{"id":2031182,"date":"2023-08-01T07:23:08","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T14:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=2031182"},"modified":"2025-05-09T06:24:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T13:24:09","slug":"arcgis-storymap-takeaways-from-esri-uc-2023","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/constituent-engagement\/arcgis-storymap-takeaways-from-esri-uc-2023","title":{"rendered":"Key Takeaways from ArcGIS StoryMaps at the 2023 Esri User Conference"},"author":9422,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37131],"tags":[398132,770032,706371,27881,23571],"industry":[],"product":[36611,380802],"class_list":["post-2031182","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-constituent-engagement","tag-arcgis-storymaps","tag-esri-user-conference-2023","tag-storymaps","tag-storytelling","tag-whats-new","product-story-maps","product-arcgis-storymaps"],"acf":{"short_description":"Check out popular ArcGIS StoryMaps topics from the 2023 Esri User Conference, including what's new and the road ahead.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Storytellers, our 43rd annual Esri User Conference is in the books! Making history, with over 19,000 in-person attendees and thousands more online, it was Esri’s largest user conference. Stories created with ArcGIS <\/a>StoryMap<\/a>s were found throughout the conference in presentations, demos, and resource links as our users and staff harnessed the ability to create interactive narratives that are easy to publish and share.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2034522,"id":2034522,"title":"uc23-plenary-act1","filename":"uc23-plenary-act1.jpg","filesize":262584,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/uc23-plenary-act1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/constituent-engagement\/arcgis-storymap-takeaways-from-esri-uc-2023\/uc23-plenary-act1","alt":"Jack Dangermond stands behind a podium with a Storytelling with Maps slide displayed behind him","author":"340882","description":"","caption":"","name":"uc23-plenary-act1","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2031182,"date":"2023-07-27 00:08:23","modified":"2025-05-09 13:21:26","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1968,"height":1002,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/uc23-plenary-act1-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/uc23-plenary-act1.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":236,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/uc23-plenary-act1.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":391,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/uc23-plenary-act1.jpg","large-width":1920,"large-height":978,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/uc23-plenary-act1-1536x782.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":782,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/uc23-plenary-act1.jpg","2048x2048-width":1968,"2048x2048-height":1002,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/uc23-plenary-act1-826x421.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":421,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/uc23-plenary-act1-1920x978.jpg","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":978}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Esri founder, Jack Dangermond,<\/a> discusses Storytelling with Maps at our Plenary on Monday, July 10, 2023. Catch up on the Plenary by reviewing the recordings<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

The ArcGIS StoryMaps team is so grateful to those of you who were able to meet us at the showcase booth, join our workshops and demos, and attend design sessions. As always, we genuinely appreciate your feedback and use it to guide the future of ArcGIS StoryMaps. Thank you for participating!<\/p>\n

If you couldn’t attend the conference or need a refresh, we cover key takeaways from ArcGIS StoryMaps at the 2023 Esri User Conference<\/a> below.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2016112,"id":2016112,"title":"storymaps separator","filename":"2023-01-25_11-21-26.png","filesize":5584,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2023-01-25_11-21-26.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/story-maps\/constituent-engagement\/effective-strategies-for-engaging-with-your-audience\/2023-01-25_11-21-26-2","alt":"","author":"302462","description":"","caption":"","name":"2023-01-25_11-21-26-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1994392,"date":"2023-07-05 15:35:27","modified":"2023-07-05 15:35:40","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1304,"height":128,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2023-01-25_11-21-26-213x128.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":128,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2023-01-25_11-21-26.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":46,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2023-01-25_11-21-26.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":75,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2023-01-25_11-21-26.png","large-width":1304,"large-height":128,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2023-01-25_11-21-26.png","1536x1536-width":1304,"1536x1536-height":128,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2023-01-25_11-21-26.png","2048x2048-width":1304,"2048x2048-height":128,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2023-01-25_11-21-26-826x81.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":81,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2023-01-25_11-21-26.png","wide_image-width":1304,"wide_image-height":128}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

ArcGIS StoryMaps Briefings<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A new horizontal presentation style called Briefings<\/strong><\/a> is coming to ArcGIS StoryMaps in August 2023. Designed to enable decision-makers to quickly synthesize critical information and maintain mission readiness, you can provide meaningful context to your audience with dynamic maps and data and unify images, videos, and PDFs all in one place.<\/p>\n

Example use cases include on-the-ground disaster briefings, budget numbers presented in real-time, and crowdsourced responses during live events. You’ll be able to securely connect with your stakeholders wherever they are with a tablet app that works on and offline.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"kaltura","video_id":"1_nlfyyesi","time":true,"start":"316","stop":"388"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

See Briefings in action on the 2023 Esri User Conference Plenary stage.<\/em><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2016112,"id":2016112,"title":"storymaps separator","filename":"2023-01-25_11-21-26.png","filesize":5584,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2023-01-25_11-21-26.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/story-maps\/constituent-engagement\/effective-strategies-for-engaging-with-your-audience\/2023-01-25_11-21-26-2","alt":"","author":"302462","description":"","caption":"","name":"2023-01-25_11-21-26-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1994392,"date":"2023-07-05 15:35:27","modified":"2023-07-05 15:35:40","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1304,"height":128,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2023-01-25_11-21-26-213x128.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":128,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2023-01-25_11-21-26.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":46,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2023-01-25_11-21-26.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":75,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2023-01-25_11-21-26.png","large-width":1304,"large-height":128,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2023-01-25_11-21-26.png","1536x1536-width":1304,"1536x1536-height":128,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2023-01-25_11-21-26.png","2048x2048-width":1304,"2048x2048-height":128,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2023-01-25_11-21-26-826x81.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":81,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2023-01-25_11-21-26.png","wide_image-width":1304,"wide_image-height":128}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

