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Why would you share your point BEFORE telling your story?
Filed in Anecdotes, Business storytelling, Corporate Storytelling
Business storytelling is the mindful use of storytelling to make a business point. When you share your point before your story, you tell your audience why they should listen to you.
Read MoreInnovation and execution are often incompatible
Anecdote’s Chairman, Paul Honeywell, explores the difference between innovation and execution. The two areas almost always demand different skills, different people, and a different culture.
Read MoreMagicians, marines, and medics: Understanding sales roles
We’ve been told that there are two types of salespeople, hunters and farmers, but there are three. In this post, Mike Adams will introduce them to you.
Read MoreSeven ways to win tenders by thinking like a military commander
Like a General in war, you normally don’t have the full picture in a sales engagement. Nonetheless, it’s the salesperson’s responsibility to know what is going on.
Read MoreCalling all communicators: Stand up for story!
Filed in Anecdotes, Business storytelling, Corporate Storytelling
Storytelling is how we’ve shared ideas since the start of time. But somewhere along the way, we adopted an overly rational way of conveying information. It’s time to redress the balance.
Read MoreFive tips to make your meetings more productive
Filed in Business storytelling, Collaboration, Communication, Employee Engagement
Here are our top five tips for making your meetings more productive and engaging and your job easier.
Read MoreHow to encourage your people to get vaccinated
Filed in Business storytelling, Communication, Corporate Storytelling
Shawn Callahan lays out a story-powered approach to encouraging people to get vaccinated. This blog post is the first of a series and focuses on correcting misinformation.
Read MoreAnother way to develop your business storytelling skills
Storytelling is a language skill, and we can learn a lot about learning storytelling from how we take on a new language. Shawn explains how.
Read MoreStory-Powered Job Interviews
Filed in Business storytelling, Communication, Corporate Storytelling
Story can be used in many parts of the interview process to make the tasks of the applicant and interviewer less challenging. Mark Schenk explains how.
Read MoreGetting personal about your presentations
Filed in Anecdotes, Business storytelling, Communication, Leadership Posts
Before people follow your ideas, they want to know what they mean to you as a leader, why you care. Try exploring one of these three story-based approaches.
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