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Storytelling – why you should work with it. Part 2
So, I’m back on the subject of the advantages of storytelling, as these are the answer to “Why you should work with it. Part 1”, and will cover some more of these in this blog post. Involves emotions: As mentioned in the last blog post, stories have an advantage when it comes to memory. And…
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Storytelling – why should you work with it? Part 1
Why should you work with storytelling – what is the purpose of it? Overall, one could say that it’s about getting a message across. Doesn’t all communication do that? Well, in terms of the most basic definition, the fundamental meaning is “to make common.” However, storytelling is about using narrative to connect, and there are…
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Storytelling – Narrative and rhetorics
I’ve covered some of the basics in the introduction to this field in my last posts. This post will be about adjacent areas to storytelling. This is important in order to be able to distinguish the distinctiveness of storytelling, and thus understanding its power on a deeper level. For this post to be brief enough…
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Storytelling – What is it?
STORYTELLING – WHAT IS IT? The story I told in the previous blog post, the one about the show “Smith, You and I” is a story I carried with me in different contexts where I have worked with xenophobia. When I speak to people who work with those matters, it is outstanding. It is a…
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Unleashing the Power of Storytelling: My Personal Note
Lighting fires or putting fires out? A strong story makes a difference! This statement was my opening statement in the 1,5 years long professional education that I managed around 2007 and 2008.. This met the students before they were my students, and this was what I told them the first time I met them in…