SEA SLP 2023_YUAN

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Visual Storytelling to Captivate Your Audience Introduction: what is visual storytelling? Visual storytelling is a rapidly growing form of communication that takes advantage of digital media to deliver narratives through images, videos, and interactive experiences. It has been used for centuries to communicate ideas and share stories, but the di

10 Powerful Visual Storytelling Examples | NYTLicensingVisual storytelling is a powerful way to engage viewers while motivating them to take action. Use these visual storytelling examples to learn how to better connect with and motivate your audiences to take action.

The visual storytelling tools that give your thought leadership an edge – and six examples of how to use themStories matter. They help us to connect with one another and understand our place in the world.

The best way to craft your leadership story is to tell it. Think about your experiences for the past year. What does a typical day look like for you during this time? To help you write your story, keep in mind the following.

Writing about a typical day in your life does not have to be boring. Find an interesting angle that others may connect with.
You do not have to write a chronological account of your day. Be creative!
Keep your story concise, maximum of 500 words.
Remember the importance of visuals. Add photos to your story.
Think of a creative title.
Submit your work as a PDF file. Click here for instructions on how to convert to PDF.
Assignment #1: A Day in the Life of a School Head is part of the requirements for the International Certificate of Competence.

LEADING WITH IMPROVE MINDSET

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Don’t Underestimate the Power of Self-ReflectionResearch shows the habit of reflection can separate extraordinary professionals from mediocre ones. But how do you sort which experiences are most significant for your development? To answer this questions, the authors asked 442 executives to reflect on which experiences most advanced their professional development and had the most impact on making them better leaders. Three distinct themes arose through their analysis: surprise, frustration, and failure. Reflections that involved one or more or of these sentiments proved to be the most valuable in helping the leaders grow. Surprise, frustration, and failure. Cognitive, emotional, and behavioral. These parts of you are constantly in motion and if you don’t give them time to rest and reflect upon what you learned from them, you will surely fatigue.

What’s Your Leadership Origin Story?How you tell the story of your own path towards becoming a leader frames your leadership style, as well as the ways in which you cultivate and support other leaders within your organization. Based on an in-depth survey of 92 leaders, the authors shed light on four distinct types of leadership narratives: they found that the stories they heard were all framed around Being, Engaging, Performing, or Accepting. They go on to discuss gender disparities in their findings, and offer suggestions as to how leaders can better understand — and expand — their leadership stories.

Creating your leadership storyBuilding trust in the workplace takes time and it’s born of a mix of things: Trust is formed out of demonstrating you are a competent leader; that you act with integrity, sincerity and humility; that you’re a person of your word and can be believed; and that you genuinely care about and connect with

7 Ways Improvisation Will Enhance Your Leadership | ATDNearly 10 years ago, a pivotal book by author Daniel Pink, A Whole New Mind, suggested that forces in the world economy would shift society from left-brain thinking to right-brain thinking as the dominant thought pattern. In retrospect, that is precisely where we’ve landed. Think about the relevance of storytelling, our desire for product design, a resurgent demand for all things handcrafted, or how individuals are searching for greater meaning in their lives. It’s all foreshadowed in this book, and summed up nicely in two great sentences: “Meaning is the new money. The MFA is the new MBA.” No longer are the arts being undervalued. It’s quite the opposite, in fact, they are being sought out and leveraged. The merging of art forms (right-brain) with business thinking (left-brain) is driving some unique development propositions. Case in point: the merging of leadership competencies with applied improvisation (AI). In other words, the the art of improv capitalizes on the creative process to help “reframe” how leaders interpret—and therefore leverage—their personal style. The benefits of improv are far-ranging. Here’s a small sampling of how business leaders are embracing this platform of right-brain thinking. It is often said that leadership is part science and part art. It’s never really just about “what” you do, because it’s influenced greatly by “how” you do it. Style really does matter. Intentional effort applied to competencies (science) will undoubtedly serve a leader well. The differentiation, though, is how the leader chooses to demonstrate his or her mastered skills (art). I believe the improv platform skillfully merges art with business and creates an avenue for us to challenge how we think about things—and that begins a whole new dimension of thinking. What’s more, AI’s use of principles, tools, practices, skills and mindsets of improvisational theater in non-theatrical settings may result in personal development, team development, creativity and innovation, and meaningful change for your organization.

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