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Innovation
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A major barrier to getting a message across to other people is the fact that we do not create a 'picture' to which they can relate. Therefore, to be able to tell a compelling and relevant story is very powerful in getting across a message. It can be effective for many things, e.g. selling something or persuading someone to behave a certain way. Storytelling is an art that can be learnt and here we have included a simple game which starts to exercise those storytelling muscles. You can do this in pairs or as a small group. Give the exercise about 10-20 minutes depending on the size of the group. If you are working in pairs - one person in the pair picks three random words. the words do not have to be related to each other or the situation in which you are involved, in fact it is better if they are not. The other person is the storyteller. The rest of the actions are the same whether you are in a group or in pairs. If you are in a small group - choose one person to be a storyteller and the rest of the group call out random words - the storyteller picks three of them, again at random! - the words do not need to be related to each other or the situation in which you are involved, in fact it is better if they are not. The rest of the actions are the same whether you are in a group or in pairs. Now the Storyteller takes the random words and makes up a story which incorporates all three words. The story must make grammatical sense but can be any kind of style, e.g. historical, Sci-Fi or a mix of any styles! This should be great fun and the stories can be very entertaining! Then swap the Storyteller and continue until everyone has been both word generator and storyteller. Now debrief: - How did you feel about your own story - your partner's story etc? - What was easy and what was difficult about the exercise? - What makes a story 'a story' and how do you know it is over? - How is this like working together in real life? - What did you learn? An alternative or follow-on exercise could be to use random words from the situation you are in or the problem you want to solve and see what options can be created from the stories. Have fun and 'live happily ever after'.
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