Category Archives: Storytelling

Reflections from my first serious online event

Posted on August 10, 2008 by Derek Chirnside

Today I got rid of 400 or so folders, organised a GIG of files and proceeded one more step along the road to having my files sorted, which at the moment are over 40 GIG, down from 100.  I discovered … Continue reading →

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Facilitatior or Teacher?? (Part One)

Posted on June 17, 2008 by Derek Chirnside

The debate still unresolved. Probably won’t ever be. From Leigh: As I teach and facilitate various online courses this year, a lot of the theories and concepts I subscribe to are getting some hard testing. The biggest challenge I am … Continue reading →

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Reflections on e-fest

Posted on July 5, 2007 by Derek Chirnside

I was inspired to do this post by reading Mark Nicholls’s blog. I was sitting in a relaxed mood during the last speeches at e-fest when in a moment of inspiration I checked my plane departure time to discover it … Continue reading →

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The power of story

Posted on January 24, 2006 by Derek Chirnside

Our principal gave his annual “State of the Nation” address today. Started with a story. From memory . . . I was leaving Christchurch, in a Boeing 737 a year ago – very rough – the aircraft was thrown around … Continue reading →

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Story Telling

Posted on June 2, 2005 by Derek Chirnside

Stephen Harlow: Stories “The key to leadership is effective communication of Stories” (Peter Senge) “Story telling is probably a brain obsession” (Antonio Demazzio) (We all do it) “Everything I can remember from school was wrapped around a story” (Stephen H) … Continue reading →

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