Giving up our Smallness

Date: May 23, 2008 --- Filed under: storyworks

Storytelling has always had the power to transform to create change on the personal, community and global levels.  Stories can only transform if they connect.  Connecting through story requires that the storyteller to accept meaning as co-created.  The storyteller and the listener co-create the meaning of a story. 
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So much of how we see the world is constructed by the frames in which we position our values and our ideas, in turn these frames ultimately shape our world view.  Frames clearly articulated by George LaKoff, are created through language.  Catapult Media has launched www.storyworks.ca  to begin to work in partnership [...]

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Why Stories Matter

Date: April 25, 2008 --- Filed under: storyworks

Social innovation thrives when we are able to communicate change.  Innovation itself is all about change.  Stories are fundamental to the process of innovation because they provide an entry point for people to see themselves as participants in innovation.
In this sea of information we daily find ourselves, narrative can provide context and [...]

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