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con·​nec·​tion | \ kə-ˈnek-shən \

a : causal or logical relation or sequence the connection between two ideas

b(1) : contextual relation or association In this connection the word has a different meaning.

(2) : relationship in fact wanted in connection with a robbery

c : a relation of personal intimacy (as of family ties) Family connections can make getting a job much easier.

d : coherence, continuity … a confused multitude without order or connection.— John Locke

2 a : something that connects : link a loose connection in the wiring

b : a means of communication or transport a telephone connection

3 : a person connected with another especially by marriage, kinship, or common interest has powerful connections

4 : a political, social, professional, or commercial relationship The school has no connection with the museum. : such as

b : an arrangement to execute orders or advance interests of another a firm's foreign connections

c : a source of contraband (such as illegal drugs)

5 : a set of persons associated together: such as

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the act of connecting : the state of being connected: such as; causal or logical relation or sequence; contextual relation or association... See the full definition

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Connection definition, the act or state of connecting. See more.

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A connection is a relationship between two things, people, or groups.

There was no evidence of a connection between BSE and the brain diseases recently confirmed in cats.

I felt a strong connection between us.

A connection is a joint where two wires or pipes are joined together.

Check all radiators for small leaks, especially round pipework connections.

If a place has good road, rail, or air connections, many places can be directly reached from there by car, train, or plane.

Mexico City has excellent air and rail connections to the rest of the country.

If you get a connection at a station or airport, you catch a train, bus, or plane, after getting off another train, bus, or plane, in order to continue your trip.

My flight was late and I missed the connection.

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Connection definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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A connection is a relationship between two things, people, or groups. There was no evidence of a connection between BSE and the brain diseases recently confirmed in cats. I felt a strong connection between us. A connection is a joint where two wires or pipes are joined together.

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The word is good for talking about the way things relate to each other. Your special connection to your cousin might have something to do with your mutual love for science fiction and barbecue.

A connection can be physical, like the leash that provides the connection between you and your German shepherd, or emotional, like the connection you feel with your best friend. Any kind of direct relation is a connection as well, such as the connection a detective makes between a footprint at a crime scene and a suspect's favorite pair of shoes. The root is the Latin connexionem, "a binding or joining together."

n a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)

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unconnectedness

the lack of a connection between things

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series

(electronics) connection of components in such a manner that current flows first through one and then through the other

communication

a connection allowing access between persons or places

concatenation

the linking together of a consecutive series of symbols or events or ideas etc

bridge

something resembling a bridge in form or function

involvement

a connection of inclusion or containment

relatedness

a particular manner of connectedness

silver cord

the emotional bond between a mother and her offspring

implication

a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement)

materiality

relevance requiring careful consideration

point

a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect

applicability, pertinence, pertinency

relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand

bearing

relevant relation or interconnection

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relation

an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together

n the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination

n the state of being connected

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contact

the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity

concatenation

the state of being linked together as in a chain; union in a linked series

osculation

(mathematics) a contact of two curves (or two surfaces) at which they have a common tangent

tangency

the state of being tangent; having contact at a single point or along a line without crossing

consistency

logical coherence and accordance with the facts

continuity

uninterrupted connection or union

n (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship)

"he has powerful connections "

n a supplier (especially of narcotics)

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The word is good for talking about the way things relate to each other. Your special connection to your cousin might have something to do with your mutual love for science fiction and barbecue. A connection can be physical, like the leash that provides the connection between you and your German shepherd, or emotional, like the connection you feel with your best friend.

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A connection is a term that describes the link between a plug or connector into a port or jack. For example, your monitor, mouse, and keyboard all must connect to the computer before they work.

Different forms of the word connect

There are different ways the word connect can be used when describing a connector, how they connect, or the process of connecting. Below is a list of all forms of the word with further information to get a better understanding of what word to use when describing something or to describe a process.

Connect and connected, and connection - The description of two or more devices successfully sending and receiving information. For example, if you are reading a web page your computer is connected to the Internet and has a good connection.

Connecting - Describes the process of connecting a plug, wire, or another device to the computer. For example, I'm connecting my monitor to my computer so I can get a picture and see what is happening.

Connecting is also a description of two or more devices establishing a connection. For example, with a Dial-up Modem as your computer connects to your ISP you can hear your computer connecting ( handshaking) and once completed your computer is connected to the Internet.

Connections - An overall description of all available expansion slots, ports, and jacks (more than one) on a computer or other device. For example, my USB hub has three available USB connections.

Connector - The description of the end of the cable that connects to the computer. Centronics, DB, DIN, mini-plug, and USB are all examples of types of connectors.

Examples of computer connections

Below is a picture of the back of a desktop computer and each of connections or ports. Although your desktop computer's layout may be different, this diagram gives you a better understanding of where everything connects.

Below are related pages for each of the connections shown above and some related terms. Clicking on each of the links below allow you to get more information about these connections as well as related information.

Connections on the back of the computer

Why are the colors on connections different?

The connections on the back of a computer are color coded so that users have a convenient way to locate the appropriate port for their peripheral device. The list below includes many ports and their associated colors.

Important: It should be noted that many of the modern connector ports ( HDMI, USB, Firewire, Ethernet, etc.) are black and need to be identified by thier shape rather than their color.

Internal connections

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A connection is a term that describes the link between a plug or connector into a port or jack. For example, your monitor, mouse, and keyboard all must connect to the computer before they work. There are different ways the word connect can be used when describing a connector, how they connect, or the process of connecting.

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noun as in person who aids another in achieving goal

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noun as in something that connects, links

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noun as in something that communicates, relates

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On this page you'll find 199 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to connection, such as: contact, network, relation, acquaintance, agent, and ally.

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Connection synonyms. Top synonyms for connection (other words for connection) are link, association and relation.

