"Public narratives require an audience beyond the immediate affected community. Individuals and communities must be able to craft narratives that are intriguing or shocking enough to draw in outside listeners."
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The 3-Ws: What? So what? Now what?
- Define your key idea or argument concisely. You should be able to boil it down to one sentence, or two at most.
- The “So what?” forces you to answer the question of why the issue should matter to your audience. Explain ...
Factors of activities that promote motivation
- There are clear goals.
- Gain immediate feedback.
- Challenges need to be matched with personal skills.
- The task has to be challenging enough to require a person to employ their skills and promote concentration and engagement.
Metaphors and imagery
If you can get an audience to really 'see' what you’re trying to explain, they will not only be able to understand it better, but they will also remember it.
Analogies and metaphors work really well, especially if there are no real-life examples to draw on.
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