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Share a Story - Change the World
Steve Evans asked me to share this with this group... so here it is. A week or so ago I saw an interview with the college professor who is dying of cancer - now titled "The Last Lecture". He said ... Continue
Tagged: writing, living, storytelling
Started by Stephen Hollen. Last reply by Buck P Creacy Apr 29.
“In his book Culture Jam, Kalle Lasn says, ‘The most powerful narcotic in the world is the promise of belonging,’” said Annette Simmons, author The Story Factor. “To that I would add, the promise o... Continue
Tagged: applied, autheniticity, self-discovery, identity, storytelling
Started by Steve Evans Apr 29
“Why story and storytelling?” Thomas Boomershine asked in his book Story Journey. “Story is a primary language of experience. Telling and listening to a story has the same structure as our experien... Continue
Tagged: worldview, heart, transformation, story, storytelling
Started by Steve Evans Apr 22
I wondered what some of you thought about the grant idea. This is the fifth year of collecting proposals. I have read some unusual grants and some excellent service oriented and community centered ... Continue
Started by Ann Scroggie. Last reply by Steve Evans Apr 22.
Who am I? Where do I belong? What are the accepted norms of behavior for me? A people’s stories help answer these questions; while their stories also help shape their answers. These questions touch... Continue
Tagged: applied, community, behavior, cultural, identity
Started by Steve Evans. Last reply by Steve Evans Apr 22.
I believe in the power of story to transform lives. I believe in the power of story to instill morals and values. I believe in the power of story to provide wisdom and guidance for daily living. I ... Continue
Started by Steve Evans. Last reply by Steve Evans Apr 5.
Could it be that any story, every story, has the power to not only inform but to influence? It seems that every story told touches somebody somewhere at sometime. In fact, it is probably true that ... Continue
Tagged: narration, narrative-paradigm, human-communication, homo-narrans, applied-storytelling
Started by Steve Evans Apr 5
Dasho Kinley Dorji, chief editor of Bhutan’s Kuensel News Corp, feels his country is going through difficult times, on the road to a complete destruction of the country’s values systems. One way to... Continue
Tagged: applied, television, value, bhutan, media
Started by Steve Evans Apr 1
Cultures are dynamic and are always in flux. What happens, however, when there is evidence of an eroding values system within a specific culture? Can a particular culture’s worldview intentionally ... Continue
Tagged: worldview, applied, transformation, story, storytelling
Started by Steve Evans. Last reply by Steve Evans Mar 31.
Edward Chamberlin, Canadian professor of English and Comparative Literature, shared the following story, an incident from which he derived the title of his book on stories and national-cultural ide... Continue
Tagged: language, applied, community, heritage, identity
Started by Steve Evans Mar 31
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