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Recruiting and Training the Living Books
Friday, May 30, 2025 4:30 PM - 18:30
Via Carpaccio, 14, 09121 Cagliari CA, Italy
Recruiting and Training the Living Books
Friday, May 30, 2025 4:30 PM - 18:30
Via Carpaccio, 14, 09121 Cagliari CA, Italy
Sobre
Congratulations!
You've completed another step on your journey to understanding how the Living Library works!
After experiencing the process of searching for Living Books, interviewing them, and exploring their stories on site, the next step is to reflect on what you've learned. Along the way, you created an ideal Living Book profile—recognizing both the strengths to embrace and the flaws to avoid. You discovered who can become a Book and the importance of sharing personal stories. You then explored how to shape a Book’s narrative, how to find the right Book for a specific topic, and how to conduct meaningful interviews.
Let's define what Living Books are and what they are like:
Living Books are real people who volunteer to share their personal experiences, stories, and identities with others in a structured, dialogue-based setting. They often represent marginalized or discriminated groups—such as refugees, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, former addicts, and religious minorities—or people who work closely with these communities. However, anyone with a unique or impactful life story that can raise awareness, foster empathy, or promote inclusion may become a Living Book.
Key Learning Outcomes:
- Understanding the Living Book concept and the value of personal storytelling in breaking stereotypes.
- Identifying who can be a Living Book and recognizing the qualities to seek or avoid.
- Developing skills to shape and structure stories for clarity, emotional impact, and safety.
- Learning how to search for, select, and interview Living Books effectively and respectfully.
- Reflecting on personal learning journey, including ethical responsibilities and personal growth.
Watch the video and remember the 5 techniques for better storytelling that we discovered during the workshop on Friday. You will also find the attached presentation used during the workshop. PowerPoint presentation will help you remember what we did and guide you on your way.
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After obtaining practical knowledge during the workshop, the time for recognition of gained skills has come!
In order to successfully master this activity and earn badges, think carefully about the workshop you attended. Watch a video about 5 techniques of storytelling, pay attention of all the elements, go through the presentation and try to remember what was discussed during the workshop on Friday. Try to remember what made the biggest impression on you. What new things did you learn, and what knowledge did you already have that you applied?
Look carefully at the material and try to answer the following tasks.
Tarefas
Task no.1
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To gain this badge, please first watch a displayed video and answer the following questions.
- What are the 5 techniques of storytelling?
- Why does it matter to state the location?
- Why does it matter to state the actions?
- How sharing your thoughts can make the story more relatable?
- How visually express emotions?
Task no.2
Issued by organiser or scanning QR code
Upload a list of potential Living Books and titles you would like to read on Living Library. This is the list you created during the workshop.
Localização
Via Carpaccio, 14, 09121 Cagliari CA, Italy
Habilidades
ESCO
#communicate analytical insights
ESCO
#tell stories
ETS-TR
#Ability to integrate different narratives
ESCO
#active listening
ETS-TR
#Acts inclusively to different understandings of solidarity and ways to put it in action
ETS-TR
#Demonstrates an understanding of methods and approaches promoting an effective transfer of knowledge to the group of learners and addressing value systems
ESCO
#interviewing techniques
#Displaying intercultural sensitivity
ETS-TR
#Creating a safe, inspiring learning environment
Organizadores
Associazione Interculturale NUR
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