Just do it! Iteration or "playing it by ear" is a great way to learn storytelling and find great content fast
We learn more about storytelling from iterations of listening and practice than any template could teach us.
More Experiments!
I think we spend too much time looking for the “right” story. We can’t know a story is effective until we try it out because stories are co-created. I have suggested we expect a 30% fail rate – a percentage I made up – so people won’t craft a story to death before they try it out. I
EASING A STORY INTO YOUR JOB INTERVIEW
Earn your turn! Listen first. If there is dead silence offer your story as a little gift to get things rolling. Begin with an obvious link to their particular use for your story. “I am particularly interested in… how you do X…because my interest in X started one time when your focus on X…because I
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Puppies, Paintings, and Philosophers
Stories come from every where, every field of study, and particularly from people who deeply care about something, or someone. Seek the geeks!!
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Juicy, Colorful, Textured and Vivid
Create a vivid picture by using descriptive details that light up more than one part of a listener’s sensory cortex. Mix up sensory details sound and vision when you describe a detail like a quiet face, a blue humming, or screaming purple. Every sense you stimulate makes your story feel more like a real experience.
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Storytelling and Structure…not so much
“What’s your opinion on the topic of structuring business presentations as Story?” Question from: Gonzales Alvarez Good question, Gonzales. Let me begin by giving my definition of a story: A story is a narrated sequence of words or other triggers in a way that an simulated experience (def: images, smells, sounds, tastes, touches, and emotions) is
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