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Visual & Storytelling Tools for Leaders

Visual & Storytelling Tools for Leaders. Activity: Build A Story. One person begins the story with 1 sentence. Once upon a time there was a leader who ________ The next person adds 1 more sentence to the story, and so on. Continue until the story ends!. Why do we tell stories?.

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Visual & Storytelling Tools for Leaders

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  1. Visual & Storytelling Tools for Leaders

  2. Activity: Build A Story • One person begins the story with 1 sentence. • Once upon a time there was a leader who ________ • The next person adds 1 more sentence to the story, and so on. • Continue until the story ends!

  3. Whydo we tell stories? • To entertain • To reach people • To better explain a personal perspective

  4. “Storytelling is fundamental to the human search for meaning.” –Mary Catherine Bateson

  5. Storytelling • Communicating events using words, images and sounds • Used for entertainment, education, cultural preservation, etc. • Earliest forms were mostly oral • With start of ‘writing’, use of symbols and words used to record stories • Stories have been told, carved, painted, printed and ‘saved’ on rock, bones, pottery, plants, skin, paper, computers, film, etc.

  6. Photo: Twyfelfontein, Namibia

  7. Storytelling at Work Do stories reallyhave a role to play? • Communicate who you are • Transmit values • Inspire faith and belief • Lead people into the future • Less boring!

  8. Group Activity • Choose a leader or value that inspires you. • Work on constructing a story (under 2 minutes) about this leader/value with your group. • Nominate a group member to present the story.

  9. Photos by Ghanaian Youth, 2005

  10. Photo and text by Swazi youth, 2005 “It might happen in one weekend that most of these are full….The empty graves are waiting for us….Nowadays there’s not enough time to prepare a proper grave. This is a commercial cemetery where the poorest of the poor are buried and it saves time”

  11. “A picture is worth a thousand words.”

  12. Frame What do you leave in the frame? What remains outside?

  13. Photo by Tamas Dezso

  14. Angle

  15. Photo by Kyle Green

  16. Get in Close

  17. Photo by Josh Meltzer

  18. Photos Photos Photos Photos Photos Photos Photos Photos Photos Photos Photos Photos Photos Photos Photos Photos Photos Photos Photos Photos Photos Photos Photos Photos Photos Photos

  19. Light & Color

  20. Photo by Jed Conklin

  21. Photo by Jed Conklin

  22. Photo by Lexey Swall

  23. ENERGIZER

  24. Photo by David Butow

  25. Photo by David Ahntholz

  26. Photo by David Butwow

  27. Photo by Jed Conklin

  28. Photo by Goran Tomasevic

  29. If you do not create contextyour audience will create if for you

  30. Photo by David Guttenfelder

  31. Group Activity In groups of 3 look at the following slides and discuss the following questions.

  32. Photos by Paul Zoeller

  33. What VALUES framed the story?

  34. How will stories help you as a leader?

  35. What will be the values that frame your story?

  36. The first step in telling a story is having a story to tell.

  37. Questions to ask • Who is the audience for your story? • What is the frame for your story? • What images are important to tell your story?

  38. Summary • Discussed why humans tell stories • Introduced the power of storytelling in the workplace • Illustrated frame, angle, color, and light • Demonstrated the importance of context • Discussed using values to frame stories • Linked storytelling to leadership

  39. Questions?

  40. Photo by Darwin Bell

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