Week 9, Activity # 2

• Point of View. The point of view is from Larry Dressler, a man who was bullied in middle and high school.  He relates his bullying in school to corporate boardrooms.  He connects how his past has mad him the consultant he is today.
• Dramatic Question. When did you get into this tricky business of group facilitation?  This dramatic question takes Larry back to the years of bullying.   Another Dramatic Question, "...but who was going to protect me?"
• Emotional Content. Larry tells the story how 3 months into the school year the windows of the school had to be boarded up because school officials were tired of replacing them.  He also talks about how gang members had put him in a head lock, caught his shirt on fire, and other bullying stories.  These emotional and personal stories keeps me watching.  At the end of the video, Larry describes how he got two CEOs to "be on the same team" by appealing to their "Parent" side.  He related the two CEOs to "rival gang members."
• Voice. The author, Larry, is the voice of the digital story.  His voice is calm, but powerful; he let's the pictures speak.
• Soundtrack. The soundtrack contains older 60s/70s sounding music.  The music takes the author and audience back to the time that Larry was in high school/middle school.
• Economy. The author explains how he started to look at the connections of people and tried to be "well connected" so when the bully who lit his shirt on fire in middle, tried to break his nose in high school.  He had connections of people (not school officials) that stood up for him.  All of the authors stories relate directly to bullying. 
• Pacing. The author didn't choose too many "stories."  He had just the right amount and every thing blended well together.  The digital story is only four minutes long, but its impact is evident.