Developing Your Conference Story Arc To Activate Participants’ Brains November 8, 2018 by Jeff Hurt Applying a story arc to the conference can activate participants’ brains. And you want stimulated, motivated engaged brains during your event for sure! A story arc is an extended, continuous storyline in episodic storytelling media such as television series, comic books, video games, films etc. Each episode follows a dramatic arc with the story unfolding … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , conference as episodic storytelling, conference narrative, conference story arc, episodic storytelling, framing, narrative, stories, story, story arc, story sharing, storytelling
Use A Conference Story Arc To Shift Your Participants’ Brain Architecture And Strengthen Their Neural Connections November 6, 2018 by Jeff Hurt We are helpless story junkies says author, journalist, and storyteller Michelle Weldon. We can’t help it. It’s part of our human nature to crave and connect with stories. Your brain on story acts very differently than when your brain is receiving data, facts and information. It changes its structure and releases cortisol and oxytocin–called the … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , conference story arc, hardwired for connections, narrative, neural connections, neuroscience, neurotransmitters, story arc, story sharing, storytelling
