{"id":161,"date":"2013-11-04T08:52:23","date_gmt":"2013-11-03T21:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/?p=161"},"modified":"2013-11-23T11:22:34","modified_gmt":"2013-11-23T00:22:34","slug":"purpose-tim-dixon-the-power-of-narrative-and-story-telling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/?p=161","title":{"rendered":"Purpose :: Tim Dixon &#8211; the power of narrative and story telling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/dixontim\">Tim Dixon<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.purpose.com\">Purpose<\/a>\u00a0gave a terrific presentation at the Progressive Australia conference.<\/p>\n<p>Among the highlights, he referenced <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/jJfGx4G8tjo?t=15m19s\">this part of Obama&#8217;s 2008 Victory Speech<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I spoke with him briefly afterwards and he indicated that Purpose hadn&#8217;t explored any movements around public health issues before. I can&#8217;t help thinking there&#8217;s a huge opportunity to do so, particularly around the global threat of non-communicable disease.<\/p>\n<p>This taps into this <a href=\"http:\/\/transform.transformativechange.org\/2011\/05\/marshall-ganz\/\" target=\"_blank\">article on story telling<\/a> by Marshall Ganz shared with my by JMC.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Here are some of the slides he presented:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-size: 1rem; color: #0f3647;\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/WP_20131103_002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-169\" title=\"Why are stories important to building a progressive Australia?\" alt=\"WP_20131103_002\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/WP_20131103_002-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/WP_20131103_002-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/WP_20131103_002-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/WP_20131103_002-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-168\" style=\"font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1;\" title=\"What is the difference between a narrative and a story?\" alt=\"WP_20131103_003\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/WP_20131103_003-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/WP_20131103_003-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/WP_20131103_003-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/WP_20131103_003-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><a style=\"font-size: 1rem; color: #0f3647; line-height: 1.714285714;\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/WP_20131103_004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-167\" title=\"These five pointers reflect the general arc of storytelling, though it's not necessary for every story to follow every point\" alt=\"WP_20131103_004\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/WP_20131103_004-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/WP_20131103_004-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/WP_20131103_004-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/WP_20131103_004-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a style=\"font-size: 1rem; color: #0f3647; line-height: 1.714285714;\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/WP_20131103_005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-166\" title=\"Stories play a key role in engaging your audience - they draw people in and sustain their interest\" alt=\"WP_20131103_005\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/WP_20131103_005-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/WP_20131103_005-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/WP_20131103_005-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/WP_20131103_005-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-165\" style=\"font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1;\" title=\"Call to action\" alt=\"WP_20131103_007\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/WP_20131103_007-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/WP_20131103_007-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/WP_20131103_007-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/WP_20131103_007-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><a style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/WP_20131103_008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-164\" title=\"What's the Australian progressive narrative for 2016?\" alt=\"WP_20131103_008\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/WP_20131103_008-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/WP_20131103_008-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/WP_20131103_008-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/WP_20131103_008-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; 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Among the highlights, he referenced this part of Obama&#8217;s 2008 Victory Speech. I spoke with him briefly afterwards and he indicated that Purpose hadn&#8217;t explored any movements around public health issues before. I can&#8217;t help thinking there&#8217;s a huge opportunity to do so, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/?p=161\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Purpose :: Tim Dixon &#8211; the power of narrative and story telling<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,17,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meaning","category-musings","category-storytelling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=161"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":189,"href":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions\/189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}