Reflection – Storytelling

Challenge & Selection I belong from a place which is a one of the biggest deserts in the world. While I  am working at a different place now which is a normal terrain with no water scarcity. Since I have come  from a desert I know the importance of water but when a see the attitude of people towards water I  was quite surprised looking at the amount of water they waste. Since they have not felt water scarcity  ever. This is the thing they have taken for granted and never thought about its importance. They have  never been exposed to a condition of water scarcity which most of the world right now is facing. I felt  very disappointed by this and decided to pick this effective tool of storytelling to make people aware of  importance of water conservation.

Application I have a story about using storytelling. In discussing the issue of water conservation with  people who has never faced a situation like that I found it very difficult to make them visualize the  situation where we have very little amount of water and we must use it judiciously. Since they have  never been in this situation and never thought of it they were not able to relate to this until I used story  telling as a tool to convince them that there are people out there who actually have to travel miles to  fetch water for them and their family and we have to use water judiciously as fresh water is very limited  on our planet as a whole.

Insight & Approach Well, wow, it worked. When I shared them my actual story how we managed to  survive when there was no rain for 2 years consecutively in our area. The water in the dam, from which  they use to supple water to all the nearby places, dried and we have no other resource of water. At that  time, we used to use water like the most precious thing in this world not wasting a drop of it. Hence it  makes me feel very sad when I see people wasting tons of water here for no reason, I urged them to  deliberately see where they are wasting water and then then make a conscious effort to improve their  habits gradually as that will eventually help in water conservation.

Sometimes a little story can do a lot of good. This course made me see this as a tool in a new way. When  I've done it before it was really "ad hoc," but now I can prepare ahead and think of stories that will assist  me in presenting my ideas and best illuminate them.


Reflection – Storytelling Challenge & Selection I belong from a place which is a one of the biggest deserts in the world . While I am working at a different place now which is a normal terrain with no water scarcity . Since I have come from a desert I know the importance of water but when a see the attitude of people towards water I was quite surprised looking at the amount of water they waste . Since they have not felt water scarcity ever . This is the thing they have taken for granted and never thought about its importance . They have never been exposed to a condition of water scarcity which most of the world right now is facing . I felt very disappointed by this and decided to pick this effective tool of storytelling to make people aware of importance of water conservation . Application I have a story about using storytelling . In discussing the issue of water conservation with people who has never faced a situation like that I found it very difficult to make them visualize the situation where we have very little amount of water and we must use it judiciously . Since they have never been in this situation and never thought of it they were not able to relate to this until I used story telling as a tool to convince them that there are people out there who actually have to travel miles to fetch water for them and their family and we have to use water judiciously as fresh water is very limited on our planet as a whole . Insight & Approach Well , wow , it worked . When I shared them my actual story how we managed to survive when there was no rain for 2 years consecutively in our area . The water in the dam , from which they use to supple water to all the nearby places , dried and we have no other resource of water . At that time , we used to use water like the most precious thing in this world not wasting a drop of it . Hence it makes me feel very sad when I see people wasting tons of water here for no reason , I urged them to deliberately see where they are wasting water and then then make a conscious effort to improve their habits gradually as that will eventually help in water conservation . Sometimes a little story can do a lot of good . This course made me see this as a tool in a new way . When I 've done it before it was really " ad hoc , " but now I can prepare ahead and think of stories that will assist me in presenting my ideas and best illuminate them .