Difference between revisions of "Storytelling"

{{Term|STORYTELLING|Communication tool used in organizations, allowing individual to share their [[Knowledge|knowledge]] and personal understanding with others through inspired narratives. Telling a story is a deceptively simple and familiar process, a way to evoke strong emotions and insights.  The language used is authentic (experience, not fact oriented); it is the narrative form that most people find interesting and attractive. Storytelling has existed for thousands of years as a means of exchanging information and generating understanding. Using it as a deliberate tool for sharing knowledge within organizations is quite recent, but growing rapidly. Working with stories in organizational settings is more complicated but they provide powerful mechanisms to aid reflection, build communities, transfer practical learning or capitalize experiences. Storytelling has numerous advantages over more traditional organization communication techniques. It enables articulation of both emotional and factual content, allowing expression of [Tacit Knowledge|tacit knowledge]] that might otherwise be difficult to share. Additionally, storytelling can increase the potential for meaningful [[Knowledge Sharing|knowledge sharing]]; by grounding facts in a narrative structure, learning is more likely to take place, and being passed on.