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Making Connections | Harvard Medical School

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Severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the most complex and costliest chronic conditions people face in the United States. With thousands of new cases each year and a diverse array of long-term medical, social and financial consequences, patients and their families often find themselves in near-impossible situations.While there have been significant scientific and clinical advances in understanding and managing this disease, policies governing access to healthcare and insurance coverage have not kept pace.

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In other words, do not merely cite an author or describe a concept without making a clear connection between the research and your plans for instruction.

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I've been on a Spirit Quest over the past 2 weeks and tonight, as I sit in the airport before my final flight, I'm thinking about one of the biggest and most meaningful realizations I've been having as a theme throughout this journey. It is literally what my trip was all about.

In a nutshell, its that we all need to cherish the relationships that we have with the world around us, especially those that mean something to us. In my past, I threw away and let go of some things that meant something to me, without creating a suitable transition for those energies as I let them go.

This idea applies to everything. Relationships with people, relationships with any aspect of nature, or even combinations of such things. If you consider, a friend giving you a necklace, and that necklace meaning something because it came from them. You have a part of them with you everywhere that you go...

To just give it away haphazardly, which is what I did energetically speaking with relationships with spirit family, crystals, and parts of myself, causes your spirit to disengage because the nature of what was done was disengage connections.

But beyond that, theres even more magic in the shared relationship that lasts a lifetime. When you've had a sacred abalone shell that went with you to all of the spiritual gatherings, and was there burning sage when all of those connections were made with all of your friends in your life... There is meaning in that.

As I write that I hear in my head 'but what about non attachment?"

Well what about it?

Shouldn't non attachment to physical things give birth to a healthy respect to the relationships between things everywhere? Non attachment is only half of the equation. Its a yin, and lets have the yang too. Healthy, and full of respect and care. I'm not attached to the relationship that I have with my family, but I cherish it dearly, for without it, I would be alone.

It is through the connections we create with each other that actually gives birth to culture itself. It is from people coming together and creating together, that creates new things to come into manifestation, and as more and more spiral around those creations, adding to it, thriving through it, culture is born.

Is that not the process by which the natives of this world created the foundation for our modern world? Is this not the process by which we today continue to expand upon the creations of the past to forge new beginnings and take us into the future?

It is in fact, and that basis starts and ends with our connections with each other.

I met a lot of people on my spirit quest, and along that journey a lot of crystals were shared. Before recently, i didn't even have any crystals anymore. At least, not ones that i really felt an emotional, spiritual connection to. They were just stones.

But as these 2 weeks have gone by I have made some brand new, bright and deep connections with people and have even shared some crystals back and forth. And as those crystals gets passed from hand to hand, a story begins to be created.

Now a part of my friends travel with me. And a part of me travels with my friends.

Don't throw away your relationships haphazardly. Treat them well, and you will both be in service to each other.

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The gentle and sensitive companionship of an empathic stance... provides illumination and healing. In such situations, deep understanding is, I believe, the most precious gift one can give to another."
― Carl R. Rogers
Empathy clearly has immense value in therapy. Feeling understood, and feeling that one is in the presence of another who is attempting to really know what it's like to be us, can offer great relief and healing. One of my favourite poets, Walt Whitman, said "I do not ask the wounded person how he feels. I myself become the wounded person."

But empathy, like other emotional responses like anger, can be used for a variety of means, positive and negative. Recent books by the likes of social psychologist Paul Bloom have challenged the common assumption - held widely in therapeutic circles, in my experience - that we can never have too much empathy. So perhaps it's a good time to look at the use of empathy in psychotherapy.

But first, what actually is empathy? I think we usually take empathy to mean the act of experiencing the world as another does. This separates empathy from compassion, which we can define as a strong feeling of sympathy or sadness for another's experience. I don't think this is just a semantic difference. We use different parts of our brain when we empathise than when we are being compassionate towards another. They are different responses, with different uses in therapy.

Empathy is not a universally positive emotional response. Intimate understanding of another's experience can be used to manipulate and hurt them. As Bloom notes in his book Against Empathy, an empathic response can lead to in-group bias, where we value more those who look, sound and act more like us.

So, there is no reason to believe empathy is always of positive use in life, therapy included. I think there are times when a more objective response based on love, kindness and compassion is of greater value for our clients. Consider a session with a client who is telling us about their unbearable pain and grief at the loss of a loved one. Is it likely to be therapeutic to experience that same grief at the same time as the client? I doubt that it would be. Instead, it's possible that it would be more helpful in that moment to imagine, with a caring and compassionate attitude, what it is like for them in that moment, and consider from that vantage point what could be a helpful response (even if that response is a respectful silence). Put in different language, using the prefrontal cortex to mentalise with the client might be more helpful than using the anterior cingulate cortex to empathise with them.

We risk being flooded with pain, fear and uncertainty if we remain too often in a truly empathic state, unable to provide a potentially healing presence. Sometimes we need to be at our most calm when our clients are at their most anxious, to be able to relay that we understand their plight, and that they are heard. When we feel compassion, our heart rate slows down, we secrete oxytocin, and regions of the brain linked to caregiving light up, which can encourage an approach response in us. By modelling compassion, we perhaps offer an example that can open the door for our clients to have greater compassion for themselves.

There is another potential danger from focusing too relentlessly on empathy: therapist burn-out. It requires enormous energy and can be extremely draining to try and have literally the same experience as another, particularly another in distress and pain. Knowing when best to draw on empathy and when to shift into a more compassionate, mentalising state can preserve our energy for our clients and for our lives outside our work. Easier said than done, of course, and I certainly can't claim to know how best to strike that balance! But it's worth keeping in mind, particularly when we're feeling like the work is getting on top of us.

Empathy is invaluable in therapy. It can be truly healing to feel felt by another. We need to be able to truly understand and care about our clients' experiences. But I don't think we always need to be feeling what they feel. Unlike Paul Bloom, I'm not Against Empathy. But I'm definitely Pro Compassion.

