Launceston a go go!

13Aug10

On Wednesday I was in Launceston with Anne-Marie, (brrrrrrrrrr…!) We filmed 6 volunteer stories and they were all fantastic. We allowed 30 mins for each person, filmed about 6-8 minutes and we also took a stills shot on a little mini polaroid. For the polaroid, I asked the question: ‘Why do you do what you [...]

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Privacy Settings

13Aug10

, Hi everyone…here’s the privacy settings I wrote about in the comment to the last post. You can see this is set to Public at the moment, go to Edit to select Private for group members only. Also: just to be clear: when I talk about engaging with others I am mainly thinking about allowing [...]

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Mental Health Successful Placements

16Jun10

Hi everyone: Does anyone have a story to share about a successful placement for a client with significant mental health issues? What makes it easier? Relationships/assistance from other services? Families on board? Experienced tutors? Moya

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We need stories re ‘Things That Can Go Wrong?’

15Jun10

Just thinking about Libby’s terrific post about an unsuccessful placement (June 10). What about if we create an archive of stories in that vein? It would be a useful resource that can be added to and it might lead to more sharing about the way you all deal with difficult situations, disappointments or acknowledgement of [...]

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Social media: the new conversation

15Jun10

Here’s a blog I  subscribe to: Kathy Hanson talks regularly with people who use story in their work. This one is relevant to our  discussion around social media and how we can use it and why we need to. She’s talking to Steve Krizman: I love this quote about the value of opting in… “The [...]

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Free Story Resource

08Jun10

Here is a very useful free ebook about using/gathering stories in communities. Cynthia Kurtz is an interesting academic working in this area and worth following: this is a really accessible guide with some basic starting information around process/use/etc. http://www.workingwithstories.org/ Moya

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De-identifying stories

07Jun10

I was talking with Anne-Marie today and one thing we discussed was the idea that the strongest stories are often the ones that we feel we can’t tell… because of their sensitive nature and privacy issues.How does someone who runs a business admit in a public forum that she can’t fill out a form without [...]

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A story for mothers..

01Jun10

In Burnie yesterday, Libby told a story about a grandmother ‘guardian’ whose grandchild was continually getting in trouble at school for not returning notes, bringing excursion money, being late for events etc. Turns out the grandma couldn’t read the newsletter. Dadadadadada! When I hear that story, the light goes on for me in understanding what [...]

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The Cafe Lawyer

01Jun10

This This is an ad from our local paper from an enterprising lawyer who sits in a cafe and charges (small) by the quarter hour for legal advice. Would it work here? Could you have a rotation of professionals in cafes? Available to answer small questions? Note from the Burnie girls: we need to make [...]

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It’s not just ABC

01Jun10

Yesterday I went to Burnie to meet Libby, Sue and Anita and see if we could get the ball rolling with ideas for ongoing strategies. Finally, I got to understand what you all do… When I think literacy, I thinking reading: all ABC. And so even though I understood how poor reading skills can lead [...]

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