectively conveying the civic commitment supported by Third Sector organisations to the outside world;3. to experiment distance learning methods and approaches in virtual and multilingual contexts;4. to create digital teaching materials on digital storytelling usable online and accessible free of charge for an audience outside the project (volunteers, teachers, social workers, citizens, etc.);5. to create a platform dedicated to digital storytelling for the Third Sector;6. to increase participants' interest in volunteering and consequently foster their active participation in their communities;7. to promote youth volunteering and the generational change of the associative structures;8. to strengthen the networks of relations between the stakeholders representing the respective communities9. to make the participants' skills available to the Third Sector realities, rooted in the three territorial contexts.<< Implementation >>The activities implemented during the project correspond to those indicated in the planning phase:Activity 1 - Volunteer operator training divided into four micro-activities:- identification of participants;- preparation of training content;- training on digital storytelling;- production of multimedia material.Activity 2 - Experimentation and evaluation of the experience divided into three micro-activities- experimentation of digital storytelling paths- creation of the ""Digital storytelling for the Third Sector"" platform- realisation of the final event.In addition to the two main activities, there was also a transversal system activity aimed at managing the project, which involved all the partners through periodic online meetings (only the kickoff meeting was held in Grosseto) concerning: the planning of activities, the sharing of intervention methods and the realisation of products, the comparison and resolution of problems.<< Results >>The project realised all outputs already foreseen in the application phase:- the Digital Storytelling platform for the Third Sector;- multilingual video lectures and teaching materials accessible online from the platform after free registration;- narrative-digital products realised by the project participants;- booklet;- final online event.At the same time, the expected results were fully achieved to the extent of- thirty people trained (10 for each partner) and consequent increase in their digital skills;- good attendance and level of interaction during the training;- awareness of the commitment of local associations increased;- intergenerational exchange activated;- visibility of commitment of local non-profit organisations increased;- increased community dimension.In addition to the outcomes listed above, there is the identification of effective collaborative methods between the partners and the smooth running of relations in the management of the project."