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Last Wednesday was a sunny, crisp, beautiful Fall New England morning.

That's when it all went terribly wrong.

It was already 8:10 am, and I was hurrying to get Miranda, my nine-year old daughter to school on time.

Her school's about a mile from home, and thus far this school year, we've been riding our bicycles to get there and back most days.

Wednesday, Miranda would have none of it. She was upset, and cried out,
I don't want to bike to school today! I'm not biking to school!
Feeling rushed (and irritated by her outburst), I did not handle this well.

My tone escalated:
We're biking to school!
She countered, I don't want to!

I said, We are!

She said, I'm not!

(You can see where this was going.)

It wasn't pretty.

I had defaulted to the classic pattern of "Because I'm the Daddy, that's why" school of leadership.

Even as it was happening, I knew I wasn't handling the situation well, but plowed on through anyway. Tears were shed, bikes were ridden, and she got to school on time.

You could say that "I'd won the battle" that morning.

However, that victory came with a cost.

It didn't take a whole lot of reflection on my part to realize that I was behaving as a lousy leader that morning with Miranda. My command and control style had dented our relationship.

My story is not unique. At some point in time, it happens to most of the parents I know.

However, I share this example because it offers a window into one of the biggest challenges that leaders face: cultivating empathy.
The Upside of Empathy
According to Emotional Intelligence author, Daniel Goleman, empathy is defined as (1) understanding the emotional makeup of people and (2) treating people according to their emotional reactions.

Empathy is a cornerstone of Emotional Intelligence. People with a finely tuned sense of empathy are better at building relationships, trust, and collaborating more effectively.

On the flip side, people with low empathetic skills are more likely to handle conflicts poorly, be insensitive to signs and signals for help, and alienate colleagues and team members.

A study conducted by the Center for Creatively Leadership investigated 6,731 leaders from 38 countries. They found a strong correlation between job performance and empathy.

Humans are neurologically wired for empathy. Our brains have cells called mirror neurons, which are designed to reflect the actions and emotions of others. Mirror neurons fire when you do an action, and also when you simply watch someone else doing the same action. This is why you feel pain if you see someone else in pain.

Empathy has all these benefits. Yet, leaders are still challenged to develop and express it in moments when its sorely needed.

Why do leaders lack empathy?

Three Challenges to Empathy

It turns out that being "drunk with power" is more than just a metaphor.

It's real.

In a recent study, psychologists Michael Inzlicht and Sukhvinder Obhi, found that when people experience power, it changes how sensitive their brains become to the actions of others.

They conducted experiments to induce feelings of power or powerlessness in their subjects, by asking them to recall a time of power (or powerlessness.)

The subjects then watch a video of a human hand squeezing a ball-and were measured with how much their mirror neurons responding to the video: a standard scientific metric for determining empathy.

The more powerful they felt, the less the mirror neurons fired. The less powerful, the more they fired. Last Wednesday, I leveraged my authority to overrule Miranda and her feelings without even acknowledging them.

As you rise into higher positions of power, it becomes easier to lose touch with those "below" you. Do you connect to the front line? Do you see them beyond little boxes at the bottom of the org chart?

Mirror neurons kick in strongest when we actually notice a person's emotions. This means we actually have to perceive their entire physicality: their body language, gestures, facial and eye movements. To notice means to pay attention. This means spending time and focus on that other person.

If you're rushed (like I was with Miranda), or have your head buried in your phone, you may be tuned out to the feelings of others. The sad truth of the workplace is stress begets more stress, and the ability to empathize decreases.

On Wednesday, my hurried state made me believe "I don't have time for Miranda's feelings - we have a job to do." If you are working in a state of constant pressure, you may be challenged to slow down enough to be aware of what others are feeling.

Paying attention is an investment that pays long-term dividends.

Work to minimize distractions in the moment when interacting with others. You may think that you're being efficient and multi-tasking. You're not: multitasking is a myth. You're just shifting from task to task, and doing them all poorly.

For leaders, relationships matter. How can you give your time and attention to them, even when it's inconvenient for you?
Challenge 3: Disagreement
When you have to make decisions, not everyone (surprise!) will agree with you all the time. When someone disagrees with you ( I'm not riding to school!), do you cling so hard to being "right" that you forget the other person has a completely different perspective?

Cognitive empathy is the ability to take someone else's perspective. You don't have to agree with them, but you can understand how they feel. If you get so attached to your own side of the story, you can become rigid to the point of callousness.

As a leader, you may have the position and authority that allows you to have the final say. However, there's a big difference between having not having a vote and not having a voice. Giving people some psychological air-room to express what they think and feel-can make a big difference.
What other challenges do leaders have to becoming more empathic? Join the conversation by leaving a comment below.
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Last Wednesday was a sunny, crisp, beautiful Fall New England morning. That's when it all went terribly wrong. It was already 8:10 am, and I was hurrying to get Miranda, my nine-year old daughter to school on time. Her school's about a mile from home, and thus far this school year, we've been riding our ...

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Did you know?

Sympathy and empathy both refer to a caring response to the emotional state of another person, but a distinction between them is typically made: while sympathy is a feeling of sincere concern for someone who is experiencing something difficult or painful, empathy involves actively sharing in the emotional experience of the other person.

Sympathy has been in use since the 16th century, and its greater age is reflected in its wider breadth of meanings, including "a feeling of loyalty" and "unity or harmony in action or effect." It comes ultimately from the Greek sympathēs, meaning "having common feelings, sympathetic," which was formed from syn- ("with, together with") and páthos, "experience, misfortune, emotion, condition." Empathy was modeled on sympathy; it was coined in the early 20th century as a translation of the German Einfühlung ("feeling-in" or "feeling into"). First applied in contexts of philosophy, aesthetics, and psychology, empathy continues to have technical use in those fields that sympathy does not.

Did you know?

