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Activities
Chicago, April 27, 2000
Interview Guide
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Describe an image, story, or event (movie,
advertising, art, news story, other) that had a powerful and
positive impact on you and gave you hope. What about the story
made it powerful? How did it affect you and others around you?
What impact did it have on society and the world?
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Think of a time when you were involved in the
creation or dissemination of an image or story that inspired
others. Describe the image or story. What was it about you or your
values that inspired you to create or choose this particular image
or story? What was the effect it had on others?
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Imagine that five years from now (2005) dramatic
changes, good changes, have occurred in the public image making
and storytelling industries, and our society is engaged in a
dynamic and wide-ranging discourse of possibility. What does this
world look like? What are some of the elements or characteristics
of this better world? In a culture of positive discourse, what
might be different about the images and stories we tell?
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What do you feel personally called to do to
translate your positive image of the future into reality? What
excites you and energizes you?
Activity #1
Discovering the Best of Our Images and Voices
Individual Interviews
Purpose: To share examples of images and voices
of hope from the participants' experience.
Guidelines:
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Select an interview partner from your table group.
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Interview your partner using the interview
questions. Each person will have 15 minutes to interview his or
her partner.
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Encourage your partner to tell his/her story.
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As you interview your partner, take notes and be
listening for great quotes and stories.
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the information you collect in this interview will
be used to help create collective images of the future in the next
activity.
Activity #2
Creating Collective Images of the Future
Table Discussions
Purposes: To envision a future for our society
and for our professions that you would want to work toward.
Guidelines:
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In your table groups, share stories from interview
questions #1 and #2.
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Share your images of the future from question #3.
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Your facilitator will take notes during the
discussion for the conference record.
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During the next activity, you will have the
opportunity to share with the large group stories and thoughts
from your table discussions.
Activity #3
Brainstorming and Prioritizing Action Initiatives
Table Discussions
Purpose: To have table group members generate
and then prioritize action-based initiatives that they feel will
positively impact the delivery of images and voices in the future.
Guidelines:
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Have a table group member volunteer to record
ideas generated.
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Engage in a brainstorming exercise that will
result in the development of a list of action-based initiatives.
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Review the list compiled by the group recorder.
Each group member should identify three initiatives they consider
top priority.
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Have the group recorder tally the votes and share
the results with the group.
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Have one group member join members from other
table groups to develop a "top priorities list" derived
from the information submitted by each table group.
Activity #4
Group Consensus on Action Initiatives
Purpose: To provide an opportunity for all
participants to indicate their top 3 choices of action initiatives.
Guidelines:
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Three Avery dots will be distributed to each
participant.
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Lists of top priorities will be posted around the
room.
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Participants are to move around the room placing a
dot next to 3 of their top action-based initiative choices.
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