Setting up a Story hui

1. Choose: 
(a) A facilitator
(b) A timekeeper (4-7 mins story, 4-7 mins questioning)
(c) Someone to draw the simple story action on the whiteboard or poster paper (basic shapes & simple graphics)
Someone to make a word doc of the story with              details - (optional extra)


2. Provide a focus or brief:
Set the direction of the stories. Provide a common brief, eg: “Share a story about something you did – no matter how small – that you feel significantly improved the chances of success for achieving your goal or for a - learner (or group of learners), or group/staff member/client or aid project  in your care”.

3. Tell and Map:
The story is drawn as the storyteller tells their story, (recorded visually as basic shapes & simple graphics in three consecutive parts. (Telling is 4-7 mins).

Section 1.    In the beginning: [what was happening for you or for this learner/person/group – how do we know this?, who else was involved?] What was at stake?

Section 2.    The journey - taking up the challenge -action/inquiry/initiative: What happened on the journey, what were the actions or initiatives? What/who else was involved? What did this all mean? Share all the story details.

Section 3.    In the end: What was the result? What  improvement is seen? Who else is involved  or impacted?  What were others’ responses?

4. Question:
The group then asks questions to establish more information. There is an emphasis on powerful facilitative questioning and an avoidance of providing solutions. As the dialogue proceeds, the person mapping/drawing adds further information as symbols and notes. Evidence can be added as points under the different sections of the story. (Questioning is 4-7 mins).




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"I didn't think I had a story to tell but with careful encouragement and questioning, my story grew - surprisingly - into much more than the simple beginning I thought I had."