Compassion and empathy both refer to a caring response to someone else's distress. While empathy refers to an active sharing in the emotional experience of the other person, compassion adds to that emotional experience a desire to alleviate the person's distress.

... the story of Nellie Bly, the first female investigative reporter, who not only demanded justice from powerful institutions, but also insisted on dignity and compassion for the most vulnerable citizens. - The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Aug. 2022

Blonde clearly wants us to feel for Norma Jeane, but it dwells on her pain so obsessively ... that the movie's empathy feels like another form of exploitation. - Justin Chang, NPR, 23 Sept. 2022

The distinction between compassion and empathy is frequently a topic of exploration.

By empathy I mean feeling the feelings of other people. So if you're in pain and I feel your pain-I am feeling empathy toward you. If you're being anxious, I pick up your anxiety. If you're sad and I pick up your sadness, I'm being empathetic. And that's different from compassion. Compassion means I give your concern weight, I value it. I care about you, but I don't necessarily pick up your feelings. ... [I]f I feel compassion for you, I'll be invigorated. I'll be happy and I'll try to make your life better. - Paul Bloom, quoted in Vox, 16 Jan. 2019

Compassion is a much older word; it's been part of the language since the 14th century, and comes ultimately from Latin com- and pati, meaning "to bear, suffer." Empathy is a 20th century coinage modeled on sympathy as a translation of the German Einfühlung ("feeling-in" or "feeling into"). It was first applied in contexts of philosophy, aesthetics, and psychology and continues to have technical use in those fields.

Example Sentences

He felt great His months spent researching prison life gave him greater empathy with the poor. empathy towards convicts.

These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'empathy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Word History

Greek empatheia, literally, passion, from empathēs emotional, from em- + pathos feelings, emotion - more at pathos

1909, in the meaning defined at sense 2

The first known use of empathy was in 1909

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Empathy is the ability to recognize, understand, and share the thoughts and feelings of another person, animal, or fictional character. Developing empathy is crucial for establishing relationships and behaving compassionately. It involves experiencing another person's point of view, rather than just one's own, and enables prosocial or helping behaviors that come from within, rather than being forced.

Some surveys indicate that empathy is on the decline in the United States and elsewhere, findings that motivate parents, schools, and communities to support programs that help people of all ages enhance and maintain their ability to walk in each other's shoes.

Empathy helps us cooperate with others, build friendships, make moral decisions, and intervene when we see others being bullied. Humans begin to show signs of empathy in infancy and the trait develops steadily through childhood and adolescence. Still, most people are likely to feel greater empathy for people like themselves and may feel less empathy for those outside their family, community, ethnicity, or race.

Empathy helps us connect and help others, but like other traits, it may have evolved with a selfish motive: using others as a "social antenna" to help detect danger. From an evolutionary perspective, creating a mental model of another person's intent is critical: the arrival of an interloper, for example, could be deadly, so developing sensitivity to the signals of others could be life-saving.

Babies display an understanding that people's actions are guided by intentions and are able to act on that understanding before they are 18 months old, including trying to comfort a parent. More advanced reasoning about other people's thoughts develops by around age 5 or 6, and research shows that parents who promote and model empathy raise more empathetic children.

Empathy, sympathy, and compassion are often used interchangeably, but they are not the same. Sympathy is feeling of concernfor someone else, and a desire that they become happier or better off, while empathy involves sharing the other person's emotions. Compassion is an empathic understanding of a person's feelings accompanied by altruism, or a desire to act on that person's behalf.

Researchers believe people can choose to cultivate and prioritize empathy. People who spend more time with individuals different from themselves tend to adopt a more empathic outlook toward others. Other research finds that reading novels can help foster the ability to put ourselves in the minds of others. Meditation has also been shown to help cultivate brain states that increase empathy.

Some neuroscientists have advanced the concept of "mirror neurons" as a possible source of empathy. These neurons, it is theorized, enhance the capacity to display, read, and mimic emotional signals through facial expressions and other forms of body language, enhancing empathy. But whether mirror neurons actually operate this way in humans is a subject of longstanding scientific debate, and some scientists question their very existence.

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The ability to convey support for a partner, relative, or friend is crucial to establishing positive relationships. Empathy enables us to establish rapport with another person, make them feel that they are being heard, and, through words and body language, mimic their emotions. Perspective-taking, or the empathic ability to assume the cognitive state of another person and see a problem through their eyes, can further cement a connection.

In healthy relationships, people expect their partners to empathize with them when they face hardship or personal struggles, but the ability to empathize with a partner in good times may be at least as important. In one study, displaying empathy for a partner's positive emotions was five times more beneficial for relationship satisfaction than only empathizing with his or her negative emotions.

People high in narcissism, or who have narcissistic personality disorder, can exhibit empathy and even compassion. However, that ability only goes so far, as ultimately their own needs come first. Some researchers believe narcissists can develop greater empathy by developing greater self-compassion, which can increase their own feelings of security and self-worth and enable them to open up to hearing others.

Putting yourself in someone else's shoes can be beneficial, but when it becomes one's default mode of relating to others, it can blind an individual to their own needs and even make them vulnerable to those who would take advantage of them.

First responders, humanitarian aid workers, doctors, therapists, journalists, and others whose work involves opening themselves up to others' pain tend to be highly empathic. However, they may come to share the heartbreak of those they help or whose stories they record. As such "emotional residue" accumulates, they may shut down, burn out, and become less willing or able to give of themselves.

Empaths are often characterized as being highly sensitive and overly focused on the needs of others. They may benefit from time alone, as they find it draining to be in the presence of other people. People who are very empathic are more likely to be targeted by manipulative individuals. For this reason, it is important to create healthy boundaries in all relationships, and to be cognizant of relationships with "energy vampires," who are draining to empaths and non-empaths alike.

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Intuition, aided by neuroception, can shape decision-making. Understanding this can boost leadership, teamwork, growth, trust, self-discovery, and creativity.

