1. www.izzyg.com izzy@izzyg.com The Power of Story: How Story-Telling Activities Can Unleash the Current and Future Capability of Your Groups. Facilitated by Izzy Gesell M.Ed, CSP Iafasia2014- Singapore

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3. Mental Self-Talk Affects My… Emotional Physical Spiritual W e l l b e i n g

4. SELF-TALK “The ongoing dialogue we have with ourselves that determines our beliefs about the world.” www.izzyg.com izzy@izzyg.com

5. Why Story? “ Telling a story is by nature a more personal, animated and emotional response than providing a factual answer because it taps into a different set of instinctual behavior patterns.” Cynthia F. Kurtz www.izzyg.com izzy@izzyg.com

6. Why Story? “ Because stories are metaphorical, subjective and/or universal, people can make inferences about cause, effect, outcome and consequence that they may not be willing or able make in a factual discussion.” Cynthia F. Kurtz www.izzyg.com izzy@izzyg.com

7. Why Experiential Activity? “The way people play games is the way they live their lives in situations with similar emotional content.” Izzy Gesell www.izzyg.com izzy@izzyg.com

8. What makes for a successful story? The Story Skeleton: 1.The Set Up (Act 1) 2.The Conflict/Dilemma (Act 2) 3.The Resolution (Act 3) www.izzyg.com izzy@izzyg.com

10. The Story Spine Once there was... (Once upon a time) And every day… Until one day...(2x, 3x) And because of that… (2x, 3x) Until finally…. And so…(and ever since that day) www.izzyg.com izzy@izzyg.com

11. JOKES AS STORIES? The Joke Skeleton: 1.The Set Up (Intro to the Characters) 2.The Conflict/Dilemma (Problem) 3.The Resolution (Punchline) www.izzyg.com izzy@izzyg.com

12. Key question from the audience’s point of view as they listen to the story: So What? www.izzyg.com izzy@izzyg.com

14. After this workshop experience, what will you Start doing that you haven’t been doing? Stop doing because it’s not working? Continue doing because it’s working or you see new uses for it? Take-Aways