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Exhibit change
The characteristic of an extraordinary story is that the shared experience has changed the person in some way. Basically, it can be a change of perspective or support for a belief or an idea.
First, ask yourself what change you would like to see in your audience. When presenting a new idea to people, start in a place they can relate to and understand why they are skeptical or uncomfortable. Confirm that, then use the story as a guide for where to land them.
You have given them a step-by-step process to get to your common point of understanding.
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Make it an individual story
Incredible stories uncover a piece of yourself.
Ask yourself:
What compels you care about the work that you do?
Which part of you beyond your work is available within that world?
If in financial services, for instance, what is it behind the numbers and inf...
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Motivation behind Storytelling
In the working environment, storytelling fills in as an essential, powerful tool for successful communication.
It gets people excited around a thought, or maybe some drier information that probably won't have been as intriguing before.
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Show passion while you're recounting a story
What's so interesting about what you're talking about?
If the audience knows why you are interested, they will have a reason to care about them. In other words, the story must have value. And they don't have to be significant.
You can create a great story from little ...
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Focus on one Theme/Big idea
You always want to think carefully about what you are leaving your audience with.
What is the theme of your story, what is the big idea? Your story will be full of details, of course. In fact, one of the best things about storytelling is that the details create the world.
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Storytelling help leaders to inspire employees, sharing a vision, defining company values, teaching necessary concepts, and even helping employees to get to know their leaders better.
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Demonstrate change
The mark of a great story is that the experience being shared has changed the person in some way. It doesn’t have to be a drastic change,. It could simply be a perspective shift or a reinforcement of a belief or an idea.
When communicating in business, ask yourself what change you want to ...
Relating To The Characters
Stories cater to our Ego. A listener puts himself in the shoes of the protagonist of a story, and an idea is given emotional heft and sturdiness.
The more we are able to relate to the central character, the more engaging, effective and memorable a story narrative becomes.
Wanting change vs. wanting to change
Most people don't really want to change, they want to have changed.
When people profess a clear desire to change, that usually means they are interested in change as an outcome rather than change as a process.
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