Xavier Damman, the CEO and co-founder of Storify, gave a presentation about amplifying voices on social networks and Storify's mission. Storify allows users to curate social media posts into stories and has been used by major news sites, brands, politicians, and NGOs to understand discussions and events. Damman emphasized that by sharing knowledge through open communities, positive change can occur.

1. Amplify the voices that
matter
Xavier Damman (@xdamman)
Storify cofounder/CEO
Presentation for #HacksHackers Buenos Aires #hhar
and Barcamp at PalermoValley
May 2012

2. @burtherman
@xdamman

3. August 23rd, 1966 - first picture of Earth from the Moon - NASA

4. Photo Facebook - December 2010

5. “
Go away helicopter - before I take out
my giant swatter :-/
Shoaib Athar
@reallyvirtual - May 1st, 2011
Live Tweets about the raid that led to Osama bin Laden's death
storify.com/kqed

6. Our mission is to amplify
the voices that matter
Demo

8. “
This is where I got married. And my best
friend's kid went to school. St. Mary's in
#Joplin. Crazy.
Wallace Wilson
@wallacewilson
http://yfrog.com/h28y1ywj - May 23rd, 2011

9. Tell the story through
the people who are on the ground
design for emotions

10. Joey Balinski - @jbalinski - http//twitpic.com/6vqh60

11. “
I feel sick and my heart
is pounding.
Everything about this
is heartbreaking.
Taylor Carrigan
Apple employee
@taylorcarrigan - Oct 6th, 2011
Steve Jobs Dies: Apple Employees React
storify.com/dailybeast
Joey Balinski - @jbalinski - http//twitpic.com/6vqh60

12. “
Giving up 1% of your market cap to take
out biggest threat is a savvy move.
Chris Dixon
@cdixon - April 9th, 2012
Why did Facebook buy Instagram for a whopping $1B?
storify.com/GuardianUS

13. “
Facebook buys Instagram for $1 billion.
Idiots, they could have downloaded it
for free.
Jeff Wysaski
@pleatedjeans - April 9th, 2012
Now trending: Facebook buys Instagram
storify.com/globaltvnews

14. Stories are social. Don’t miss them.

15. All stories are social
News Press
clipping
Meetups Memes
Events Research
Debates
Content
Marketing
Brand Monitoring

16. 22 of the top 25
U.S. news sites
use
March 2012 - confidential

17. Major brands, politicians and NGOs
use dsdasds
March 2012 - confidential

18. “Scarcely a year into its existence,
Storify has become so essential the
word storify has become a verb ...”
Grand Prize citation
Knight-Batten Awards
for Innovations in Journalism

19. One more thing

21. Together, let’s make sense of what people
are expressing on social networks
and amplify the voices that
can change the world

22. Photo Facebook - December 2010

23. 800M+ people
Photo Facebook - December 2010

24. connected
Photo Facebook - December 2010

25. You are part of
this new world
Photo Facebook - December 2010

26. Be part of the story,
Photo Facebook - December 2010

27. Be part of the story,
share
Photo Facebook - December 2010

28. Free exchange of
information
has a positive impact
on the world
Photo Facebook - December 2010

29. “ Hackers are able to accomplish
so much in so little time because
they come from a community
that's built upon sharing
knowledge
David Kadavy
@kadavy
September 29th, 2011

30. Share knowledge
‣ Open your door
‣ Meet
‣ Share

31. Now go excite
some electrons
and
change the
world

32. Questions?

33. More questions?

34. Sure?

35. ¿Seguro?

36. Muchas gracias
@xdamman