Story telling as a tool for trainers

Written by Ram Lingam


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Findings: The Wizard asked for a long and thin wire. "He tookrepparttar first idol and insertedrepparttar 109408 copper wire into its ear. The copper wire came out ofrepparttar 109409 idol's mouth. "He picked uprepparttar 109410 second idol and insertedrepparttar 109411 copper wire into its ear. The copper wire came out ofrepparttar 109412 other ear. "Finally, The Wizard tookrepparttar 109413 third idol in his hands. He insertedrepparttar 109414 copper wire into its ear. The copper wire went right intorepparttar 109415 stomach ofrepparttar 109416 idol. Inference: Pointing torepparttar 109417 third idol,repparttar 109418 Wizard said torepparttar 109419 sculptor, "This isrepparttar 109420 best ofrepparttar 109421 three idols."

Reason: The sculptor said, "Please give a reason for your choice?"

The case study ends here. You can pause here and ask whyrepparttar 109422 Wizard choserepparttar 109423 third idol.

Rationale: The Wizard then gave his explanation, "Let us assume that each idol signifies a minister of a king and thatrepparttar 109424 copper wire symbolizes a secret ofrepparttar 109425 kingdom. Inrepparttar 109426 case ofrepparttar 109427 first idol,repparttar 109428 copper wire inserted intorepparttar 109429 ear came out ofrepparttar 109430 mouth. Such a minister will hear a secret and divulge."

"The copper wire inserted intorepparttar 109431 ear ofrepparttar 109432 second idol, came out ofrepparttar 109433 other ear. Such a minister does not pay attention to any important or secret matter. Whatever he hears with one ear goes out ofrepparttar 109434 other ear. He is not a good minister."

"Lastly inrepparttar 109435 case ofrepparttar 109436 third idol,repparttar 109437 copper wire inserted intorepparttar 109438 ear, went right intorepparttar 109439 stomach. This is a minister who hears a secret but never reveals it to anyone. He can keep a secret. He isrepparttar 109440 ideal minister and therefore this idol isrepparttar 109441 best ofrepparttar 109442 three.

The sculptor was truly amazed and impressed with The Wizard's explanation.

Debrief moral: "When what is heard is internalised, real listening happens. "True learning happens when it is internalised.

By Ram Lingam.

This article is based onrepparttar 109443 author's many experiences as a learner and trainer.

* "While walking along a beach, a man saw someone inrepparttar 109444 distance leaning down, picking something up and throwing it inrepparttar 109445 ocean. As he came closer, he saw thousands of starfishrepparttar 109446 tide had thrown ontorepparttar 109447 beach. Unable to return torepparttar 109448 water,repparttar 109449 starfish were dying. He observed this man picking uprepparttar 109450 starfish, one by one, and throwing them back inrepparttar 109451 water.

Now, after watching this seemingly futile effort,repparttar 109452 observer said, 'There are thousands of starfish on this beach. It would be impossible for you to get to all of them. There are too many of them. You can't possibly save enough to make a difference.' The young man smiled as he continued to pick up another starfish and threw it back intorepparttar 109453 ocean. 'It made a difference to that starfish,' he replied." - Author unknown.

Ram Lingam is an Auckland based corporate trainer and freelance writer who focuses on corporate training - its planning, design, delivery & assessment. He also advises on publishing and document design for small businesses. You can freely reprint his weekly articles in your website, ezine, or ebook.


Spellbound

Written by Steve Davis


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For me,repparttar above exercise underscores three important elements of facilitation:

1) Build a consensual container. Defining and agreeing upon which behaviors are "functional" is "analogous to building a container" within which your groups will function. This container is made up largely ofrepparttar 109407 groundrules andrepparttar 109408 external environment. Ifrepparttar 109409 container is comprehensive, relevant, and supported byrepparttar 109410 group, then they can pretty much do anything inside of it without sacrificingrepparttar 109411 meaning they seek. Just asrepparttar 109412 jumbled words in our paragraph still work within their functional boundaries.

2) Define a clear and relevant context for your work. If a group is clear about why they've come together, what they're there to accomplish, and engage in processes designed to get them what they want, thenrepparttar 109413 "who," "what," and "how" ofrepparttar 109414 group is congruent. They form and reinforcerepparttar 109415 context for their being together and will therefore present fewer barriers to getting what they want.

Again, just as our gibberish words were understandable when woven together into a cohesive paragraph with clear meaning, connecting people with agreed upon objectives and processes to get there will bring meaning and progress to their work.

3) Clarify and agree upon group expectations. Whenrepparttar 109416 early work in our groups entails exploration of individual and collective expectations, we can chart a much clearer course to realize them. Thus minimizingrepparttar 109417 many tangents, disagreements, and general confusion that often accompanies people working together toward an "uncommon" goal.

Evoking and managing expectations can help people remove blinders, barriers, and judgements, to better focus onrepparttar 109418 work at hand. This makes everyone's work easier and helps us chart a more direct course to our destination.

I hpoe you ejnyeod tihs atrclie!

675 words.

Aboutrepparttar 109419 Author: Steve Davis, M.A., M.S., is an Facilitator's Coach, Infoprenuer, and free-lance human, helping facilitators, organizational leaders, educators, trainers, coaches and consultants present themselves confidently, access their creativity, empower their under-performing groups, enhance their facilitation skills, and build their business online and offline. Subscribe to his free weekly ezine at www.MasterFacilitatorJournal.com.

About the Author: Steve Davis, M.A., M.S., is an Facilitator's Coach, Infoprenuer, and free-lance human, helping facilitators, organizational leaders, educators, trainers, coaches and consultants present themselves confidently, access their creativity, empower their under-performing groups, enhance their facilitation skills, and build their business online and offline. Subscribe to his free weekly ezine at www.MasterFacilitatorJournal.com.


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