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STORY TRAINING CHECKLIST

​Selecting and Shaping Stories that Teach
Stories that connect
  • Make connections between the content and real-life experience? 
  • Help learners link existing ideas to new ones? 
  • Encourage learners to connect their own experiences and ultimately see the world from a different point of view?
Stories that show change
  • Provide examples of positive outcomes so that learners are motivated to make the change? 
  • Help ensure that learners understand that making the change is within their power? 
  • Give guidance on how to make the change?
Stories that are relevant
  • Give a clear, core message that speaks to a universal truth?
  • Ensure that it clearly communicates why it matters? 
  • Encourage learners to tell their own stories?
Stories that Entertain
  • Build humor and suspense based on events native to the story (as opposed to events added for comedic effect)? 
  • Include elements of the unexpected? 
  • Include points of tension that lead up to a surprise?
Telling Stories that Teach 
Storytellers Who Reveal Themselves
  • Ready to allow yourself to be vulnerable and create an environment where your participants can be vulnerable too?
  • Able to trust yourself and your participants?
  • Able to value the relationship you are entering into?
Storytellers Who Invite Listeners In
  • Letting go of your stories?
  • Asking participants to help you create a new shared experience?
  • Being patient and quiet as participants answer your questions with their own contributions?
Storytellers Who Use Body Language as a Tool
  • Aware of the nuances and idiosyncrasies of your body language?
  • Willing to create intimacy through body language while telling your stories?
  • Using expressions and gestures to convey emotion in a way that enhances the narrative?
Storytellers Who Show and Tell
  • Able and willing to physically portray elements of your story, rather than just describing them?
  • Able to vocally or physically represent the other people who played a role in your original story?
  • Willing to ask participants to portray supporting parts as you tell your story? Do you know how to support them?

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