The powerful roles of empathy, compassion, and conflict resolution techniques from a psychological perspective in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The powerful roles of empathy, compassion, and conflict resolution techniques from a psychological perspective in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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Empathy is the ability to recognize, understand, and share the thoughts and feelings of another person, animal, or fictional character. Developing empathy is crucial for establishing relationships and behaving compassionately. It involves experiencing another person's point of view, rather than just one's own, and enables prosocial or helping behaviors that come from within, rather than being forced.

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The term “empathy” is used to describe a wide range of experiences. Emotion researchers generally define empathy as the ability to sense other people’s emotions, coupled with the ability to imagine what someone else might be thinking or feeling. Contemporary researchers often diff…

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empathy | Definition of empathy in English by Oxford Dictionaries

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Definition of empathy - the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

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1. the psychological identification with or vicarious experiencing of the emotions, thoughts, or attitudes of another: She put an arm around her friend's shoulders and stood by her in silent empathy.

2. the imaginative ascribing to an object, as a natural object or work of art, feelings or attitudes present in oneself: By means of empathy, a great painting becomes a mirror of the self.

First recorded in 1900-05; from Greek empátheia "affection," equivalent to em- "in, within" (see em-²) + path- (base of páschein "to suffer") + -eia noun suffix (see -ia); its present meaning translates German Einfühlung

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noun

the attribution to an object, such as a work of art, of one's own emotional or intellectual feelings about it

C20: from Greek empatheia affection, passion, intended as a rendering of German Einfühlung, literally: a feeling in; see en- ², -pathy

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Cultural definitions for empathy

Identifying oneself completely with an object or person, sometimes even to the point of responding physically, as when, watching a baseball player swing at a pitch, one feels one's own muscles flex.

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Some folks are able to watch the latest racist incident or school shooting unfold on the news late at night, roll over and go right to sleep. Yet, plenty of others can't watch the news past dinnertime, for the pain and agony they witness seeps too deeply into their skin and all hope for sleep is lost.

The cause for taking the suffering of others so personally? The blessing and curse of empathy.

According to Dictionary.com, "empathy" is described as "the psychological identification with or vicarious experiencing of the feelings, thoughts or attitudes of another." Roman Krznaric, author of " Empathy: Why it Matters and How to Get It," describes the difference between empathy and sympathy: "Sympathy is feeling pity or sorry for someone, but without that extra step of grasping what that person is going through, or how they are experiencing the world," he says.

Being an 'empath' versus being empathetic

There's also a difference between feeling empathy for others and being an actual "empath." Judith Orloff, MD, author of " The Empath's Survival Guide: Life Strategies for Sensitive People," identifies as an empath and describes them as "emotional sponges who are so sensitive, they tend to take on the stress of the world."

The gift of feeling empathy, or being an empath, is that you care deeply for others and want to help, says Orloff. However, the downside of empathy is it can be mighty exhausting. "Empaths have an extremely sensitive, hyperreactive neurological system," she explains. "We don't have the same filters that other people do to block out stimulation. As a consequence, we absorb into our own bodies both the positive and stressful energies around us."

Is empathy a skill or an ability you're born with?

Orloff says the ability to feel empathy is a little bit psychological tendency and a little bit neurological wiring. "It's hypothesized that empaths may have hyperactive mirror neuron systems (the compassion neurons in the brain) and they work on overdrive feeling compassion," she says.

According to Krznaric, your capacity for empathy is likely a question of nature and nurture. "Research suggests that about 50 percent of our empathic capacities are genetically inherited and the rest we can learn, because empathy is not simply a matter of wiring," he explains, adding that adversity can also lend itself to the development of an empathetic nature. "I recently met a stand-up comic who has lived with cerebral palsy all her life. She has an amazing empathy with people who not only have physical disabilities, but who get marginalized by society in other ways," he says.

Orloff also mentioned how adversity contributes to an empathetic nature: "A portion of empaths I've treated have experienced early trauma such as emotional or physical abuse, or they were raised by alcoholic, depressed or narcissistic parents, potentially wearing down the usual healthy defenses that a child with nurturing parents develops."

Empathy can be a struggle in this society

David Sauvage, an empath performance artist who consults with corporations and entrepreneurs on building more empathetic cultures, says the basis of empathy is emotional self-awareness - which isn't a skill fostered by today's achievement-driven culture.

"The average person in our culture doesn't have much empathy toward others because we prioritize everything other than emotional well-being," he explains. "How often are boys told to 'suck it up?' How often are girls told they're 'acting crazy?' How many times during the course of the day do we feel like we shouldn't feel a certain way, so we hide our sadness only to feel shame around that sadness? There's no healthy balance between the negation of people's feelings and the acceptance of people's feelings. The only way to cope is to disassociate," explains Sauvage.

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What is empathy and how do you cultivate it?

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Our brains may be wired to empathize more with people who look like us, but being more empathetic starts with just listening.

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Connecting with another person is one of the highest forms of social being for humans. At the heart of it is good storytelling. When I'm telling you a story, and you're engaged in it, you match your brain waves to mine. If I'm telling you a story with a familiar structure, your brain actually anticipates what I'm going to say next. The point is that that's good for both parties. We want to be in sync with other people. It's how we communicate well with others and it's why good storytelling is so powerful. That feeling of synchronization is a profoundly satisfying one. We want to hear stories, especially ones where we can guess what's going to happen next, a split second before we're told.

So, when communication works, we are literally aligned with one another, down to our very brain patterns. That's both inspiring and reassuring to know; when we communicate successfully, we are actually experiencing the same thing.

We are not alone.
How to Tell a Great Story
So how do you tell great stories or, more precisely, how to turn your passion, your message, your vision into a great story?

Everyone seems to understand that storytelling is important, because we're awash in data and information and can't remember it all. But we do remember stories.

