Reflection: Storytelling tool

Challenges and selection:

Storytelling is a value able and intensified thing. But the help of this attribute of

storytelling, one will be able to communicate with more people. It is easy to convey the

message through storytelling. I had been experiencing this for a long time. I am working in a

non-governmental organization that is working for the mental health of special children.

Working in such a sensitive domain is not an easy job, because we have to deal with different

kids with different disabilities, every day. So, it is hard to train them and to demonstrate the

important features of grooming and learning. Storytelling can be the best tool, that is being

used by us. Most of us, use this tool to elaborate on what we want to say. The moral of the

story, actually demonstrate the message which we want to transmit by the help of initiation of

conversation and a story in that. This is the practice of every day for us. One can understand

the importance of storytelling by the work of a famous historian, author and researcher,

Yuval Noah Harari, he had written in his book that it is the innate nature of the people, that

they remember the things, concepts, beliefs, theories and event in the shape of the story. No

one remembers the facts and figures after a speculative period. This is an important aspect

and trend that is being followed by most of the people in the human race. The methodology

of storytelling helps us in the demonstration of the idea, ideology and information to the other

person. We use this strategy to teach the students and let them learn about the consequences

of life and the curriculum authorized for them.

Application:

Many incidences in life are worth mentioning. As I had been working with an NGO that

is working for the special children. The collection of funds and charity is very important for

the organization, as they are handling the kids of mostly poor people. They don't have a

surplus of money to spend on these kids. So, the NGO not only work for the better health of

these kids, but they also work for the relaxation of the pressure on the parents. This is a tough

job to do, but it is going good because of the funds we collect. So, it happened one day. When

a project had given to me and I have to present my NGO and its narrative in front of a

multinational company so that they can provide us with the food supply for a year. I have

demonstrated in front of them, our working capabilities, our aim and goal our working

capacity. They did not seem impressed, I have been told this by my boss in the tea break

during the section. I became worried, as it was very important for the future of the kids. I

started wondering, what should I do to convey my message in the best manners. So, that I can

capture the attention of as many people as possible. I had left my already made presentation

in my room before entering the meeting room. I once again had collected myself and started

the rest of my presentation, with the emotional story of a sick and poor boy. The boy who

doesn't have the capacity to have a meal and he even can't stand on his feet. The storytelling

had given us huge success, as the sponsors got impressed by the presentation and they had

made a contract for the provision of 2 years of food supply for the NGO.

Insight and Approach:

As the story proceeded in the presentation, I had seen the change in the expression of the

people in front of me. They were comprehending the aim and goal of the organization much

better with a story and it had created some emotional attachment of them with the poor kids

who were living in the misery. That day, I realized that the impact of a story is greater than

the impact of a professional presentation. It is because the storytelling is easily

comprehendible by the human brain.

The meeting had been successfully done and the subject matter had been achieved by our

organization. Thanks to the methodology of storytelling.

