A lightning talk on maps for outreach
I recently gave a lightning talk titled Mapping Your Way to Better Engagement at the 2016 joint conference of the National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals and the Association of Natural Resource Extension Professionals. Preparing for this talk opened my eyes to the potential for Story Maps to help presentations live on far past the last word spoken at any event.
As is always the case when I work on a lightning talk, I spent a tremendous amount of time crafting the slides and story I was planning to share. I knew my talk would reach most of the people at the conference (~400), but I wondered about the best approach to let my message live on past the end of the event. How could I structure my talk so that my "mapping is great for outreach" message might be shared most effectively with a broader group of Extension professionals, whether or not they attended the conference?
