Winning the Story Wars: Jonah Sachs at TEDxRainier. Storytelling. The Truth About Stories. Thomas King‘s Massey Lecture.
Listen to the lectures on CBC. The Truth About Stories – A Native Narrative (2003) by Thomas King I “You’ll Never Believe What Happened” Is Always a Great Way to Start [Lecture Podcast] p1-2 “There is a story I know. “One time, it was in Prince Rupert I think, a young girl in the audience asked about the turtle and the earth. “The girl began to laugh, enjoying the game, I imagine. p3 “The truth about stories is that that’s all we are. p9 “Stories are wondrous things. Long time ago in the beginning there were no white people in this world there was nothing European. p10 “So you have to be careful of the stories you tell. p23 “Basil Johnston, the Anishnabe storyteller, in his essay ‘How Do We Learn Language?’ p26 “Do the stories we tell reflect the world as it truly is, or did we simply start off with the wrong story?” 27-8 “But give this a thought. “What if the animals had decided on their own names? “God’s Chosen People. The Science of Storytelling: Why Telling a Story is the Most Powerful Way to Activate Our Brains.
The Hidden Power of Storytelling. It takes barely a moment watching the video of Patricia Harrison speak for her passion and charisma to grab you.
After recently interviewing her for Let Go & Lead, I can tell you her affect is even more dynamic when you meet her in person! It’s no wonder that throughout a career in and around government, she has so graciously transcended politics to connect people to issues bigger than themselves: she has a one-of-a-kind way about her! But, as immense as her presence is, one thing that struck me about Pat was how much of her power she derives from listening. In our conversation, Pat and I talked about different insights she has acquired throughout her career, and in her current role as CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
The Art of Storytelling - Creating a Culture of Speaking Out. Storytelling - a growing community cultural development tool (based on an article first published in 1994 in Network News - the journal of Qld.
Community Arts Network) I've been working as a storyteller for over 20 years now - learning more and more about the artform and more and more about storytelling's place in community and culture. Now, with some thought and, perhaps, time, I can usually choose a story and tell it in a way that a group of listeners find satisfying or challenging or reassuring. To do that I not only have to know something about the particular group and be able to pick an appropriate story but I also have to have the confidence to speak out with either the degree of expression and feeling that is the cultural norm for that particular group or with a level that is inspiring, that speaks out with more universal human values.
The Contribution of Neuroscience to the Art of Storytelling: 5 Lessons to Become Better Communicators. Yesterday I had the opportunity to speak at the BLUE Mind Summit at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.
It was the first conference in history to bring together leaders in neuroscience and ocean exploration. It was an incredible experience and you can read more here on this initial blog post by Wired’s Sheril Kirshenbaum. So what the heck was I doing there, you might ask. Fair question. Inspired by our Global CEO, Chris Graves, at Ogilvy PR, we have been following closely how certain advances in neuroscience are translating into the discipline of public relations and communications. After the jump is the presentation on Slideshare and my speech. We have found that neuroscientific insights have helped us validate some of our established best practices in communications. Welcome to the Australian folktales page! Boulder Outdoor Survival School. "If you don't know the trees you may be lost in the forest, but if you don't know the stories you may be lost in life.
" - Siberian Proverb Many native cultures around the world speak of elder figures and the stories they tell around the campfire. Through these stories, cultural history is passed on. The Chugach Inuit teach their children to respect Nunam-shua, the One Who Lives Within the Earth. The Gunwinggu people of Australia’s West Arnhem Land listen to the Rainbow Serpent as she warns them of bad river conditions and areas subject to monsoon flooding. The BOSS Ancestral Storytelling course explores the world of traditional stories and how they are reflective of a people and the landscape they inhabit. Since 1968, BOSS Courses have set the standard for low-technology camping and desert hiking techniques, where instruction is conducted with minimal intrusion of modern technology in environments that allow course content to be experienced first-hand. Collective story harvesting. In the Art of Hosting community over the past two years a group of practitioners have developed a tool called the Collective Story Harvest.
I’ve used it several times and it’s a powerful and useful way to rapidly learn from the stories in the room. Today comes news frim Mary Alice Arthur, one of the developers, about recent developments with the methodology. I’m reporting in from the road again, this time from the airport in Chicago. I’ve had many opportunities to catch stories along the journey and this time, I’m here to report in on what’s been happening with the method of Collective Story Harvesting.We’ve been playing with this method for over two years now, using it in trainings, with clients and in many other gatherings. Enjoy. Telling tales in the mountain city.