Storytelling

Before you start reading this document, I apologize because my English is not very good, I'm learning and it is very basic, so I write this with my basic English and help from the Cambridge translator and the google translator. I promise I'm more intelligent in Spanish. :)

Challenge & Selection Storytelling is a tool I use very often in my previous work. I worked with children who were from 4 years old to 16 years old, most of them were from Mexico, but there were certain cases where children from other countries like Africa, China, France or Serbia visited us.

The place where he worked is an education and entertainment park where the children "had their own city", that is, they could work and do whatever they wanted: be a policeman, firefighter, rescuer, paramedic, electrical engineer, visit the factory of big brands to make your own ice cream, chocolate, juice, etc., drive a car if they have a license.

All this in a safe, healthy, educational, entertaining and as realistic as possible, that's why good storytelling is necessary, to make them feel like they're really cops or whatever profession they choose and that they are in a real city, like any other.

Application I have many stories about the use of storytelling related to that work, but the one I want to tell is one that happened to me in the sustainable house, a house within the park that was characterized by having devices and tools that made it more sustainable compared to ordinary houses. I remember I had the role of being a contractor and the kids were interior decorators and plumbers.

When I first arrived at the establishment I used to follow the script where we were told what to say, how to say it, what activities to assign, the duration of the dynamics, etc. But I started to notice that the kids didn't like that, they were bored quickly or they didn't believe the story because they saw it as forced and that at the same time, made few children visit the house; then I decided to be less would be when talking to them to build trust, reduced the time of the activities to maintain their interest and modify the story to believe it myself and pass it on to others, we still had the same professions that marked the script, but now the children were in a contest to see who decorated and arranged the house better, the winner got extra money.

Insight & Approach Well, it really worked, the children were convinced by the story, they began to believe they were plumbers and interior decorators, it was very fun to see how they came out telling their parents about their new professions and the "contest" in which they participated.

When I began to see the results much clearer, I decided to tell my supervisor and he told my manager and I think it had a good impact, since shortly before I left that job, they began to review several of the scripts of the different establishments, sometimes they witnessed the dynamics in the various establishments and the reaction of the children in the search to improve and make the story credible. Thanks to this course I was able to realize that the telling of a good story can be more important than I believed and serve in innovative design.


Storytelling Before you start reading this document , I apologize because my English is not very good , I 'm learning and it is very basic , so I write this with my basic English and help from the Cambridge translator and the google translator . I promise I 'm more intelligent in Spanish . :) Challenge & Selection Storytelling is a tool I use very often in my previous work . I worked with children who were from 4 years old to 16 years old , most of them were from Mexico , but there were certain cases where children from other countries like Africa , China , France or Serbia visited us . The place where he worked is an education and entertainment park where the children " had their own city " , that is , they could work and do whatever they wanted : be a policeman , firefighter , rescuer , paramedic , electrical engineer , visit the factory of big brands to make your own ice cream , chocolate , juice , etc . , drive a car if they have a license . All this in a safe , healthy , educational , entertaining and as realistic as possible , that 's why good storytelling is necessary , to make them feel like they 're really cops or whatever profession they choose and that they are in a real city , like any other . Application I have many stories about the use of storytelling related to that work , but the one I want to tell is one that happened to me in the sustainable house , a house within the park that was characterized by having devices and tools that made it more sustainable compared to ordinary houses . I remember I had the role of being a contractor and the kids were interior decorators and plumbers . When I first arrived at the establishment I used to follow the script where we were told what to say , how to say it , what activities to assign , the duration of the dynamics , etc . But I started to notice that the kids did n't like that , they were bored quickly or they did n't believe the story because they saw it as forced and that at the same time , made few children visit the house ; then I decided to be less would be when talking to them to build trust , reduced the time of the activities to maintain their interest and modify the story to believe it myself and pass it on to others , we still had the same professions that marked the script , but now the children were in a contest to see who decorated and arranged the house better , the winner got extra money . Insight & Approach Well , it really worked , the children were convinced by the story , they began to believe they were plumbers and interior decorators , it was very fun to see how they came out telling their parents about their new professions and the " contest " in which they participated . When I began to see the results much clearer , I decided to tell my supervisor and he told my manager and I think it had a good impact , since shortly before I left that job , they began to review several of the scripts of the different establishments , sometimes they witnessed the dynamics in the various establishments and the reaction of the children in the search to improve and make the story credible . Thanks to this course I was able to realize that the telling of a good story can be more important than I believed and serve in innovative design .