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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?
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08:25 Please download and watch it.
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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.

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