storytelling

June 28, 2011

9 Words that Turned a “No” into a “Yes”

This great video reminds us that it’s not what you say that makes the biggest difference – it’s how you say it. Why do these 9 words work? They tug at […]
June 27, 2011

Tell to Win (Peter Guber) Book Review

Tell to Win illustrates the powerful way stories can catapult your message over the walls of indifference and resistance. But if you are looking for a […]
June 20, 2011

Tell Movie Analogies and Make Your Point Stick

When you’re looking for analogies that will sway an audience, one good source is movies. In Peter Guber’s excellent book Tell to Win, he gives the […]
June 13, 2011

The World’s Saddest Story in 6 Words

And the story behind the story is that this short piece was written by Ernest Hemmingway. He was lunching with colleagues and bet them $10 each he could write […]
June 4, 2011

3 Story Shapes according to Kurt Vonnegut

Some experts say a presentation, told as a story, has a shape. Actually, famed author Kurt Vonnegut shows there are at least three shapes describing different kinds of stories. Do any […]
May 20, 2011

The Secrets of Storytelling in the Boardroom, Part 7 – Using Stories to Bring Your Slides to Life

We’ve now covered three ways to use storytelling in a boardroom presentation: to introduce the presentation, to increase interest and to structure the entire presentation. We […]
May 8, 2011

The Secrets of Storytelling in the Boardroom, Part 6 – 4 Ways to Structure Your Preso as a Story

(Back to part 1). So far we’ve talked about how to use stories, or story elements, to introduce a presentation. But what about the rest of […]
May 2, 2011

The Secrets of Storytelling in the Boardroom, Part 5 – Increase Interest with the Inciting Incident

In the last blog post, we discussed the first way to incorporate storytelling into your boardroom presentation by using a story to grab the audience’s attention […]
April 26, 2011

The Secrets of Storytelling in the Boardroom – Part 4, Three Ways to Open Your Presentation

(Return to part 1). One of the best examples of using storytelling in front of a skeptical business audience came in 2002 in a business school […]
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