Communication and Story Telling workshop by AMRITA MADAN
SIF volunteer Ms. Amrita Madan’s, training on "Communication
and Story Telling" was more thought provoking and also an opportunity for
us to assess areas where we need to improve in our current communication
practices.
Buds of Christ staff team, Buds Leaders and representatives
from other NGOs in the district learnt the need to communicate, communication
strategies, and how communication need to be concise, focussed and consistent
to bring a lasting impact. The workshop started with Mother Teresa’s quote
“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless”.
One of the participant expressed that he learnt how the
strategy of CAR (Challenge + Action + Result) in communication can make the
stories a successful communication.
And for BUDS LEADERS (youth of Buds of Christ), it was an
exciting moment to learn basics of story writing from their own life
experiences. A simple example of writing about a pen brought in the creativity
of the young people in making the
sentences with an emotional attachment. Following that note the young peer
leaders have set their minds for a week -time unleash
their experiences into a story
script.
One of the young girl expressed “the simple lesson from Amrita helped me to
look at my life more positively that enabled me to have a different outlook
about myself, when my relatives and neighbours put me down”