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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.
So, the more detailed you are in the story, the more global the story becomes. But think about how all the details of your story relate to the big idea.
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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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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 big idea
Your theme or big idea is your editing tool.
You always want to think about what you’re leaving your audience with thematically. What’s the theme of your story, what’s the big idea?. Your story will be filled with lots of specifics, of course. In fact, one of the most beau...
Focus Only On What You Want
Ignore the details at first, or what cannot be done. Instead, focus on the big picture and on the possibilities of bringing an idea to fruition. Later, you must ask effective questions that break down the idea into workable parts — making them practical and real-life scenarios.
Start with a message
First, settle on your ultimate message; then you can figure out the best way to illustrate it.
Every storytelling exercise should begin by asking: Who is my audience and what is the message I want to share with them?
Each decision about your story should flow from those question...
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