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Why storytelling is important in daily life?

1/29/2015

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If we’re all made of stories, then why don’t we make sure we keep telling them? If we’re all shaped by our experiences, why don’t we share them with those around us?

When we watch a piece of theatre or film, we seem to identify with the characters portrayed, their lives, their worries, their victories and their adventures. We want to be some of them, we hope to be some of them and we’re already some of them. So, what makes us connect? Yes, the answer is that person’s journey, which you experience as a story. So the big question is: Do we experience our own lives as story? Are we aware of our own story telling potential?

A story is not about merely communicating everything you know or feel. It’s about expressing what’s relevant and important at that point in time. One must also be true to the story, believe in it before telling it and live it after you’ve told it. A story once put out there is not just your story anymore. It becomes their story as well and only when they own it, do they start repeating it to people they meet and work with. When a story from the workplace goes home, and when a story from home comes to the workplace, that’s when story telling is happening as a way of life.

Being a story teller is a frame of mind. It’s about wearing a lens that pauses time as you experience something. You gather information and process it as a narrative as opposed to bullet points or facts. This narrative then gets communicated with emotion to engage, connect and inspire action.

The workshop is founded on the principles of storytelling for dramatic tension and audience engagement through techniques of theatre – The workshop will be activity based as well as experiential, drawing from memory based events and occurrences of participants
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  • Connect through stories – Context
  • Influence & Inspire through personal stories – Thought process
  • Make things happen through stories – Action
  • The story and the teller - Tool kit and Technique
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    i5-Stories

    We believe in the power of personal stories - stories that you’ve been part of or witnessed, told from your perspective. This makes every moment more personal and hence more effective. In today’s digital age, access to information is available quite easily. However human connections through personal stories are becoming rare and our aim is to enable participants to share their life experiences through compelling stories, to connect, inspire and initiate action.

    i-5 Stories

    i5-Stories is about personal stories and how we can telling compelling personal narratives
    i5-Stories is immersive storytelling, where participants learn how a story can be engaging by appealing to the five senses.

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