Stories are even more important than that. They are how our brains work. For example, they are why we all feel that it's safer to drive than fly, even though the statistics prove the opposite. We remember the horrifying stories of plane crashes and forget the stats. That's because we attach emotions to events to create stories and memories. Our brains are constructed that way. So storytelling is essential if you want to use the brain the way it's meant to be used. We remember the emotional, the particular, and the violent especially. We forget the boring, the general, and the anodyne.

But let's start with what storytelling is not. Let's clear away the detritus and get to the core.
Stories Are Not about Beginnings, Middles, and Ends
My favorite wrong cliché about storytelling is the oft-cited "it has a beginning, middle, and an end." Well, yes. But so do pencils. As a definition, this one is not specific enough to be helpful. Airplane flights, dentist appointments, and pencils all have beginnings, middles, and ends, but they are not stories. They might become the fodder for stories, but stories in themselves they are not.

Forget this one. It's not helpful.
Stories Are Not Anecdotes
My next favorite spurious cliché about storytelling is that what happened the last time you visited a client site is a story. It's not, unless a conflict developed at your client site, leading to a crisis, it was resolved in some way, and someone-the hero-changed deeply and profoundly because of it. Rather, it's an anecdote. We relate anecdotes to each other all the time- I was at the drugstore and guess who I saw? My old college buddy Aaron! That's an anecdote, or at least the beginning of one. It may even be fascinating, but it's not a story.
More next time on what a story is and is not.

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Connecting with another person is one of the highest forms of social being for humans. At the heart of it is good storytelling. When I'm telling you a story, and you're engaged in it, you match your brain waves to mine.

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Storytelling definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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Storytelling definition: Storytelling is the activity of telling or writing stories . | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

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Storytelling is a great opportunity to widen a child's imagination. In this article, we share with you 7 unique activities to make the experience a lot more fun.

Children develop their imagination at a very young age, and through activities like storytelling, you can help your child develop his/her language skills and help them think creatively.

Storytelling is an ancient practice which kids greatly benefit from. As children listen to stories, they hear speech inflections and other words they would not commonly hear in a normal conversation. Further, storytelling also helps them develop a good memory, as they learn to remember key points from the plot and character names.

Storytelling has a lot of positive impacts, but getting them to listen to you isn't always an easy feat. They can either get bored or prefer to play with a toy instead. So, when you are reading them a story, do not limit yourself to a book.

Here are some fun storytelling activities to do with your kids.

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Create your own animal pals with some wine corks and Styrofoam balls. Just stick the Styrofoam ball on top of the wine cork, and paste a layer of tissue.

Once it dries, you can paint them into your favorite characters.
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Legos

Legos are not just for building blocks. You can also use it for your storytelling activities particularly in building characters.
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Puppet Theatre

You can make your own puppet theatre using old shoe boxes. Kids will definitely enjoy hearing stories from these interactive characters.
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Scavenger Hunt

Make the story a lot more exciting by getting the kids involved. You can tell a story through a scavenger hunt where they would need to find key objects related to the story.
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Paint

Apart from making puppets, you can also help children envision the story better by painting the characters. You can use materials like rocks or paper plates.

It can also be a great activity to develop their fine motor skills. Ask them to paint a rock how they imagine a character to be.

Does the main character have a blue face with three eyes or maybe a yellow worried smile? Help them express their imagination through creative activities.

Reading is a great exercise to develop word association. To help them exercise this part of their brain, you can use flashcards with words related to the story.

Instead of just reading through it, you can turn it into a learning activity by flashing the words as you go along.

Young children are visual learners. So, if you want to introduce new words into their vocabulary, show them a photo of the words.
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Play Dress Up

Turn storytelling time into a fun bonding experience with your kids. Take this as the perfect opportunity to get crazy with them. Dress up for the role and help them express their imagination.

Reading them a book may seem like a mundane task, but through its simplicity, children gain a lot. They learn about virtues and culture. Their verbal proficiency is enhanced. Their listening skills improve. And most of all, it encourages creativity and demonstrates the power of imagination.
Ericson Roberts is a staff writer for FeelGoodContacts. He enjoys taking his sons out for a game of catch, and transforming ordinary parenting techniques into a fun-filled learning experience. They say a way to a man's heart is through his stomach, while for Ericson, the way to a child's heart is having fun.
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Think of the last good movie you watched. It likely had bright images, a compelling script, music, rhythm and heroic characters.

All these elements came together and made you feel something - excited, sad, angry, maybe even apathy.

Storytelling is the most powerful form of communication ever invented. Whether it's the latest Hollywood blockbuster, or a team or an investor presentation, stories provoke our emotions.

A great presentation reads like a great movie or story script. It helps us feel something towards the person telling the story - the presenter - which helps create connection, credibility and trust with the hero - the people in the audience.

The problem is that in the business world, we've been taught that emotion is inappropriate. We've been told that our audience will buy-in to our ideas, our vision, based on our logic, data and analysis.

Not true!

As master business storyteller Gabrielle Dolan reveals in her book Stories for Work: The Essential Guide to Business Storytelling:

Research by neuroscientist, Antonio Damasio shows emotion plays a significant role in our ability to make decisions. While many of us believe it is our logic that drives our choice, the reality is that we have already made an emotional decision and we use logic to justify the choice - to ourselves and to others.

When we try and influence our audience with presentation of facts and figures or pros and cons we are relying solely on logic. Yet science says that we make up our minds based on our emotions and how we feel about something.

So if the goal of any presentation is to influence your audience to act (which it is), then you need to balance information with logic and emotion in a way that they remember your message.

Structure your story

Master communicator Nancy Duarte spent two years reading mythology, philosophy, and researching screenwriting and other story methodologies that have stood the test of time. In the course of her research, she uncovered a structure that some of the world's greatest communicators (including Aristotle) had been using for years.

It's called 'Persuasive Story Form'. This structure takes your audience back and forth between 'what is' (current state) and 'what could be' (the future world with your idea). You can use it for everything, from a movie script to your latest presentation.

