Embedded Files
We all have stories...
We all have stories...
Human Library Rules Slide
The material above is information from last year's virtual event for reference purposes.
The material above is information from last year's virtual event for reference purposes.
Paradise Valley Community College Buxton Library and Gateway Community are hosting a Virtual Living Library on April 5 & 6, 2022.
Paradise Valley Community College Buxton Library and Gateway Community are hosting a Virtual Living Library on April 5 & 6, 2022.
For your reference, here are two videos that help explain this event to a potential "book":
For your reference, here are two videos that help explain this event to a potential "book":
This event is designed to challenge stereotypes and biases and to promote connection. The goal is to support students and the community to develop and embrace stories of empowerment and resilience.
This event is designed to challenge stereotypes and biases and to promote connection. The goal is to support students and the community to develop and embrace stories of empowerment and resilience.
Being a “book” in this virtual library would involve sharing your story with students and the community and to answer questions during a 30-minute live-online conversation.
Being a “book” in this virtual library would involve sharing your story with students and the community and to answer questions during a 30-minute live-online conversation.
We all have stories, some of joy, some about overcoming and persevering, some humorous, some tragic, and some uplifting and full of hope. Your story may be any part of a chapter of your identity or your life story that you wish to share with students. Possibly your story shares the joy of serving others or of having been the light in someone’s life. Your story may be about leaving everything familiar and moving to a new country, battling cancer, struggling with depression or an eating disorder, or of feeling different from everyone around you.
We all have stories, some of joy, some about overcoming and persevering, some humorous, some tragic, and some uplifting and full of hope. Your story may be any part of a chapter of your identity or your life story that you wish to share with students. Possibly your story shares the joy of serving others or of having been the light in someone’s life. Your story may be about leaving everything familiar and moving to a new country, battling cancer, struggling with depression or an eating disorder, or of feeling different from everyone around you.
A virtual book may want to share based on the following three-step example:
A virtual book may want to share based on the following three-step example:
Tell a story about a time when you struggled and, as a result, questioned whether you belonged.
Explain how you persisted and managed to overcome this challenge and believe that you belonged.
Give advice that will help students who may be facing similar challenges to persist and believe that they also belong.
Click on the topics below to show a description of items from our Storytelling Checklist that you can use as a framework to begin to develop your story with examples:
Click on the topics below to show a description of items from our Storytelling Checklist that you can use as a framework to begin to develop your story with examples:
Engaging Hook
Engaging Hook
Have you grabbed your audience’s attention with something unique right out of the gates - very first sentence?
Have you grabbed your audience’s attention with something unique right out of the gates - very first sentence?
Try using a metaphor
Try using a metaphor
Strong Details & Word Choice
Strong Details & Word Choice
Are your details specific and interesting to a wide range of people? Did you avoid general words such as “things”, “stuff”, “really”, “kind of”...? Did you have specific times and locations as opposed to general ones?
Are your details specific and interesting to a wide range of people? Did you avoid general words such as “things”, “stuff”, “really”, “kind of”...? Did you have specific times and locations as opposed to general ones?
General
General
6 or 7 pm in some trail in the Colorado Rockies
Late 90s and we had pretty good seats at the U2 concert
My grandmother made authentic Mexican flan with all of the usual stuff.
Better
Better
It was a red and orange sunset on the Elk Trail of Rocky Mountain Park.
May 9th, 1997 and we were in the seventh row from the stage of the U2 concert in Sun Devil Stadium.
My grandmother made authentic Flan Mexicano with whole milk, fresh vanilla bean, and a touch of salt.
Provide Relevance & Context
Provide Relevance & Context
Have I explained the information my audience needs to understand what’s happening?
Have I explained the information my audience needs to understand what’s happening?
Have I connected my story to issues and situations that compare or relate to things going on today in society or around the world?
Have I connected my story to issues and situations that compare or relate to things going on today in society or around the world?
Risk, Danger & Tension
Risk, Danger & Tension
Have I explained what I was risking in this story or what was at risk? Did I explain the kind of danger I was in? Have I helped my audience feel the “tension” (stress) I was under by expressing my emotions and reasons for them?
Have I explained what I was risking in this story or what was at risk? Did I explain the kind of danger I was in? Have I helped my audience feel the “tension” (stress) I was under by expressing my emotions and reasons for them?
The risk and the danger is articulated AND the tension is gripping.
The risk and the danger is articulated AND the tension is gripping.
Climax is Controlled by Theme & Message
Climax is Controlled by Theme & Message
What is the most tense part of my story and did I specifically state, at that moment, how I was learning a lesson or experiencing change?
What is the most tense part of my story and did I specifically state, at that moment, how I was learning a lesson or experiencing change?
Metaphor
Metaphor
Did I compare my story or situation to something unlike it in two places? Early and late in the story?
Did I compare my story or situation to something unlike it in two places? Early and late in the story?
Early
Early
Young love is like a diamond because it glimmers and shines.
Late
Late
My youthful romance was a luxury item that I wanted but I didn’t need.
Characters
Characters
Any characters in the story should have clear traits, motives, and goals.
Any characters in the story should have clear traits, motives, and goals.
Story Ending
Story Ending
The story ending both resolves the primary goal of main character and circles back to the metaphor, if you will "sowing the seeds of the metaphor."
The story ending both resolves the primary goal of main character and circles back to the metaphor, if you will "sowing the seeds of the metaphor."
Page updated
Report abuse