Storytelling for Social Change: Three Techniques That Work Better Than Outrage

Описание: Unacceptable, illegal and immoral actions headline the news, and we demand that it stop. We cannot believe it is happening, and we are outraged. We speak out, we protest, we post about it and … then it happens again.

We find that creating change out of outrage takes a lot of time, energy, and emotional resilience, and many of us do not have those resources.

Storytelling is results-based, and if the goal is to change someone’s mind or heal a community, or rally a group of people into social action, then I have three very effective storytelling tools that will get you there without a lot of effort or added outrage.

Storytelling can include outrage, to be sure, but it is included as a conscious choice rather than the reason for action. Instead of the emotion choosing the action, storytellers start with identifying the action and then choosing the most effective emotion.

Restorative Storytelling™ works on the premise that human beings are storytelling creatures, and that telling stories is how we understand the world. These three storytelling tools, when used in sequence, take advantage of this premise and consistently bring results:

Set the “container” for the story
Find a connection with the listener
Choose the best presence for the moment.

Get more information as well as a handbook about these tools here: https://howtostory.myflodesk.com/lear...