{"id":2947675,"date":"2025-11-18T12:26:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T20:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=2947675"},"modified":"2025-11-20T13:31:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T21:31:20","slug":"join-us-for-arcgis-storymaps-live-december-2025","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/story-maps\/announcements\/join-us-for-arcgis-storymaps-live-december-2025","title":{"rendered":"Join us for ArcGIS StoryMaps Live December 2025"},"author":94522,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37101,37131],"tags":[776332,766822,766302,449782,767212],"industry":[],"product":[36611,380802],"class_list":["post-2947675","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-constituent-engagement","tag-arcgis-storymaps-live","tag-arcgisstorymaps","tag-classic-esri-story-maps-transition","tag-classic-story-maps","tag-esri-story-maps","product-story-maps","product-arcgis-storymaps"],"acf":{"authors":[{"ID":94522,"user_firstname":"Lara","user_lastname":"Winegar","nickname":"Lara Winegar","user_nicename":"lwinegar","display_name":"Lara Winegar","user_email":"lwinegar@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2020-09-10 17:47:42","user_description":"Lara is a Sr. Content Specialist on Esri's StoryMaps editorial team, where she has been contributing since 2020. 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Consider it your opportunity to connect directly with the StoryMaps team. This episode will feature a live demonstration showing you how to remake your favorite classic stories in the ArcGIS StoryMaps builder. 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href=\"https:\/\/mediaspace.esri.com\/media\/t\/1_f49cn8lj\/238781783\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ArcGIS StoryMaps Live August 2025 Webinar: Map and image choreography<\/a> and our <a href=\"https:\/\/mediaspace.esri.com\/media\/t\/1_f7karzkl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ArcGIS StoryMaps Live April 2025 Webinar: Planning, outlining, and theming your story<\/a> recording to see an introduction to using the StoryMaps builder or an introduction to the <a href=\"https:\/\/mediaspace.esri.com\/media\/1_4xnnns65\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Briefings builder<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To get a jumpstart on converting your classic stories to ArcGIS StoryMaps, check out our resource <a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/955acb19c111422a8dc274914d3aec10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mimicking the classic templates in ArcGIS StoryMaps<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, keep up with our announcements in these spaces:<\/p>\n<p><a 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