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Influential Storytelling Workshop | Story Hours | Effective Meetings
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STORY HOUR
Today’s prompt - Story and a Slide
We are huge champions of integrating stories into your presentations at work. For this Story Hour, we invite our speakers to bring an actual slide from a presentation (past, present or future). They will present their slide, including a story as part of the talk track (5 minutes or less).
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A key buzzword of the past decade has been “storytelling.” Most of us have an intuitive understanding that stories can be powerful tools for influence: they simplify complex concepts, they bring data to life, and they compel us to take note and pay attention. But not all stories are created equal. What is it, exactly, that gives a story its magic? How do we know when we tell a story that we will impact our audience?
In this webinar, we’ll explore the 4 key qualities that make a story influential. These qualities are informed by studies in social psychology, behavior change, cognitive science, and more. Join us for this free webinar and walk away with a clear framework that you can use to tell more impactful stories.
STORY HOUR
Today’s prompt - Data with a Soul
Brené Brown says, “Stories are data with a soul.” But we are often in situations where we need to present numbers or data, and we forget to tell a story. Numbers and data are often mind-numbing and easy for your audience to disregard… but stories captivate and stick. For this Story Hour, we invite our speakers to bring actual or imagined data they may need to communicate to an audience, and then bring it to life for us via a story.
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In this webinar, we will explore 5 questions that you can ask that will completely transform your check-ins from “meh” to “ka-pow!” These questions will be key to cutting through the chaos and taking your conversations to a deeper and more meaningful level.
STORY HOUR
Today’s prompt - Q&A Stories
Most presentations are followed by a Question & Answer discussion. Stories are a great tool for this section, especially when the same questions come up often. For this Story Hour, we invite our speakers to think of an upcoming or recurring presentation they have to deliver, and identify one of the questions they may have to answer during the Q&A.. At Story Hour, they will share the question and then answer the question with a 5 min (or less) story.
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In this webinar, our focus is on step one of taking your presentation from dense and dry to dynamic… How to set yourself up for success before you even start building it. We discuss why you should consider context, audience, key messages, narrative structure and more, and give you a framework you can use to approach your presentation development strategically.
Stories are exceptionally powerful at driving home your point; they simplify complex concepts, they bring data to life, and they compel us to take note and pay attention. During this webinar we’ll discuss how you can pinpoint the key story opportunities within your presentation and offer a basic story template that you can use to develop the stories that will work for you.
STORY HOUR
Today’s Prompt - Like a Moth to the Flame
Sometimes attraction is so inevitable and powerful, one is captured like a moth to the flame. For this Story Hour we invite our speakers to share a 5 min (or less) story that showcases a time when they were the moth or the flame or even just witness to this magnetic attraction. These experiences are great fodder for story as they are often the making (or breaking) of us.
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STORY HOUR
Today’s Prompt - Lightning Talks
One of the hardest things to do is to deliver a clear and coherent message in a short amount of time, and yet we see more and more of our clients are asked to put together a succinct talk. We thought it would be fun to invite our community to give it a shot as Story Hour is a place of practice and learning. Instead of a 5 min or less story, speakers are challenged to deliver a 5 min or less talk. Slides or another version of visual aid is allowed but certainly not required.
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STORY HOUR
Today’s Prompt - Sell Me This Pen
In the movie, Wolf of Wall Street, Leonardo DiCaprio's character, Jordan Belfort, asks a room full of salespeople to sell him a pen. The ask tests a salesperson's ability to understand a client's needs and demonstrate why a solution would be of value. The scene illustrates a fundamental selling point: that it's not enough to have a great product or service, you also have to know how to sell that product or service.
Part of effective selling is telling a compelling story… one that will shift how a prospect thinks or acts. In this Story Hour, we invite our storytellers to tell a story that will convince us that we need something we don’t have, or should do something we otherwise wouldn’t. Learning to develop a story like this is helpful for anyone in any function—sales or not—because invariably we’ll find ourselves in moments where we need to influence others to think or act a certain way.
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STORY HOUR
Today’s Prompt - Safe At Last
Safety (and lack of safety) can mean a million things…and that’s why it’s a great metaphor and potential story prompt. Do you have an exciting outdoor adventure story where you were worried about your physical safety that could be a metaphor and help you share a lesson about courage or trying something new? Do you have a story about a leader that risked your psychological safety and how another leader or peer was able to help you navigate that space?
At this Story Hour, we ask our speakers to share their stories of safety (or lack of safety) and what they learned as a result of that experience.
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STORY HOUR
Today’s Prompt - Short Stories
At Story Hour, we typically hold our speakers to a 5 minute time limit so we can have 3 speakers at each event. And it’s surprising how often they go over! It’s hard to craft and share a “short” story. It takes work to figure out what you can leave out and still have your story land. For this Story Hour, we invite folks to bring a 1 - 2 minute story. It can be a shorter version of one shared at a previous Story Hour or something new.
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STORY HOUR
Today’s prompt: A Crazy Thing That Happened
Some of the best stories are the exciting, dramatic and memorable moments in our lives. For this Story Hour, we invite our speakers to bring a story about “a crazy thing that happened.” Stories can be about the personal, the professional or anything in between. Speakers should come prepared to share a 5-min or less story.
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