Archive for 2016

Set ground rules for workshops or presentations like a master

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —August 30, 2016
Filed in Anecdotes, Business storytelling

Learn how Billy Crystal sets the rules with his audiences – no phones and no recording. Try it when you next set ground rules for workshops / presentations.

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Storytelling for Sales: Paris 2016

Posted by  Lucy Honeywell —August 12, 2016
Filed in Business storytelling, Events

Anecdote, in conjunction with Persona Global, is holding a public Storytelling for Sales on Thursday 1st September in Paris. Learn more here.

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When it comes to communicating strategy, leaders are the channel

Posted by  Mark Schenk —August 5, 2016
Filed in Business storytelling, Leadership Posts, Strategy

The internal communications team is often given the task of communicating strategy throughout an organisation. Find out why leaders should be the channel.

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The role of stories in data storytelling

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —August 4, 2016
Filed in Business storytelling

How do you make sense of a mass of data, to gain insights and inspire people to change? Learn how story techniques can help the data analysis process.

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How moral persuasion can be used to strengthen your stories

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —August 3, 2016
Filed in Business storytelling

When telling stories to convince someone of a particular point of view, build in moral persuasion and you’ll be more convincing. Learn more here.

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Complex times call for disruptive leadership

Posted by  David Green —July 29, 2016
Filed in Culture, Employee Engagement, Leadership Posts

Continual discomforts and changes have become central to the experience of managers. These times call for disruptive leadership traits, do you have them?

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The Ethics of Storytelling in Business

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —July 19, 2016
Filed in Business storytelling

With so many business people learning story skills there is a greater chance for them to be misused. So how do you maintain the ethics of storytelling?

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Creating a customer service culture through storytelling

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —July 15, 2016
Filed in Business storytelling, Culture

Want to change the culture of your business? Change the stories being told in it. Learn how sharing stories can embed a great customer service culture here.

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Getting things done with a Bullet Journal

Posted by  Shawn Callahan —June 17, 2016
Filed in Insight

Always on the lookout for good note-taking systems, I’m currently trying out a paper-based approach called the Bullet Journal. Here are my thoughts so far.

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The state of storytelling in 2016 – insights from the ATD2016 conference

Posted by  Mark Schenk —June 16, 2016
Filed in Business storytelling, News

Storytelling has become ubiquitous. But, as this post explains, there are many different takes on it and some have little to do with actual storytelling.

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