Beginning: ACT I

Have an honest conversation about the reality of the situation

Give them a glimpse at the solution - with your idea.

Middle: ACT II

Create tension and contrast for your audience

Use a balance of emotional and analytical insights.

End: ACT III

Begin with your call to action, what you want your audience to do

Finish with an inspiring description of the world with your idea in place

Ensure they leave committed to taking action.

You can watch Nancy's TEDx talk explaining the model she revealed after analyzing hundreds of great speeches here:

By incorporating these steps into your speech and blending the analytical and emotional content you can create a compelling story that will drive your audience to act.

You can find out more about our VisualStory® workshops where you can learn how to use the Persuasive Story Form to create powerful presentations here.

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Think of the last good movie you watched. It likely had bright images, a compelling script, music, rhythm and heroic characters. All these elements came together and made you feel something - excited, sad, angry, maybe even apathy. Storytelling is the most powerful form of communication ever invented.

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storytelling definition: Storytelling is the act of sharing a tale or a series of events. (noun) When you read fairy tales from a book to your children, this is an example of storytelling....

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It is the live, person-to-person oral and physical presentation of a story to an audience. "Telling" involves direct contact between teller and listener. It mandates the direct presentation of the story by the teller. The teller's role is to prepare and present the necessary language, vocalization, and physicality to effectively and efficiently communicate the images of a story.

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STORYTELLING is the art in which a teller conveys a message, truths, information, knowledge, or wisdom to an audience - often subliminally - in an entertaining way, using whatever skills, (musical, artistic, creative) or props he chooses, to enhance the audience's enjoyment, retention and understanding of the message conveyed. Stories are sometimes told purely for joy and delight.

I am aware that the above definition does not exclude, for example, George Miller, storyteller and producer of movies Mad Max and Babe, or master storyteller and author, Bryce Courtenay, who lays his stories down in print as well as telling.

Perhaps our definition should be qualified for `oral storytelling'.

The more I think about storytelling and attempt to nail it down with a definition, the more it slips away like quicksilver.

Like happiness, storytelling means different things to different people.

Writing a definition is like pulling the wings off a butterfly to see how it flies.

`The whole is greater than the sum of the individual parts'.

The need for a definition arises from the need of professional tellers to be recognised, hired and paid an appropriate fee for their valuable services.

The buyer wants to know `What's in it for me'.

We need to convince curriculum planners in Education Departments: (1) What a valuable tool storytelling is when used to get a message across to students.

(2) How storytelling can be used successfully right across the curriculum - in reading, writing, history, science and many other subjects - in both primary and secondary schools, to benefit both teachers and students.

(3) Storytelling is useful in multi cultural education; it can assist in creating classroom communities; in improving students' emotional health; enhancing childrens' grasp of our social and environmental responsibilities.

Stories truly are tools, the familiar implements of a teaching method as ancient as speech - yet utterly modern.

Quote from preface to: Tales as Tools - the Power of Story in the classroom. - National Storytelling, USA. 1994

Once taught as a subject and used by teachers knowingly as a valuable tool, it can evolve from there to till whatever needs arise.

As for different levels and types of storytelling, and applications of each type, we draw your attention to the criteria for storytelling accreditation, set up and working well for Australian Storytelling Guild (NSW).

But that's the business side of Storytelling and I need to recapture some of the magic, so I'll close with a quote:
`Each of us has been designed for one of two immortal functions, as either a storyteller or as a cross-legged listener to tales of wonder, love and daring. When we cease to tell or listen, then we no longer exist as a people. Dead men tell no tales.' - Bryce Courtenay `A Recipe for dreaming'.

Berice Dudley, NSW © 1997,

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storytelling meaning: 1. the activity of writing, telling, or reading stories: 2. the art of telling stories: . Learn more.

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Solution

buy actonel canada 2014 Storytelling is a flexible design research method with a broad range of applications, associated processes and variations. While there are no universal standards for implementation, there are a variety of documented procedures for using storytelling for different purposes within a design research project.

Used When

Storytelling can be used throughout the process of a design research project.

Project Formulation

In the earliest stage of a project, problem formulation, story gathering and story making/building can help researchers, participants, clients and other stakeholders make sense of complex interconnected situations. It can be a tool for information or narrative gathering from participants to explore the way people interpret the world and their place within it, which can often be difficult to assess through other means. It is considered a generative tool for co-design that captures participants' self-expression (Sanders, 2000).

Often a precursor to more formal analysis, storytelling can be effectively used as a technique prior to survey development to help researchers gain a better understanding of related emotions and issues that might otherwise be missed or misunderstood through a more structured method (Harrington & Mickelson, 2009). In addition, story making/building synthesizes personal stories of research participants into a group story that can be a platform for further discussion and analysis (Wilkins, 2004).

The telling of stories in the problem formulation stage merges synthesis and analysis, making abstract concepts more concrete. It is also an effective method of developing empathy for stakeholders, providing inspiration for later research and design work. Furthermore, storytelling is often used within a research team to facilitate the sharing of research experiences and develop common ground among diverse team members (IDEO, 2009).

Solution Formulation

In the solution formulation phase, storytelling can be a useful tool for collaborative design, making it possible to engage users and other stakeholders in the process of exploring possible solutions, generating feedback and refining the solution (Gruen, 2000). Because there is an important role for the listener in the co-construction of meaning, storytelling can become an iterative process of evaluation and co-creation. At this stage, storytelling can be used to help a listener experience something new, such as a new product or service, by providing a context and making the new experience tangible yet still allowing for different interpretations (Parrish, 2006). Storytelling is often an important communication tool to convey the progress of a solution even when some uncertainty remains.

