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Business Storytelling Lessons From Spike Lee

 “Without research, your story will likely be one-sided,” says Lee.

He takes detailed notes on 5×7 index cards. He places the index cards in a box, and when the box is full, he is ready to start writing the story. This paper-based approach allows Lee to shuffle the index cards in a different order as much as needed to convey his vision of the story in the movie script. Lee contends that doing the research makes your story relatable and enables you to weave your message more effectively.

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We Can Still Avoid an Education Catastrophe

I’ve noticed that some teachers are replicating their lectures in YouTube video form, and this has been incredibly time consuming and depleting for them. But doing this isn’t necessary. After all, video lessons on almost every topic already exist on the internet. Teachers’ time is valuable and should often be used instead for maintaining interaction and connection with students. Teachers should be given the liberty to focus on how to create more interactive touchpoints with students, more than trying to recreate online resources similar to those that already exist. This isn’t just healthier for the students; teachers will also get more energy from interacting with their students than they do from spending time in a home recording studio making Khan Academy-style videos.

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