Dian recalls the life in the university houses: the curfew, the exchange of ideas and the encouraging environment. (One of many in this international bank of stories.)
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Storytelling is one of the most powerful tools that organizers and movement builders have at their disposal -- and personal stories often have the most impact. 
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May 13, 6:49 PM
When we tell stories and listen, we touch the spirit and heart of people. Delete the scoop?
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Instruction #8 Be Forgiving Sometimes forgiveness means never having to see that person again. - LuRain Penny ** Friends, There are some acts in this World that are unforgivable. Maybe they are A... Delete the scoop?
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Stories are incredibly potent, reaching a place deep in our cultural DNA. Trial lawyers would benefit from greater insight into exactly which stories resonate most powerfully, and why this is the case, says attorney Michael J.
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I used to have the occasional lawyer in my storytelling classes - and always figured this was why. Delete the scoop?
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A story, in its purest form, is possibly the most human way to communicate. Yet with the advent of technological and scientific advances, this forgotten art has taken a backseat to other, more data-driven, ways of communication.
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How well I remember the many dull lectures that would have been enlivened by stories. This piece is from the perspective of someone still sitting in those classroom seats.
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April 12, 7:24 PM
Storytelling reveals so much about the storyteller and the listener. Both offer a gift: one of the gift of sharing and one of receiving through the gift of listening Delete the scoop?
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FRANKFORT — Inside her house, on a steeply pitched cliff road from which you can see the legislative centers in the distance, Mary Hamilton is telling a story.
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So good to see this piece on Mary Hamilton. She is a gem - very talented and overflowing with great stories. Delete the scoop?
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I sit in the lecture hall with 10,000 others waiting for my new teacher to speak. I look at my cell phone and silently groan that this in going to be a long hour; as long an hour as an hour can be ... Delete the scoop?
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Brian Gresko explains why it's important to tell your child stories about themselves and their family's past. Delete the scoop?
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Fairy tales' overt themes are threaded throughout hit TV series like Game of Thrones and True Blood, Grimm and Once Upon a Time. These stories survive by adapting across cultures and history -- helping us work through things like fear and hope. 
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April 14, 9:01 AM
Ah, who doesn't love a good story. The need to become 'story literate' is critical for modern humanity for either we will have our stories... or our stories will have us! Delete the scoop?
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As SEO becomes more about good content and outreach becomes more about relationship building, the gap between link building and journalism continues to shrink. Delete the scoop?
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As the Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize 2013 launches, BBC director and producer Tim Usborne reveals the tricks of the trade when it comes to scientific programme making Delete the scoop?
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These rules were originally tweeted by Emma Coates, Pixar's Story Artist. Number 9 on the list - When you’re stuck, make a list of what wouldn't happen next - is a great one and can apply to writer... Delete the scoop?
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VideoHanae Baruchel (@hanaebaruchel), director of Fellow selection for Ashoka in the U.S., on what social entrepreneurs can learn from the 85th Academy Awards. On Sunday night, “Inocente” won an Oscar for Best Short Documentary Subject.
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It's encouraging to see how many storytelling sites are springing up on the Web, bringing us untold stories that can help overcome stereotypes and prejudice. Delete the scoop?
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Refusing to be silenced, immigration activists are making their stories heard. Delete the scoop?
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It is in our nature to need stories. They are our earliest sciences, a kind of people-physics. Their logic is how we naturally think. They configure ...
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May 10, 6:56 PM
The “human mind is a story processor, not a logic processor,” says Jonathan Haidt.
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"Children are known for how much they love to play make believe, and StoryKid, an app introduced today during the Disrupt Hackathon in New York, takes this and gives it a new twist by offering a series of pictures as visual cues for a child to tell a story based around them. StoryKid is aimed at children aged 2 to 5 who are already talking but may either be too young or just starting to write. Created by two comparative literature PhDs from Columbia University, the idea is that this will, in turn, help bring children into the world of story telling and literature. And as co-founder Tianjiao Yu tells me, it can also be used by parents when they’ve run out of inspiration for their own made-up bedtime stories." Via Gregg Morris
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This sounds like fun. Thanks for finding it, Gregg! 
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April 29, 4:51 AM
As rudimentay as the idea is, I like it. You can't start early enough with storytelling, it's crucial for children's contextual understanding of texts and their language and vocabulary development. And maybe it's even going to work better for parents to help them make up new stories to tell (!) instead of reading them to children. There's nothing wrong with the imagination capacity of children, it's the adults who lose that power along the way... 
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April 29, 2:16 PM
Sounds like something for the grandkids. I'm going to check it out. Thanks, Gregg!
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Our mission is to support scientific education and critical thinking to overcome religious fundamentalism, superstition, intolerance and suffering
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The battle for food sovereignty is a battle we cannot afford to lose.
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The U.S. government, and many state governments, are delivering the food system into the hands of a giant chemical company. Citizens must fight back. Delete the scoop?
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A new study finds mothers tell better, more emotional stories about past experiences which help children develop their emotional skills. The act of talking is not an area where ability is usually considered along gender lines. Delete the scoop?
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GOOD is a global community of people and organizations working towards individual and collective progress.
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A very powerful and personal look at America's involvement in Iraq. 
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March 25, 7:29 AM
Very powerful. My favorite insight: “Ten years later, our mistaken invasion of Iraq has taught me three things: questioning the value of the fight is never unpatriotic and is crucially necessary; I personally own the actions of my government and I must stay engaged; and investment in education and economies prevents conflict. I hope we’ve learned the same lessons as a country. The cost is far too high to learn them again.” -- A former Army Officer Delete the scoop?
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Patient care is more than just healing -- it's building a connection that encompasses mind, body and soul. If you could stand in someone else's shoes . . . h...
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With few words, this is one of the most powerful #storytelling videos I've seen in a long time. Delete the scoop?
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As a Canadian living in Australia, I abide by Australian laws. As a lesbian living in Australia, I deeply struggle with the inequality that same-sex marriage is still illegal he... Delete the scoop?
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Dr. Eric Topol is passionate about bringing the digital revolution to medicine. As the cardiologist and genomics researcher told NBC: Medicine today is about as much wasteful as one can imagine. So... Delete the scoop?
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For years, doctors have debated sugar's role in causing diabetes. The prevailing medical opinion has been that eating more sugar means eating more calories, and it's the resulting weight gain that leads to diabetes.
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No wonder processed food tastes so sweet - it is! And that's everything from soups to main courses to desserts and appetizers. There's a way around it - fresh, whole foods. I liked the Food Farmacy at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland - which offered a lot of yummy deli and quick-cook foods made from fresh, wholesome ingredients. Delete the scoop?
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Find out how Coca-Cola cornered the market on happiness and became the biggest brand in the world. Delete the scoop?
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