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Storytelling & The Learning Experience Steven L. Haney

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Page 1: Storytelling & The Learning Experience

Storytelling & The Learning ExperienceSteven L. Haney

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Objectives

• Identify stories and storytelling among us• Differentiate conversation and storytelling• Construct stories in a minimalist fashion• Evaluate your abilities as a storyteller

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

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Stories & Storytelling Among Us

• Columbus?– In fourteen hundred ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean

blue• Not asking for help unless you really need it?

– The boy who cried wolf• The bald man and the fly

– You will only injure yourself if you take notice of despicable enemies

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Stories & Storytelling Among Us

• How do you pour a substance into this receptacle while knowing there’s already stuff in it?

• Here at [your company], some of us already tell stories. They’re right under our noses.

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Conversation & Storytelling

• A lot of learning takes place outside the classroom, stories bring those learnings in

• Positive and negative sales/customer service experiences we share

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The Minimalist Approach

• “Make things as simple as possible, but not simpler.” - Einstein• Simple narratives = increased retention*• Less can be more

Retention %0

1020304050607080

Data Dump-ingPresent w/ Stories

*London Business School

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Storytelling & You

• We’ve already spent most of our lives storytelling, we’re hard-wired

• We always fall back into our native language of narratives and storytelling

• Not to worry if you don’t feel you’re a great storyteller now, Rome wasn’t built in a day

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Storytelling & You - Activity

• Spend 5-10 minutes creating a simple story, limerick, fable or short narrative designed to help encourage retention

• Stories that help us recall specific information, moral lessons, etc.• Consider an issue close to you, identify a pivotal point, objective or

takeaway and develop a story around it

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Summary

• Identify stories and storytelling among us• Differentiate conversation and storytelling• Construct stories in a minimalist fashion• Evaluate your abilities as a storyteller

You should now be able to: