How the story transforms the teller | Donald Davis | TEDxCharlottesville
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- čas přidán 22. 12. 2014
- This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Storyteller
Donald Davis was born in a Southern Appalachian mountain world rich in stories. "I didn't learn stories, I just absorbed them," he says as he recounts tales and more tales learned from a family of traditional storytellers who have lived on the same Western North Carolina land since 1781. Davis remembers, "I discovered that in a story I could safely dream any dream, go anywhere I pleased, fight any foe, live or die. My stories created a safe experimental learning place.
And that is the way that Donald Davis has approached all of his learning places...as a graduate of Duke University; as a retired Methodist minister; as featured teller at the Smithsonian Institution; as a guest host for the National Public Radio Program "Good Evening"; and as father of four sons. For Donald Davis storytelling "...is not what I do for a living...it is how I do all that I do while I am living.”
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“You are not telling the story to change what happened. You are telling the story to change you.” What a delight to listen to this man.
I could listen to this man telling stories every day of the week. Beautiful.
I can’t express myself enough about how deeply I was moved by this talk. I even organized a workshop based on this for design students at a university. I experienced the happiest day of my life thanks to this amazing talk. Dear Donald, my utmost appreciation and thanks !!!
My sentiments absolutely, positively. Profound and inspired.
Wow!!!
Never have I accidentally watched a TedX Talk that impacted me in such a timely manner!
The video is not about storytelling. It about the rocks that sit on top of our lives. These rocks are living to have their stories told over and over again.
The best story I have heard yet. Thank you Donald Davis.
THANK YOU🤩🙏🌟💙
As a storyteller and coach I found this story / lesson profound. These are stories that a life can be built around. I wish I had heard this when I was a young man. I will share with others at my yearly youth leadership program and Stories that Matter program. Well Done Donald! Profound use of story.
Thanks for revealing the science of storytelling and making it accessible to anyone who has a story... everyone!
One of the best talks I’ve seen on storytelling. As a memoir coach myself, I so relate to this message. Owning and telling our stories is one of the most powerful things we can do.
Thank you, Mr Davis, for telling your story. You've just inspired me to tell my stories.
What an homage to his father and to his grandmother. Well done!
i was into him for the whole 17 minutes. no great humour or big events. A simple story, a great lesson and an awesome story teller. Wish i had his power
BEST STORY EVER! thank you for telling, i guess...the rock was always on top of me...time to tell my Story! 💜
Hands down best Ted talk I've ever heard
Wow, this is so inspiring! So as a person who struggling with my storytelling skills, this is the biggest tip I learned from this ted talk. Tell the same story again and again from different perspectives. Do this until you live through all the different characters in that story. Do this until you feel like you are changing through your story.
This story moved me to tears, though this is not the first time I've heard it. Donald Davis is America's greatest story teller and a national treasure. He is also the nicest man you could want to know. If he is performing near you, you must go see him. This is one of my two favorite Donald Davis stories. The other, also told to Donald by his father, is about when Donald was born. I was fortunate to have heard Donald tell stories in person since around 1995.
What an incredible story of looking at life through a different lens! And the accent adds a nice flavor!!! I loved it.
This is probably one of the best video I have watched about storytelling. I found it sooooo inspiring. Thank you
Wonderful story and what telling! Read his book but the first time I see him telling. Waw!
Julie Kertesz He has a book? Well I know what I'm going to get for Christmas then!
@@sincerelyyours225 I think he has written more than one --maybe three--they are compilations of his stories
Brilliant storyteller! So glad I watched him! Thanks for sharing this awesome mind!
Wonderful, thank you Donald.... “if you don’t tell this story when you are 50 years old you will be 5 again and simple lament...” Wow. Moved me to tears,
This is the kind of story I like listening to. It’s so meaningful.
Great storyteller. He made the story so meaningful, above all, I can see the story is the storyteller. I feel very lucky to have found this video. Thank you.
FANTASTIC! Thank You Donald. As always happens when I hear you speak, my soul has been fed. I am sated.
A really moving story, thank you so much for sharing. I learned so much from it.
Oh my God. This story is like therapy. I hope to be that wise one day.