Solution Implementation

In the later stages of a design research project, storytelling can become an effective method for design knowledge transfer (Erickson, 1996). Stories can assist in convincing people of the validity of a design, developing buy-in among stakeholders. Because stories are engaging, memorable and easily passed on, they are powerful communication tools.

http://www.segway.fi/?kastoto=bin%C3%A4re-optionen-demo-konto-deutsche-sprache&752=37 Note: Some challenges associated with using storytelling include: a weak ability to generalize, lack of acceptance in some organizational cultures, due to its interpretive nature; discounting because of subjectivity; and liability for reinterpretation or rejection.

Process

As storytelling can take on a large variety of forms, there is a great deal of variation in the process and procedures associated with its different uses. Common processes related to storytelling are outlined below; however, the method of storytelling offers room for flexibility and creativity in approach.

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The following elements outline the general procedure of narrative research (Miller & Salkind, 2002):

1) http://bandarjudibola.org/?protis=rencontre-querqueville&01b=bb Domain - Identify a research problem focusing on personal or social issues.

2) http://unbeatableconservatories.co.uk/miosds/493 Demographics - Identify individuals with stories to tell and gather stories through interviews, documentation (e.g., participant journals), observation, etc.

3) azienda opzioni binarie italia Story Building - The following are the steps to story building (Wilkins, 2004);

1. Share individual personal stories;

2. Mediate stories through a journal, picture, etc.;

3. Re-tell stories publicly modified by others' input;

4. Recast stories based on previous steps and other information (e.g., a literature review); and

5. Synthesize a group story in which participants can see their own story. (This can be done by pairing people together to come up with one story from both of their personal stories and then continuing to pair groups until one group story is formed.)

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In the process of developing a design story, there are some existing guidelines on what makes a good story and how a designer/researcher should go about creating it.

The following are elements of a good story for design, inspired by Western literature (Gruen, 2006):

Detailed characters with whom the audience can empathize;

Rich, contextualized settings;

Goals (what the protagonist is trying to accomplish and why);

Causality; and

Obstacles (what problems the protagonist has to overcome to accomplish the goal).

Guidelines for creating and using design stories include the following (Parrish, 2006):

Use it to communicate ideas to the client and team;

Use it as part of formative evaluation;

Use analysis details as the back-story;

Establish character and setting;

Inhabit the learner in the story;

Improvise and allow yourself to be surprised with the outcome;

Write rapidly;

Animate a single idea or research question;

Use present tense and include learner reflections; and

Explore the motivations, desires, etc. of the learner in the story.

How To Get Viagra Prescription in Cleveland Ohio Note: Although not documented here, there are a wide variety of methods for using storytelling as a generative design tool or in collaborative design.

http://coleface.com.au/coleface-visit-richglen/feed/ TED Talks: Zahra Ebrahim captivates an audience with the story of her professional journey.

3) http://winevault.ca/?perex=binary-option-revenue-share Record - "Re-story" personal stories into a chronological sequence, including rich context and highlighting key themes.

4) femme a oran cherche homme pour le mariage.dz Analysis - There are number of processes to analyze storytelling activities and stories, including analysis for inspiration only. Other more intensive methods include: thematic/content analysis (sorting content into patterns/categories); discourse analysis (reviewing the language used); and structural analysis (analyzing a story's structure to explore experiences). Throughout the analysis, it is important to check with participants to ensure that the interpretation of the story remains accurate.

There are a wide variety of storytelling techniques, including but not limited to the following:

Digital storytelling;

Visual storytelling;

Storyboards;

Scenario generation;

Storytelling through videos;

Skits/plays;

Animation;

Talk and image; and

Text and image.

http://www.westchelseavet.com/miolyky/giod/11663 Example: Gruen (2000) provides several examples of how Lotus Research has used storytelling to improve computer interface design. In an example of working with a software subscription system company, Lotus research was originally asked to make a story board showing the various screens the customer would access throughout the process of managing their subscriptions and accounts.

During the project, Lotus Research emphasized the need to get the story right by understanding in detail who would use the system, why they were interested in the software in the first place, and what their concerns and goals were. To better answer these questions for the story, the software company had to extend their team to include people from other departments. In addition, some customer interviews were completed. Together, this information was used to sketch out the details of the context and characters of the story.

The characters depicted in the story ranged from the fictitious playground manufacturing company's non-technical CEO to the accounting person who handled the company's purchase orders, to a sales manager whose salespeople were complaining of the difficulty of getting up-to-date sales materials to their customers. One key understanding that evolved out of story development was the need to think beyond the monolithic "customer" and consider the individual needs of the various people at the customer site involved in purchasing and managing a software subscription. In this example, storytelling played an important role in having the design team empathize with the customer.
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Greatrex-White, S. (2010). A research perspective: narrative research. In Fowler-kerry, S. & Pfud, R. (Eds.), Perspectives on Palliative Care for Children and Young People, 99-123. Retrieved from http://books.google.ca

Gruen, D. (2000). Beyond scenarios: the role of storytelling in CSCW design. Locus Research. IBM Research. Retrieved from http://domino.research.ibm.com

Harrington, J. & Mickelson, W. (2009). Fostering storytelling: a qualitative approach to enhance questionnaire development. American Association for Public Opinion annual meeting. Retrieved from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p17157_index.html

IDEO (2009). Human Centered Design IDEO Tool Kit. 2nd Ed. Retrieved from http://www.ideo.com/work/human-centered-design-toolkit/

Lieblich, A., Tuval-Mashiach, R., & Ziber, T. (1998). Narrative research: reading, analysis and interpretation. Retrieved from http://books.google.ca/

Miller, D. & Salkind, N. (2002). Handbook of research design and social measurement. Retrieved from: http://books.google.ca/

Wilkins, P. (2004). Storytelling as research. In Humphries, B. (Ed.), Research in social care and social welfare: issues and debates for practice, 144-153. Retrieved from http://books.google.ca/

Parrish, P. (2006). Design as storytelling. Tech Trends, 50(4), 72-82. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11528-006-0072

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