Storytelling Workshop Activities
Roleplay Dilemma - Discerning the right thing to do
A scripted roleplay highlighting the importance of accountability and good governance.
The 500-Year-Gap Conversation/Time Traveler
In pairs, participant A attempts to communicate the use and value of a modern-day object to participant B, who plays the role of someone from 500 years ago.
Gif Oracle
The group tells made-up fortunes inspired by a random gif
Telephone
message passed without checking to next person
Portkey
Remembered objects are used to 'port' between memories
Your Amazing Future (Because of that...)
With a series of prompts a surprising and amazing future is created.
Campfire
Campfire leverages our natural storytelling tendencies by giving players a format and a space in which to share work stories—of trial and error, failure and success, competition, diplomacy, and teamwork. Campfire is useful not only because it acts as an informal training game, but also because it reveals commonalities in employee perception and experience.
I could tell you a story about...
Players complete the sentence "I could tell you a story about...", responding to the facilitator's prompt of the nature of the story. The story is not told as part of the exercise.
First, Last, Best, Worst
Choose a random object or theme (ie. kiss, teacher, trouble, pet, etc)
Think of a story for each category
Story Spine
create a story using Kenn Adams Story Spine
Once upon a time...
Every day...
Until one day...
And because of that...
And because of that...
And because of that...
Until finally...
And ever since then...