Storytelling--An

Important Strategy
Karl J Franklin

© Karl Franklin
November 05 1
2009
 Introduction
 Storytelling Modules and
The On-line Book
 Module Orientation
 Objective
 Preparation

 Practice

 Skill-Check

 Facilitator Notes

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 The nature of stories &
storytelling
Aspect of culture
Values/worldview

Interactive

Memory/Learning

Oral tradition

Oral history

Replicable

Personal

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 Kinds of Stories
 Genres
 Folklore
 Speech categories
 Legends
 PNG story themes
 Worldview & story

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 The “Big Idea” in a Story
 The lesson(s) in a story
 Gospel themes
 PNG traditional themes
 The title of a story
 Supplementary
information in stories
 Culture & emphasis
 Methaphors & meaning

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 Story Audiences
 Culture & audience
 Organizations
 Doctors and stories
 Fairy stories
 Sunday school stories
 Imagination
 Involvement

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 Telling Stories
 Finding your story
 Environment & story
 Imagery in stories
 Imagination
 Cultural background
 Story styles
 Planning/Performance

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 Constructing
Stories
 Planning
 Plot & scene
 Characters
 Figures & idioms
 Cultural analogies
 Creativity and
imagination
 Linguistic exercises

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 Bible Stories
 Cross-cultural
 Chronological
 Cross-cultural themes
 Drama & recording
 Parables with a purpose
 The Prodigal Son
 The Good Samaritan

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 Examining Stories
 Semantics/ pragmatics
 Implied information
 Examining metaphors
 The Kingdom of God
 Cultural relevance

 Embellishment?
 Discourse and checking
 Questions?
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 Stories as Songs and
Drama
 Oral tradition and
 Literacy
 Sustainability

 Poetic styles
 Drama/Dance
 Symbolism
 Performers
 Participants
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 Recording and Using
Stories
 Technology
 Fieldwork/ methods
 Sequencing
 The personal and
cultural elements
 Oral history
 Linguistic preservation
 Archiving/metadata

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 Comments and
Criticisms
 Urgency
 Bias to written text
 Changing the original text
 Standards
 Reliability of the text
 Key terms
 Literacy and storytelling
 The bread of life
 What is the driving force?

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 What has gone wrong?
 Unrestrained materialism
 Management
 Preoccupation with
strategy
 Bigness means greatness
 Involvement & local church
 Sensing the “right” time
 Population focus
 Escatology

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 Conclusion
 Natural intro to BT
 Accompaniment to BT
 Supplementing BT
 Part of BT strategy
 Accommodates the
oral culture
 Modeling & mentoring
 Not high-tech
 Involves everyone
 Corporate memory

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 Small Languages in the Sepik
and Madang Areas, PNG

40
35
30
25 401-500
301-400
20
201-300
15 101-200
10 30-100
5
0
Madang Sandaun E Sepik Totals

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 “God means what he says. What he says goes.”

 His word is sharp  Nothing and no

as a surgeon’s one is impervious
scalpel to God’s Word
 It cuts through  We can’t get
everything away from it—no
 Whether doubt or matter what
defense
 Laying us open to  Hebrews 4:12
listen and obey  The Message

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 Some resources
Print and Courses
 Storytelling Magazine
 J. of Biblical Storytelling
 Internat. orality network
 Various associations
 MA level courses
 Storytelling in a Box
 Foxfire series
 Intro to storytelling
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On-line & organizations
 www.storytelling.net
 www.nbsint.org
 www.ion2009.ning.com
 www.tejasstoryelling.com
 U.of Tenn; U of NT, etc.
 Storydynamics.com
 www.foxfire.org
 http://www.gial.edu/specp
ubs/index.htm
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 The Next Step for You

story audience reflect

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