"There is no change greater than a community discovering what it cares about."  Meg Wheatley

I.  Drawing from the Object Exercise, what can we say about STORYTELLING and STORIES? 

What do they each offer? 

How do they complement one another?

How do they contribute to the H & S Planning Initiative?

II. Engaging the Community in Storytelling

Whose stories do you need to hear? 

Who needs to tell stories?  Who needs to have their story told? 

Who is most likely to participate, who not?  Why? 

Ensuring inclusivity--hearing all sides, allowing a range of story types beyond the project's scope

Locating community "change agents," hubs, gatekeepers and pulsetakers

 (See Flipchart)

II. Additional Challenges with Storytelling

Time:  planning well

Finding and training catchers

Deciding what to do with the stories, how to move them to action

Permissions & Issues with extracting information/values

 III.  Kinds of Stories : Past, Present, Future

(See flipchart)

IV.  Kinds of Storytelling Situations/From solo to participatory storytelling