Introduction
Learn from Professor Marshall Ganz through this Resistance School course on the organising skill of public narrative.
Marshall Ganz made the following points in What is Public Narrative (2008):
- Public narrative is a leadership art. Leaders draw on narrative to inspire action across cultures, faiths, professions, classes, and eras.
- A story of self communicates who I am – my values, my experience, why I do what I do.
- A story of us communicates who we are – our shared values, our shared experience, and why we do what we do.
- A story of now transforms the present into a moment of challenge, hope, and choice.
Lessons
Lesson 1: Introduction to Public Narrative
Professor Ganz outlines the goals of this session on public narrative.
Lesson 2: Approach to Leadership
Learn a new way to think about leadership that focuses on understanding your story, your relationship to others, and why now is the time to act.
Lesson 3: Theory of Organizing
Learn a theory of organizing based on shared stories, relationships, structures, strategies, and actions.
Lesson 4: Professor Ganz’s Story of Self
Lesson 5: Motivation Through Story
Learn about the importance of emotion and how to counteract inhibitors like isolation, with action motivators like solidarity.
Lesson 6: How to Tell a Story
Learn how to craft an effective story that communicates hope, creates empathy and identifies values that connect us.
Lesson 7: Public Narrative Example
Watch a powerful example of a public narrative and identify when the speaker is telling a story of self, a story of us, and a story of now.
Lesson 8: Debrief of the Example
Debrief the James Croft narrative with Professor Ganz as he identifies how the speaker so effectively communicated hope and called us to action.
Lesson 9: Introduction to Story of Self
Learn the importance of telling your own story, drawing on moments and experiences so that others can begin to understand you.
Lesson 10: Questions for a Story of Self
Professor Ganz asks a series of questions to coach a Resistance School student in creating a story of self.
Lesson 11: Introduction to Coaching Others
Lesson 12: Do’s and Don’ts of Coaching
Watch examples of the do’s and don’ts of coaching to learn how to become a better coach by giving strategic feedback and asking the right questions.
Lesson 13: Debrief the Do’s and Don’ts
Debrief the examples of do’s and don’ts of coaching with Professor Ganz to better understand how to build the capacity of another.