2023 ArcGIS StoryMaps Competition<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This year’s storytelling competition is now open for submissions.<\/h3>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2031472,"id":2031472,"title":"Social_Twitter_CloseDate2","filename":"Social_Twitter_CloseDate2.jpg","filesize":300225,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Social_Twitter_CloseDate2.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/constituent-engagement\/arcgis-storymap-takeaways-from-esri-uc-2023\/social_twitter_closedate2-2","alt":"A dark green rectangle with three conservation images displayed on it and the words \"2023 ArcGIS StoryMaps Competition\" on it","author":"9422","description":"","caption":"","name":"social_twitter_closedate2-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2031182,"date":"2023-07-25 18:12:27","modified":"2025-05-09 13:22:34","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1600,"height":900,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Social_Twitter_CloseDate2-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Social_Twitter_CloseDate2.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Social_Twitter_CloseDate2.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Social_Twitter_CloseDate2.jpg","large-width":1600,"large-height":900,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Social_Twitter_CloseDate2-1536x864.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":864,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Social_Twitter_CloseDate2.jpg","2048x2048-width":1600,"2048x2048-height":900,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Social_Twitter_CloseDate2-826x465.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Social_Twitter_CloseDate2.jpg","wide_image-width":1600,"wide_image-height":900}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/contest\/overview"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

As of 2021, roughly 17% of Earth’s land surface and 8% of our oceans were protected or conserved. Adopted by leaders worldwide, the 30 x 30 effort aims to conserve at least thirty percent <\/strong>of Earth’s lands and waters in fair and effective ways by 2030<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

But it will take action from all of us\u2014from local communities to global organizations.<\/p>\n

That’s why Esri and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)<\/a>\u2014the world’s largest and most diverse environmental network\u2014are co-hosting the 2023 ArcGIS StoryMaps Competition.<\/p>\n

Esri and IUCN invite storytellers worldwide, 18 years and older, to create conservation stories in one of two tracks:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. An ArcGIS StoryMaps story or collection about an indigenous or locally-led project<\/li>\n
  2. A research project, scientific study, or scholarly article built with ArcGIS StoryMaps<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Visit the competition website<\/a> to learn more and get started. The competition closes on October 27, 2023.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2016112,"id":2016112,"title":"storymaps separator","filename":"2023-01-25_11-21-26.png","filesize":5584,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2023-01-25_11-21-26.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/story-maps\/constituent-engagement\/effective-strategies-for-engaging-with-your-audience\/2023-01-25_11-21-26-2","alt":"","author":"302462","description":"","caption":"","name":"2023-01-25_11-21-26-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1994392,"date":"2023-07-05 15:35:27","modified":"2023-07-05 15:35:40","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1304,"height":128,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2023-01-25_11-21-26-213x128.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":128,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2023-01-25_11-21-26.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":46,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2023-01-25_11-21-26.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":75,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2023-01-25_11-21-26.png","large-width":1304,"large-height":128,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2023-01-25_11-21-26.png","1536x1536-width":1304,"1536x1536-height":128,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2023-01-25_11-21-26.png","2048x2048-width":1304,"2048x2048-height":128,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2023-01-25_11-21-26-826x81.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":81,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2023-01-25_11-21-26.png","wide_image-width":1304,"wide_image-height":128}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

    StoryScape<\/strong><\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2031352,"id":2031352,"title":"storyscapeoverview","filename":"storyscapeoverview.gif","filesize":7832039,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/storyscapeoverview.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/constituent-engagement\/arcgis-storymap-takeaways-from-esri-uc-2023\/storyscapeoverview","alt":"An animated image of the new StoryScape magazine","author":"9422","description":"","caption":"","name":"storyscapeoverview","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2031182,"date":"2023-07-25 17:43:22","modified":"2025-05-09 13:23:05","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","type":"image","subtype":"gif","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":600,"height":600,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/storyscapeoverview-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/storyscapeoverview.gif","medium-width":261,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/storyscapeoverview.gif","medium_large-width":600,"medium_large-height":600,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/storyscapeoverview.gif","large-width":600,"large-height":600,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/storyscapeoverview.gif","1536x1536-width":600,"1536x1536-height":600,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/storyscapeoverview.gif","2048x2048-width":600,"2048x2048-height":600,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/storyscapeoverview-465x465.gif","card_image-width":465,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/storyscapeoverview.gif","wide_image-width":600,"wide_image-height":600}},"image_position":"right","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/storyscape-esriwhere.hub.arcgis.com\/"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

    There’s a brand-new way to enjoy ArcGIS StoryMaps.<\/h3>\n

    Introducing StoryScape\u2120\u2014a monthly digital magazine celebrating place-based stories and storytellers across a diverse global landscape.<\/p>\n

    Read featured stories. Enjoy interviews with storytellers. Find sample storytelling programs and free events.<\/p>\n

    Explore a new themed StoryScape issue each month, from science and conservation topics to social justice and humanitarian causes, with:<\/p>\n