Focus On Stories, Not Just Topics!

You've got to see this quote fromTerry Ann Knopf in Reader's Digest. It will help improve the way you teach and speak to your students.

Here it is...

Don Hewitt, creator of "60 Minutes," on his special talent as a journalist: My philosophy is simple. It's what little kids say to their parents: "Tell me a story." Even the people who wrote the Bible knew that when you deal with issues, you tell stories. The issue was evil; the story was Noah. I've had producers say, "We've got to do something on acid rain." I say, "Hold it. Acid rain is not a story. Acid rain is a topic. We don't do topics. Find me someone who has to deal with the problem of acid rain. Now you have a story."

The most powerful way to speak to your students is with stories.

The next time you come up with a topic you want to focus on, do what Don Hewitt does.

Ask yourself, "Where or what's the story I can use to connect with my students and communicate to them in the most powerful way?"