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Enhancing Storyteller Wellbeing: Digital Storytelling with Mike Lang

13 Sep 2023

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Do you consider the human element behind digital storytelling? Do you stop to think about the emotional toll it can take on the storyteller themselves? Join us for a heart-touching conversation with Mike Lang, digital storyteller and founder of Common Language Digital Storytelling. Mike takes us on a deep dive into the essence of storyteller wellbeing, discussing his PhD work on Digital Storytelling in Healthcare Settings and providing insights from his powerful documentary, Emerging Horizons.Mike shares a specific example of supporting a storyteller during a group workshop. The story reveals the necessity of emotional preparedness in handling storytelling and emphasizes the importance of care and concern for storytellers. Further, Mike stresses the empowering potential of digital storytelling for patients and their families, and how it can enhance their wellbeing. This conversation is a stark reminder of the human side of digital storytelling; a side that requires respect, understanding, and care. Join us, and let's pledge to enhance storyteller well-being together.About Our GuestMike Lang is a digital storytelling facilitator, health researcher, filmmaker. He has directed and produced five feature length documentaries and two web series about the human health experience in addition to publishing academic research articles and facilitating the creation of over 800 digital stories. Mike’s professional and research focus is on using digital storytelling and documentary filmmaking in an education/advocacy, quality improvement, research, and therapeutic capacity within healthcare systems.Website: mikelangstories.comAll Social Media: @mikelangstories Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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