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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 things if the storyteller is interested in it.
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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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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.
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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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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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Show passion when you're telling a story
“What gets you excited about what you’re talking about? Why do you care?
If the audience knows why you care, they’ll have a reason to care.” In other words, the story needs to have stakes. And they don’t necessarily need to be significant. You can conceivably ...
Tell-Show-Tell
The Tell-Show-Tell Structure:
- Tell the audience what's about to unfold, and what the user needs.
- Show them how it happens.
- Tell them why they need to care and what's at stake.
The story also needs to be innovative and f...
Authentic: Show why you care
An authentic bio is vital to break through the generic content by unqualified authors. Authentic authors care about the topic, they know the audience, and they have the courage to put their real name on their work.
- Start with a compelling first sentence
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