1. The Hour and the Story: Metaphorical Interventions in Changework Bill O’Hanlon

2. Invisible Fence2 Hour and The Story NICABM 2009 For a free copy of these PowerPoint slides, visit www.billohanlon.com Press FREE STUFF Then Press SLIDES

3. Bran Ferren  Most people function in a storytelling mode. It’s the way we communicate ideas, richly, as well as how we structure our thoughts.... I don’t know anyone who remembers things based upon a string of facts. You remember because you assemble things in a storytelling form. I would argue that genetically our brains are wired for storytelling.  It’s our method of organizing information for presentation to others. I have never known a great teacher, a great political leader or a great military leader who also wasn’t a great storyteller. Education is a storytelling problem. Leadership is a storytelling problem. –Bran Ferren in 12. 1998 of CIO Web Business Magazine

4. George Miller  Somewhere in our neuro-physiology, we’ve been hard-wired for story. There is a kind of narrative imperative—we can’t be without stories and we will find them where we can.  –George Miller, director of Mad Max movies

5. That Reminds Me of a Story Homo Narrans Exercise: Freeing the metaphorical mind

6. Freeing the Metaphorical Mind Problems are like... Therapy is like... Life is like...

7. Types of Metaphors Fables/parables True stories Metaphorical clusters/frames Life stories and narratives Therapeutic and teaching stories Rituals and symbols

8. Elements of Stories Characters Characters Action Action Beginnings, middles and ends Beginnings, middles and ends Settings and props Settings and props Suspense/engagement of interest Suspense/engagement of interest Vague enough to allow for identification Vague enough to allow for identification Enough specific details (names, places, actions, sensory details, etc.) Enough specific details (names, places, actions, sensory details, etc.) Details about people, places or action Details about people, places or action Dialogue Dialogue Repetition of verbal elements Repetition of verbal elements

9. Great storytellers 1 Orange Cheeks Jay O’Callahan

10. Elements of Stories Characters Characters Action Action Beginnings, middles and ends Beginnings, middles and ends Settings and props Settings and props Suspense/engagement of interest Suspense/engagement of interest Vague enough to allow for identification Vague enough to allow for identification Enough specific details (names, places, actions, sensory details, etc.) Enough specific details (names, places, actions, sensory details, etc.) Details about people, places or action Details about people, places or action Dialogue Dialogue Repetition of verbal elements Repetition of verbal elements

11. Great storytellers 2 Flowers and Freckle Cream Elizabeth Ellis

12. Elements of Stories Characters Characters Action Action Beginnings, middles and ends Beginnings, middles and ends Settings and props Settings and props Suspense/engagement of interest Suspense/engagement of interest Vague enough to allow for identification Vague enough to allow for identification Enough specific details (names, places, actions, sensory details, etc.) Enough specific details (names, places, actions, sensory details, etc.) Details about people, places or action Details about people, places or action Dialogue Dialogue Repetition of verbal elements Repetition of verbal elements

13. Live Storytelling Different voices and postures for different characters Different voices and postures for different characters Outline expressions Outline expressions Voice volume Voice volume Voice speed Voice speed Gaze/direction of gaze Gaze/direction of gaze Body movements/positions Body movements/positions

14. Gathering and remembering stories  I gather them by noticing what captures my attention and what I recall from experiences, reading, watching movies or TV, or talking to people  I categorize them into “file folders” by theme  I retrieve them by association

15. When to tell stories  When you want to entertain, capture people’s attention and gently sway them to a new point of view  When logical, rational or persuasive approaches aren’t or don’t work

16. Maya Angelou Change the viewing

17. Resources http://www.storytellingcenter.com/ http://www.storyteller.net/ http://www.audible.com http://www.augusthouse.com/ http://www.talltalesaudio.com/ http://www.storycenter.org/

18. Bill O’Hanlon, M.S., LMFT Possibilities 223 N. Guadalupe #278 Santa Fe, NM 87501 USA PossiBill@aol.com 505.983.2843 Fax 505.983.2761 www.billohanlon.com www.getyourbookwritten.com www.paidpublicspeaker.com www.thewebwhisperers.com Contact information