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The Story Sandwich:

Introduction to Personal Storytelling

&

Life Maps

StoryMuse.net

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@astorymuse

*Transformative Storytelling

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Introductions &

Ground Rules

Name, city, one-word check-in
This is a “brave” space. (Confidentiality & support; practice “oops” & “ouch”); practice generosity with story sharing.
What else?

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check-in...

Credit: �Glenn Lim

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Personal storytelling is an act of discernment.

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Personal storytelling is an act of empathy building.

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Personal storytelling is an act of leadership.

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IMPACT

communication skills
job readiness
therapeutic benefits
self-confidence
advocacy

Trigger Warning: a night of stories with Men Stopping Violence, 7 Stages, June 2017

Truth & Consequences: a storytelling cabaret with

Atlanta Center for Self Sufficiency, Fuqua Room, February 2020

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Stories transmit data more quickly.

“Stories are data with a soul.”

->mirror neurons

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Here’s one example...

Huge advocacy/community development project
Telling stories about the past, present, and future of a gentrifying neighborhood.

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Tell me about your weekend so far and how you think storytelling might fit in…

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Tell me about your work so far in the Pamplin leadership academy & how this might apply...

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What are your earliest memories of storytelling?

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Down the Rabbit Hole

A Personal Story

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What did you notice about This story?

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Introducing:

The

Story

Sandwich!

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Know your

first line

Your first line is like an invitation

to step across the threshold

of everyday conversation.

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The last line:

stick your landing.

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Details.

You can take 6 seconds, �60 seconds, �or 6 minutes �to tell the same story. �It’s all about the details.

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brain science

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Vulnerability

“To carry a wound with grace.”

Brené Brown

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Appropriate Vulnerability

Is like exfoliation.

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Change...

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Deep listening

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The Two Kinds of Stories

We tell Ourselves:

My life is going��

My life is going

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Life Maps

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Share from Your

life map...

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Questions?

Resources

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Where you