Storytelling

Storytelling

Question # 1 Why do you want to tell your story?

Why is it relevant?

Stories have kept us alive. They originated as a method of bringing people together to share specific information

that might be lifesaving.

https://www.treehugger.com/why-do-we-tell-stories-4863413

We remember facts when they are told in a story.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/brentdykes/2016/03/31/data-storytelling-the-essential-data-science-skill-everyone-needs/2/#571aa60672f3 http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2015/07/22/how-to-make-the-whole-organization-agile/#dcfa6bd135ba http://info.arielgroup.com/blog/storytelling-works-science/ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1659517996 page 37.

Since the dawn of language, people have shared stories with others to 1. entertain,

2. persuade, 3. connect, 4. make sense of changes. http://info.arielgroup.com/blog/storytelling-works-science/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2015/07/22/how-to-make-the-whole-organization-agile/#dcfa6bd135ba http://www.wsj.com/articles/why-good-storytellers-are-happier-in-life-and-in-love-1467652052

When a story reaches our hearts with deep meaning, it takes hold of us.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2015/07/22/how-to-make-the-whole-organization-agile/#dcfa6bd135ba

In modern management, we have found out how to get order, but in establishing order, we have lost music and beauty. An elegant, positive story can show how to bring back beauty in our work lives.

Adapted from https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1659517996 page 287.

By sharing our stories, we allow ourselves to build deeper,

more meaningful connections with ourselves and with our trusted friends.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1879833009 location 2500.

Storytelling is the instrument of continuing creativity, a power that propels us forward into the future - building new worlds and new selves.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2015/07/22/how-to-make-the-whole-organization-agile/#dcfa6bd135ba

Questions: 1. If your story was a TED talk, what would it be about? Why? 2. What do your friends tell you that you do really well?

3. What is your favourite childhood story? Why? 4. What do you know that can help other people?

5. Why is story x really relevant?

Question # 2 What person is the story about?

Make the story about 1 person.

A story of 1 person talks to our hearts, touches us, reaches inside us, connects with us.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1769313051 p. 40.

Who inspired you in your life? Why?

"In September 2009, a software developer in Denmark..."

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1659517996 page 67.

What are characteristics of the hero?  Age of the person.  Physical characteristics of the person.  Personality of the person.  Values of the person.  Emotions of the person in different situations.  Family and friends of the person.  Life stories of the person.

Question # 3 When and where does the story take place?

Communicate time and place of the story. That signals to listeners / readers that it is a true story.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1659517996 page 67.

Question # 4 What exactly happened?

Use concrete examples when you tell your story.

Thereby, you can explain where a change has happened.

That is powerful.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1659517996 page 64-65.

Storytelling involves using concrete examples that reframe a moment by personifying human consequences.

https://hbr-org.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/hbr.org/amp/2017/09/great-storytelling-connects-employees-to-their-work

Questions: 1. What dilemmas does the person face?

2. What struggles does the person go through?

3. How does the person handle the dilemmas?

Question # 5 What positive story will you tell after you have told a negative story?

Story example: 1. Your worst day at work = the negative story.

2. Your best day at work = the positive story.

https://www.ffhs.ch/home/news-events/cloud--das-magazin/aktuelle-ausgabe/sind-geschichten-die-besseren-lehrer https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1659517996 page 146.

Story example: 1. What made a person a victim?

2. How did the victim become a hero?

http://www.vomschreibenleben.de/es-gibt-nur-7-geschichten-auf-der-ganzen-welt/

Negative stories get people's attention. Tell a negative story to explain to people that the situation is bad, to shake people out of their complacency and force them to think of alternatives.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1659517996 pages 81 and 241.

After you have told a negative story with problems, follow up

with a positive story that shows how to solve the problem.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1659517996 pages 81 and 241. http://visual.ly/kurt-vonnegut-shapes-stories-0

After you have told a negative story and a positive story,

use a neutral story to explain what, when, why, and how.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1659517996 pages 81 and 241.

A story is a journey. It begins at a point in time from which a person heads out, does something and then finds his / her way back.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1769313051 p. 54.

A story is a series of events that happen along the way in the search for a solution to a problem.

In other words, 1. a clear problem is presented, and 2. things / events happen with the goal of solving the problem.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1769313051 p. 182.

Questions: 1. What is a story from your life that you have not yet shared with anyone?

2. What makes a really great ending to a story?

Question # 6 How did that, which happened, make you feel?

When you tell a story, explain how that, which happened, made you feel? What emotions did you feel?

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1769313051 p. 163.

Stories create “sticky” memories by attaching emotions

to things that happen.

https://hbr.org/2014/07/how-to-tell-a-great-story

How was the expression on a face you observed?

How did that make you feel?

https://hbr.org/2014/07/how-to-tell-a-great-story

By offering different characters’ viewpoints, stories encourage us to empathise.

https://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2017/11/human-resources

Use humour when you talk about a painful event. Then you demonstrate that you have mastered the experience and taken control of it.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1659517996 page 103.

Questions: 1. When did you face a difficult challenge? What did you feel?

2. When did person x face a difficult challenge? What did she / he feel?

3. How can you reframe a negative emotion you felt to a positive emotion?

Example: From anger to curiosity.

4. What gestures, intonation and movements are used to show emotions?

Question # 7

To what extent will you use ”and” and ”but”?

The word “but” expresses contradiction and denial.

It creates tension and conflict. It changes the direction of the story. Be aware that using too many contradiction words can make the story confusing to follow.

Synonyms:  however.  despite.  instead.  otherwise.  rather.  yet. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1769313051 p. 112-114.

The word “and” expresses agreement and positivity.

Synonyms:  also.  likewise.  similarly.  as well as.  in addition. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1769313051 p. 111

Question # 8 How simple is your story?

A good story is a short story.

https://youtu.be/wexb8tglj1o

Work from the principle that less is more.

https://hbr.org/2014/07/how-to-tell-a-great-story

Good stories are simple to understand. Simplicity is the essence of communication, and simplicity is at the core of art.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1769313051 p. 27-30 and p. 76.

Question # 9 How is the environment, where the story is told?

Question:  How is the weather when the story is told?  What clothes are people in the story wearing?  What furniture do people in the story use?

Question # 10

How can you practice storytelling?

To practice storytelling, get together with other people and tell stories to each other. When one person shares a story, the others listen and ask questions.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1769313051 p. 222.

Thank you for inspiration  Hans Christian Andersen.  Luca Botturi.  Hanne Calberg.  David Gurteen.  Sophie Känzig.  Paola Rattu.  Katja Rieger.  Paul Sloane.  Nicole Studer.  Reto Weisshaupt.

Other sources of inspiration http://info.arielgroup.com/blog/storytelling-works-science/ https://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2017/11/human-resources https://www.ffhs.ch/home/news-events/cloud--das-magazin/aktuelle-ausgabe/sind-geschichten-die-besseren-lehrer http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2015/07/22/how-to-make-the-whole-organization-agile/#dcfa6bd135ba https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1659517996 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1769313051 http://visual.ly/kurt-vonnegut-shapes-stories-0 http://www.vomschreibenleben.de/es-gibt-nur-7-geschichten-auf-der-ganzen-welt/ http://www.wsj.com/articles/why-good-storytellers-are-happier-in-life-and-in-love-1467652052 https://youtu.be/wexb8tglj1o