How to Tell a Great Story. We tell stories to our coworkers and peers all the time — to persuade someone to support our project, to explain to an employee how he might improve, or to inspire a team that is facing challenges. It’s an essential skill, but what makes a compelling story in a business context? And how can you improve your ability to tell stories that persuade? What the Experts Say In our information-saturated age, business leaders “won’t be heard unless they’re telling stories,” says Nick Morgan, author of Power Cues and president and founder of Public Words, a communications consulting firm. “Facts and figures and all the rational things that we think are important in the business world actually don’t stick in our minds at all,” he says.
But stories create “sticky” memories by attaching emotions to things that happen. Start with a message Every storytelling exercise should begin by asking: Who is my audience and what is the message I want to share with them? Principles to Remember Do: Don’t: What Is a Story? Why Storytelling Matters. Storytelling vs Corporate Speak. Storytelling as Interpersonal Currency. People Process Information Best In Story Form. Stories capture and hold attention One day, many years ago, when I was early in my career, I found myself in front of a classroom full of people who did not want to be there.
Their boss had told them they had to attend the class I was giving. I knew that many, even most, of them thought the class was a waste of their time, and knowing that was making me nervous. I decided to be brave and forge ahead. Certainly my great content would grab their attention, right? I took a deep breath, smiled, and with a strong voice, I started the session with a big “Hello Everyone. Then I had an idea. I had them! Stories are very powerful — They grab and hold attention. Tried and true story formats — Aristotle identified the basic structure of stories, and many people have expounded on his ideas since. In the Beginning you introduce your audience to the setting, the characters and the situation or conflict. My story was very short, so the Middle part was short too.
This is just a basic outline. Love Fate. How storytelling affects the brain. Ideas Need to Be Felt. Marketing Is About the Stories You Tell. Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action. The 22 rules of storytelling, according to Pixar. HOW TO TELL A WINNING STORY? Storytelling Workshop. Award-winning Author. 20+ Rules of Storytelling You Should Know About. 7 storytelling tips from kurt vonnegut. 6 Tips for Better Storytelling. The Art Of Storytelling » Home. The Art Of Storytelling » Tell A Story. Get inspired by featured artwork from the Delaware Art Museum and write a story through the interactive Tell a Story activity.
Look through the images below for a brief introduction on how this activity works, or click on the link below to begin telling your story. Launch the Tell a Story Activity 1) Choose an inspirational work of art First, select a work of art as the inspiration for your story. Storytelling Paradigm. 9 Creative Storytelling Tools That Will Make You Wish You Were A Student Again. Learning Apps & Tools | Feature 9 Creative Storytelling Tools That Will Make You Wish You Were A Student Again By Kim Fortson10/22/12 For many students, writing a novel summary is not exactly a glamorous assignment.
But writing a novel summary using a timeline-based storytelling platform with embedded original content, hyperlinks, videos, and pictures might just make developing re-cap of A Christmas Carol interesting, argues Lake Geneva Middle School language arts teacher Rob Granger. In lieu of standard re-caps, Granger asks his students to create Meographs, four-dimensional narratives that contextualize stories using maps to provide time and place references to original content.
T.H.E. The Seven Elements of Digital Storytelling. Digital Storytelling Evaluation. 6 of The Best iPad Apps for Digital Storytelling. May 18, 2015 Here are some excellent iPad apps to enhance students creativity through digital storytelling.
These are among the best apps teachers have been using with their students to create, narrate, and share stories. Using these apps students will be able to tell their own stories using a variety of multimedia materials that include: images, characters, avatars, photos, audio recordings, video clips and many more. The editing and creation functionalities differ from one app to the other but overall, the process is fairly simple and student friendly: 1- 30hands “30hands Mobile focuses on the power of storytelling and ITERATIVE CREATIVITY(TM). 2- Toontastic “Toontastic is a creative storytelling app that enables kids to draw, animate, and share their own cartoons with friends and family around the world. ..Making cartoons with Toontastic is as easy as putting on a puppet show - simply press the record button, move your characters onscreen, and tell your story. 3- ZooBurst 6- Tellagami.
A Handy Interactive Visual on The Digital Storytelling Process. June 24, 2014 Here is a great interactive Thinglink image on the process of digital storytelling I want to share with you today.
This graphic is created by Tonia and features a wide variety of iPad apps that go with each of the stages of the digital storytelling process. Tonia used the concept of process writing (popularized by Donal Murray) to design this digital storytelling process visual. This process is made up of 7 stages namely :prewriting, drafting, editing, conferencing, revising, publishing, and sharing. If you hover your mouse over any of these stages you will be able to see a clickable button that you can use to access the list of iPad apps for that stage.
I have spent sometime going through the different app suggestions included in this visual and I find them really interesting. UtellStory - Tell Stories, Share Topics, Make Impact. Storytelling Circles.