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Purposeful Storytelling

Depth · what it can open●●○○2 — reflective
Holding · facilitation2 — facilitator
Trust · group readiness★any
Disclosure · what is sharedoptional

A longer arc from inner values to shared story: participants identify what drives them, find like-minded peers, formulate shared values together, and craft a story that communicates those values outward — purpose work scaled from the individual to the collective voice.

Practical

Time
450 min
Group
4–40 · small-group
Settings
in-person, online
Materials
Writing materials
Mechanisms
values-clarification, narrative-identity, dialogic-encounter
Change scope
state → skill · program-embedded

Instructions

Where
transitionmakers.nl/tool/purposeful-storytelling — Transition Makers Toolbox, open
Availability
Open online — published at the link, free to read
Licence
CC BY 4.0 per the Transition Makers footer; its badge links CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — variant unresolved, see source record

Source link checked 29 Aug 2026 — unchanged since we recorded it on 28 Aug 2026

This directory describes and points home; the instructions stay with the people who made them.

Origin

Karolina Doughty via Transition Makers Toolbox (IIS UvA) — Values-based storytelling

In this directory via Transition Makers Toolbox

Related: Public Narrative (Self / Us / Now) (pairs-with)

status: checked · added 2026-08-25