The story got so captivating I forgot to like until later when I saw, a comment on few likes. Hope I can tell my story....Kenya is a great country
This is one of my favourite ted talks and everyone who wishes to bring about some change in this world ought to watch this.
I want to thank you, thank you very much... for giving me a new insight to a bad, very bad personal past.
This is an amazing video! Wow! The Power of Stories, The Power of Telling Your Own Story.
Amazing talk... God keep you healthy and log lived to spread the stories and inspire others..
Tony Bennett played this for the UVA basketball team on the first day of practice for the 2018-2019 basketball season (after becoming the first #1 seed to lose to a 16 seed to end the previous season). It became the theme of the season, which ended in a national championship.
and losing to umbc was the best thing that could have happened to UVA. if you think this is sarcasm then you need to watch again...
Brings me back to my childhood listening to his CDs. I would listen to nothing but Donald Davis and Bill Jones. I'm lucky my grandma showed me the value of storytelling and how it can spread happiness and widen the imagination of anyone.
+funfunfunanimegirl which Bill Jones? I know him!
Thank you Donald, you are a fabulous story teller, and very inspiring! In grade school I grew up hearing I would rather be dead than red in the head. Yep, I was a little freckled faced red haired girl. That to, changed who I was but I never talked about it much, I will now as I see how important it is to. Thank you , a message for everyone!!!
What a wonderful story and the message is beautiful.
Now that was good ol fashion wisdom beautifully told by a master
Each story is a gem.
Thank you Donald! You masterfully described something I knew but couldn't articulate. Now that I found the words I will tell that story forward. Respect :)
That was absolutely brilliant.
Powerful! I'm inspired to tell my story in.a new way to further transform myself.
This is brilliant...awesome storytelling...it has blessed me..
One of the best talks i ever heard!
Let's always see the bright side of Life! So nicely told... Thank-you!
This video doesn't have enough views.. It took me too much to find it again to re watch it!
This was so beautiful and I hung on every word.
Thank you very much................. I love your story & telling..................awesome!
Remarkable!!!!!! Great storytelling!
Telling a story with a lesson or moral to learn about life and myself.
Great story, and wise grandmother.
This was amazing! Thank you so much
Very, very inspiring. It deserves more views :l
This is incredibly inspiring. Thank you
Very inspiring Donald! Thank you!
The absolute best! 💗
What an amazing story. Thank you!
This talk should be resurrected and aired absolutely everywhere for everyone. Full stop.
Love it!!!! Thank you!
wow - absolutely incredible.
Really wonderful. Thank you.
Absolutely wonderful!
art teacher used to play his stories while we worked in elementary, great video
Amazing, thanks!!!
Powerful lesson!!!
WOW! WOW!! WOW!!! AWESOME TALK!!!
Wow, this was amazing.
Thank You 🙏🏽
Fantastic story telling
"If you don't tell the story, it sits on you like a rock." It makes me wonder how much a story can weigh.
Best story’s talk
So beautiful ❤
Amazing.
Beautiful
Fabulous.
I love it 💙
beautiful
soulful
Nice jobs,thanks share
Brilliant
The lesson of the story is : something good/positive may come out of a bad accident or a negative experience. Sometimes things happen for a reason.
Give this to all the Influencers, and tell their stories. Oh! give this to students too 🧐😇.
Nice.
I found a better storyteller than Donald Davis.
- No one. Ever.
Wvo is it ? 🙂
Alex
I saw Donald Davis at the Sierra Storytelling Festival in Nevada City!
yes he is interesting
🙏🙏🙏🙌🙌👏🧡🧡🧡
thought the title said how transformers transform, but stayed for the story
I didn't realize I was listening to a story that I normally wouldn't have been interested in....
not a lesson in writing - but a lesson in coping with a disability - it's probably natural that the grandmother was behind it in some way - using talk as therapy or catharsis is more common among women - men tend to deal with trauma silently and alone
genius
why this video has so little likes
Because when something profoundly affects you, you sit there, thinking, and forget the mundane about you... and forget.
Has the voice of a pastor lol
Haha, turns out he was actually a pastor if u ever see this.
What teller? The Bank Teller?
K as
Excellent. Need to get it to the gangbangers, wackos, billionaires, warmongers, haters, and politicians.