Subject: Creative Inspiration - Resources for Mental Well-being & First Adventure Templates!

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Welcome to the latest Creative Cities newsletter! As the days stretch longer and the sun shines brighter, we hope you are enjoying the weather and staying cool. 

 

We’ve got some creator spotlights and interactive reads for you to enjoy along with a beach vibe, and some fun & random things we’ve found on the internet that we thought you’d like.  

  

And we do mean random.  

 

This edition includes self-growth pieces on impressing someone, things successful creators do, mental health hacks, tips to stop procrastination, a PD Session on Jane’s walk, our new Story City templates , and Duolingo’s amazing Tiktok.  

 

Speaking of which, we’ve joined Tiktok!? Who knows how it’ll turn out but please do join us as we explore Gen Z’s fav social media platform!  

Want To Create Impactful Relationship with Your Audience but Wondering Where to Begin? Here’s Some Inspiration! 


4 ways performing artists can take over the digital world – beyond social media 

 

If you’re a performing artist looking for ways to create impactful relationships with your audiences and go beyond social media, this blog helps you learn unique ways to grow across digital platforms and get paid for your passion.  

Professional Development Resources for You 

PD Session 

 

Jane’s Walk across the globe has teamed up with Story City to create self-guided walks that offer a socially distanced digital addition to the festival via participant's phones. Here’s a sneak peak of the PD session for this collab. 

Story City Templates  

 

If you’re wondering how to get started in creating your first adventure in the Story City App, we’ve created some amazing templates you can follow! They’ll make creating your first location-based adventure as easy as a-b-c, 1-2-3, and as simple do-re-mi. 🎵


Check them out here.

Your Feedback Matters

Get Your Serve of Survey Here! 

 

Things get busy, and we totally get it. As we’re closing our survey on May 28th, we like to fire you a quick reminder that we would love you forever and a day if you fill out our survey. You can give your valuable feedback here, and we in turn will treasure it (and use it to make the app even easier and more fun for you to use)!  

Creator Spotlight – Writer, Shaun Hunter  

The author of award nominated essay, Skin Deep, Shaun Hunter has written for young readers, literary magazines, The Globe and Mail, and more! And did we mention she has a stellar Calgary-centric Twitter too? 

 

Not only is this local literary sleuth giving an in-person Literary Walk of Elbow Park for Historic Calgary Week, she's responsible for Calgary’s very first historical walking tour, Six Literary Landmarks on Stephen Avenue, available now (for free!) on the Story City app! This tour will give you a taste of the city’s rich literary culture - from the 1880s to contemporary time - in Calgary’s Stephen Avenue. Download the app and head over to Thomson Bros Block to start your historical walking tour!! Or hit it up in Spoiler Mode from the comfort of your home.  

Not only is this local literary sleuth giving an in-person Literary Walk of Elbow Park for Historic Calgary Week, she's responsible for Calgary’s very first historical walking tour, Six Literary Landmarks on Stephen Avenue, available now (for free!) on the Story City app! This tour will give you a taste of the city’s rich literary culture - from the 1880s to contemporary time - in Calgary’s Stephen Avenue. Download the app and head over to Thomson Bros Block to start your historical walking tour!! Or hit it up in Spoiler Mode from the comfort of your home.   

Creator Spotlight – Performer & Artist, Mackenzie Brown

Mackenzie Brown is an award-winning performer, drummer, tourism entrepreneur, philanthropist, and advocate for at-risk youth in Edmonton. A big congratulations to Mackenzie for recently getting selected to create a mural on the University of Calgary’s Foothill campus with 3 other amazing indigenous artists! You can explore her art and music at Instagram and Facebook.  

She is a creator of Connection, a musical experience through the Indigenous Art Park in Edmonton’s River Valley on the Story City App. Join Mackenzie and connect with yourself and the land that has been the home for many indigenous people from time immemorial. Download the App and take the entire experience/journey in person, or enjoy this gorgeous performance via Spoiler Mode from the comfort of your home!  


Random Things We Found That We Think You’ll Like  

 

The Duolingo TikTok is the BEST PART OF OUR WEEK  

No seriously, we’ve been diving into TikTok recently, and the Duolingo account is hilarious. You know Duolingo? The free language learning app? If you don’t, and you follow this account, you will soon be using it addictively like the rest of us. 

 

5 Hacks to Improve Your Mental Health in May  

Mental health is incredibly important, and we believe in prioritizing self-care. We’ve made a list of simple stuff to try that has worked for us, and we’d love to share it with you in the hopes that it might help you too - we got you! 

 

Things Successful Creators Do 

Here’s a list of things successful creators are doing. Perhaps something you can pick or add in your to-do / bucket list!!   


“How to impress someone you like” - video share 

Ever wanted to impress someone you admire but felt awkward making that first move? It’s okay, we’ve all been there, and that’s why we’d like to share this amazing video how you can attract people by standing out in a positive way! 

 

Things That Made Us Think  

Want to stick with good habits but can’t stop procrastinating? In this article, we explored a simple Two-Minute rule that anyone can employ in their lives to make their habits easy.  

 

Your Questions, Answered!   

This week's question: I want to make my own adventures, but I’ve never done this before...  

That’s cool, we all started somewhere! You don’t need to be a professional “creator” *cue finger quotes*, you can create for your family, your special anniversary, or your community.  


It’s super easy to use the Story City creator tools to make adventures in your city (check out the demo of our simple tools here). In fact, we’ve created some story templates that you can use to pre-populate your first adventure, all you have to do is fill in the blanks. We have templates for scavenger hunts, puzzle trails, fitness experiences, history/nature trails, branching narratives, and simple linear adventures.   


Just sign up for an account here and follow the prompts to become a creator.  

  

We look forward to bringing you more fun and interesting topics in our next newsletter, until then, we hope your month is full of adventures!  

  

Warmly,  

The Story City Team  



Wishing you a month full of adventures. Thank you for joining ours! 


Warmly,  


The Story City Team 







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