Storytelling

[Viv McWaters]

Hi Avner

Greetings from a very HOT Torquay - where even the kangaroos have gone 
into hiding!

A friend of mine who uses storytelling a lot suggested this approach for 
a large group - say 18 circles of ten people and get them to tell 
stories to each other, quite informal and all that. Then invite each 
group to select one story they have heard to retell to the whole group. 
This way everyone gets a chance at storytelling in smaller groups and 
some of the most memorable stories can be shared amongst the whole 
group. This is also a good way to collect stories for an organisation's 
annual report - using a participatory approach. Brian's (Bainbridge, 
that is) approach of the Glad, the Sad, the Mad and the Bad seems to 
work well as a theme for organisational storytelling too. Good luck.

Viv

On Sunday, December 29, 2002, at 07:54  AM, Avner Haramati wrote:

> Dear List
>  
> I wish you all a happy new year.
> We are having (with Tova) a 2 days OS with 180 participants of an 
> Israeli- global firm on the issue of "What kind of (the name of the 
> firm) do we want to be, what do we want to preserve and what do we want 
> to change". It is a 40 years old firm, owned by several KIBUTZs 
> ( ccoperative villages), that had innovative and glorious days in their 
> past. Global  competition causes the firm to struggle for survival, 
> forced them to befome entirely buisness oriented and  brought up many 
> unsolved issues. We are planning to have an evening of srorytelling 
> (around the fire, in the desert) in the evening before the OS.
> From your experiences, what is an apropriate way to do it?
>  
> Avner Haramati
> ISRAEL
>

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