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LIS HUBERT 
@LISHUBERT 
ELISABETHHUBERT.COM 
DONNA LICHAW 
@DLICHAW 
GREATNORTHELECTRIC.COM 
STORYMAPPING 
A MACGYVER APPROACH TO CONTENT STRATEGY
2 
HELLO.
Storymapping: A MacGyver Approach to Content Strategy
EASE 
EVERYDAY ARTS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION
WE GET THESE 
QUESTIONS OFTEN
NEEDLESS TO SAY, 
WE WERE VERY 
EXCITED
BUT THERE WAS A 
CATCH…
BUDGET 
TIME 
RESOURCES
USER INTERVIEWS 
STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS 
CONTENT AUDIT 
GAP ANALYSIS 
TASK ANALYSIS 
PERSONAS 
SCENARIOS 
CONTENT PRIORITIZATION 
CONTENT ROADMAP 
CONTENT 
STRATEGY
USER INTERVIEWS 
STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS 
CONTENT AUDIT 
GAP ANALYSIS 
TASK ANALYSIS 
PERSONAS 
SCENARIOS 
CONTENT PRIORITIZATION 
CONTENT ROADMAP 
CONTENT 
STRATEGY 
BUDGET 
TIME 
RESOURCES
WHAT WOULD 
MACGYVER DO?
Storymapping: A MacGyver Approach to Content Strategy
STORYMAPPING (WHAT MACGYVER WOULD DO)
A LONG, LONG TIME AGO… 
IN A UNIVERSE FAR AWAY
North by Northwest storyboard/film comparison 
one1more2time3.wordpress.com 
STORYBOARDING
BUDGET 
TIME 
RESOURCES
“Opening iTunes Details” transition using basic Post-it Notes. Hinman, Rachel. 2012. ! 
The Mobile Frontier. New York: Rosenfeld Media. www.rosenfeldmedia.com/books/mobile-design/
NOT TO BE 
CONFUSED WITH…
Jeff Patton – http://www.agileproductdesign.com/blog/the_new_backlog.html 
AGILE STORY MAPPING
NARRATIVE ARC 
Beginning Middle End
NARRATIVE ARC 
Beginning Middle End
NARRATIVE ARC 
Inciting 
Incident 
Climax 
Falling 
Action 
Rising Action 
Exposition 
Resolution 
Crisis 
Journey 
Chase 
Search 
( ) 
Beginning Middle End
EXPOSITION
INCITING INCIDENT
RISING ACTION
CRISIS
CLIMAX
FALLING ACTION
RESOLUTION
EXPERIENCE STORIES 
ENGAGEMENT
PRODUCT DEFINITION 
What is this product or feature? 
Why should users care or want to use it? 
PRODUCT DISCOVERY 
How might users find us? 
What value/affordances do we show? 
USE 
How should this flow, um, flow?
BUDGET 
TIME 
RESOURCES 
CHEAP 
FAST 
EASY
WHAT WE DID
DAY 1
DAY 2
Storymapping: A MacGyver Approach to Content Strategy
Storymapping: A MacGyver Approach to Content Strategy
Storymapping: A MacGyver Approach to Content Strategy
DAY 3
Storymapping: A MacGyver Approach to Content Strategy
DID IT WORK?
THE GOOD
Storymapping: A MacGyver Approach to Content Strategy
Storymapping: A MacGyver Approach to Content Strategy
Storymapping: A MacGyver Approach to Content Strategy
Storymapping: A MacGyver Approach to Content Strategy
THE BAD
MIA 
DESIGNERS 
DEVELOPERS 
EDUCATORS 
STUDENTS
MIA 
COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH
STORYMAP AS 
HYPOTHESIS
STORYMAP AS 
{ EDUCATED GUESS }
WE HAD A STORY* 
*GOOD FOR WRITING GRANT APPLICATIONS
WHAT’S NEXT
ROADMAP 
VISION 
CONSENSUS 
CHEAP 
FAST 
EASY }
THANK YOU. 
DONNA LICHAW 
@DLICHAW 
GREATNORTHELECTRIC.COM 
LIS HUBERT 
@LISHUBERT 
ELISABETHHUBERT.COM

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