We believe听in the power of storytelling听and encourage听you to share your story with students and colleagues.听
Lightbulb Moment Story Template
The Lightbulb Moment Story Template provides a framework to share your professional story that can enable students to build confidence in the exploration of opportunities by contextualizing failure in the narrative of your success and charting pathways through the unknown.听
The Lightbulb Moment Initiative
Originally intended as an approach to publishing student stories听with our campus communications teams, the Lightbulb Moment has since expanded into all aspects of our outreach听 and continues to gain momentum in the campus community. Learn听about the Lightbulb Moment Initiative.
Lightbulb Moment Template
Beginning
- Who were you before the light came on?
- How did you feel about your future?
- What questions and/or doubts did you have?
Middle
- What happened that answered some of your questions and/or addressed your doubts?听
- Who helped flip the switch?听
- How did you meet them?
End
- What did you learn?听
- How did you and/or your path change?听
- Has your course changed since?
Reflection
- What made you feel you belong where you are鈥攐r not?
- What systems enabled your success鈥攑owered the light?