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The Power of Storytelling-English
Time | Narration |
0:00 | Welcome to this Spoken Tutorial on The Power of Storytelling, |
0:04 | These days we hear the word storytelling everywhere. |
0:09 | But what is it? Where can we use it? |
0:12 | Can we use it to learn better? |
0:14 | Connect deeply with our friends and family? |
0:17 | Or get our dream jobs? |
0:19 | Let’s figure it out in this tutorial. |
0:23 | So what is storytelling? |
0:25 | Storytelling is the art of conveying a message. |
0:29 | It is done often through words, images, or actions. |
0:36 | It is done to engage and grab the attention of the audience. |
0:41 | It involves creating an interesting plot with well-developed characters. |
0:47 | A plot normally has events with twists and turns for the characters to encounter. |
0:54 | When we detail the personality of the characters in the story, it becomes well-developed. |
01:01 | These elements evoke emotions amongst the audience and helps them connect with the story |
01:08 | This makes storytelling a powerful medium for communication and entertainment. |
01:16 | Are you now wondering where storytelling can be used? |
01:21 | Stories help us remember better. |
01:24 | Hearing a story helps us imagine what we are listening to. |
01:29 | Stories help us understand different perspectives, and they leave a lasting impact. |
01:36 | Let’s look at an example of storytelling. |
01:39 | Let me present Newton’s law of Gravity in two different ways. |
01:44 | First as a plain definition, and then through a story. |
01:50 | Newton’s law of Gravity states that “every particle attracts every other particle in the universe. |
01:59 | This happens with a force directly proportional to the product of the masses. |
02:05 | The force is also inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. |
02:12 | All okay so far? |
02:14 | This is one way to present the definition of Newton’s Law of Gravity. |
02:20 | Let us now look at presenting the same definition with a story. |
02:25 | Imagine Newton was sitting under an apple tree. |
02:28 | An apple fell on the ground. |
02:31 | He suddenly thought of what could have made the apple fall on the ground. |
02:37 | Did this event inspire him to come up with Newton’s law of gravity? |
02:43 | He proposed that every particle attracts every other particle in the universe. |
02:50 | In this case, the attraction is between the ground and the apple. |
02:55 | This happens with a force directly proportional to the product of their masses |
03:01 | The force is also inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them |
03:08 | Ok tell me, as a listener, which of the two will you remember better? |
03:15 | Just the plain definition of Newton's law of gravity? |
03:19 | Or the definition presented with the apple story? |
03:23 | The apple story sparks curiosity, and leaves an image in the listener’s mind. |
03:30 | You may wonder what made the apple fall down in the first place. |
03:36 | If the tree was shorter, would it impact the force? |
03:41 | If the apple was heavier, what would have happened? |
03:46 | Or - what if he was sitting under a coconut tree? |
03:50 | Storytelling is fun. isn’t it? |
03:54 | Now let’s look at how we can use storytelling in our day to day life. |
04:00 | To make you understand this better, again, I will give you two examples. |
04:05 | Imagine a student named Raja. |
04:09 | In a job interview, he is trying to convince his interviewers to hire him. |
04:15 | It is an Ed-tech Company. |
04:18 | He tells them about the marks he has scored so far. |
04:22 | He shows them all the certificates, and medals he has received. |
04:27 | Imagine another student by the name Rahul. |
04:31 | Along with his certificates and medals, he tells them a story about himself. |
04:37 | He begins by telling them about his school in his hometown. |
04:42 | The school lacked good computer teachers during his early years. |
04:47 | There were many days, the teachers wouldn’t turn up. |
04:51 | The students would be left not knowing what to do. |
04:55 | One day, an NGO offered to help his school. |
04:59 | It’s mission was to teach computer skills to rural children using technology |
05:05 | With their support the students got access to good computer education. |
05:11 | The absence of teachers did not matter anymore |
05:15 | The NGO encouraged students to be self-learners. |
05:19 | It also improved the level of confidence in students |
05:24 | He told them that he wished to help students from backgrounds similar to his. |
05:30 | He added that this is the reason why he wants to join the company. |
05:35 | Now let us see how the interviewers could have perceived both the presentations. |
05:41 | First let’s see Raja’s case. |
05:44 | The interviewers may be interviewing a lot of people. |
05:49 | If what is presented is not interesting, it is likely that they will forget. |
05:55 | Do you think it is interesting to see someone’s certificates and medals? |
06:00 | Next, let’s see Rahul’s case. |
06:04 | Remember, along with his certificates and medals, he narrated his story? |
06:10 | Through his story, Rahul gave an idea of his early years to the interviewers. |
06:16 | When they heard his story, they would have imagined him as a little boy in a school |
06:22 | They would have picturized a school without teachers. |
06:26 | Then imagined students studying in front of a computer |
06:32 | Rahul used the story to help his interviewers to get an idea about his early life |
06:38 | He also made his intentions very clear. |
06:43 | What do you think? |
06:45 | Will the interviewers remember Raja or Rahul? |
06:48 | Raja would have also had a story. |
06:52 | Just that he didn’t choose to communicate that. |
06:56 | This structured way to convey a narrative is known as Problem-Action-Result format. |
07:03 | It will be called PAR in the following tutorials of the same series. |
07:10 | Let’s break Rahul’s narration in the PAR format: |
07:14 | What was the problem? |
07:16 | In Rahul’s school there were not sufficient teachers. |
07:21 | What was the action taken? |
07:23 | His school provided them access to computer education through an NGO |
07:29 | What was the result achieved? |
07:31 | He and his fellow classmates became confident self-learners. |
07:36 | Ok, Now, let us summarize. |
07:40 | In this tutorial, we have learnt about the power of storytelling in our communication. |
07:46 | Storytelling is vast, and we have only given an introduction. |
07:51 | With this we come to the end of this tutorial. |
07:55 | As an assignment do the following - |
07:59 | Open the file Mahatma-Gandhi's-Salt-March.txt available in the code file link. |
08:06 | Read the story and categorize it in the PAR format |
08:11 | Identify the problem. |
08:13 | What was the action taken? |
08:15 | What was the result produced? |
08:19 | The video at the following link summarizes the Spoken Tutorial project. |
08:25 | Please download and watch it. |
08:27 | We conduct workshops and give certificates. |
08:30 | For more details, please write to us. |
08:34 | If you have questions in THIS Spoken Tutorial, Please visit our website. |
08:39 | Choose the minute and second where you have the question. |
08:43 | Explain your question briefly |
08:45 | The Spoken Tutorial project will ensure an answer. |
08:49 | You will have to register to ask questions |
08:53 | The Spoken Tutorial forum is for specific questions on this tutorial. |
08:57 | Please do not post unrelated and general questions on them. |
09:02 | This will help reduce the clutter. |
09:04 | With less clutter, we can use these discussions as instructional material. |
09:10 | The Spoken Tutorial project was established by the Ministry of Education(MoE), Govt of India. |
09:16 | Thanks for watching. |