Top 15 Posts on Professional Storytelling
"The Power of Storytelling", from the Guru of Networking
"Before television there was radio. Before radio there were books. And before books there were storytellers. The power of a well-told tale, passed down from generation to generation and recited from memory over a campfire, is the power that brought people together and formed the beginnings of cultures that have lasted even to the present day. No matter what the medium – stone tablets, movies, grocery store tabloid, the Internet – the story is central.
A good story stays with people and compels them to share it with others. It’s as true today as it was two thousand years ago – and it’s especially true of success stories. Everyone likes to hear them; everyone likes to have one.
And doesn’t this align nicely with word-of-mouth marketing, where referrals are based on thousands of individual success stories? Every time one networker passes a referral to another, she is telling a story about a need fulfilled successfully or a problem solved effectively."
Dr Ivan Misner, Author & Founder, BNI
Today is “World Storytelling Day” and we need to honor the power of story to transform our lives and our world.
In honor of the “World Storytelling Day”, I have compiled the top 10 posts (both stories and posts on storytelling) that have influenced me and my Top 5 (most popular) posts on professional storytelling.
Top 10 Posts Which Have Influenced Me
Storytelling for Thought Leaders & Innovators
1-The Big Blindspot of Every Culture-Maker: How to Go From “Outsider” to “Insider” (How Changemakers/Thought leaders should tell their story?)
Can a changemaker become an insider?
Or by definition are you destined to remain the outsider?
Will people ever get what the %#@! you’re all about?
I’m increasingly aware of the many ways innovators and changemakers sabotage telling their story, without even realizing it. This only makes it more difficult for the gift of your message, product, or solution to be accepted. (Read More)
Storytelling for Leaders
2-The Business Case for Storytelling
Context + Perception = Value
Too often, people try to make the case for business storytelling, by pointing to examples of “who’s doing it”. That type of reductionist answer has always kind of bugged me. Since that only reflects what is, as opposed to what can be. I think we all need bigger frameworks for appreciating the business implications of storytelling. Especially in today’s evolving times. So here goes a simple formula to stir up the discussion: Context + Perception = Value. Three fundamental reasons why storytelling holds value to institutions. (Read More)
3-Once Upon a Time at the Office:
10 Storytelling Tips to Help You be More Persuasive
Once upon a time, in a faraway kingdom, there was a salesman who traveled the countryside, peddling his wares. Everyone loved his product except the evil king, who wanted to do away with it. One day the king said, “This product is ruining my kingdom and I want to destroy it. (Read More).
The Power of Storytelling
4-This Will Be The #1 Business Skill Of The Next 5 Years
Last year, a pale woman with crazy eyebrows and a keytar strapped to her back made a video of herself, wearing a kimono and holding up hand-Sharpied signs on a street in Melbourne. One by one, the signs flipped, explaining that the woman had spent the last 4 years writing songs. She was a musician, and had parted ways with her record label, which had said the cost of her next album would be a whopping $500,000. She and her band mates were very happy to no longer be with the label, and had worked hard to create some great new music and art. (Read More)
5-Best of the Best Quotes on Storytelling-Michael Margolis, Get Storied
Quotes and musings have been divided into 3 broad categories which represent the 3 areas of storytelling viz.
1) People Storytelling
2) Organization storytelling
6-S is for Storytelling
One of my more insightful teachers Toby Hecht loves to repeat this saying– “Birds fly, fish swim and human beings tell stories.” Yes, that’s what we humans do – we tell stories. Either we are telling those stories to others are we are telling stories to ourselves about what is happening around us. (Read More)
7-Social Media and Storytelling Part 1: Why Storytelling?
Why Storytelling? Major Shifts = Opportunity
The game has changed. We no longer live in a broadcast era where marketers can simply buy people’s attention with a TV campaign. There are different rules now and we need to earn the attention of our audience.
We have a connected consumer revolution. The consumer is now in control of what they view, what they share, and how they view (on what screen). So there has been a major shift in terms of the relationship between consumers and marketers. (Read More)
Storytelling for Personal Branding
8-Don’t Think You Have a Story?
If you’re like most people, you really enjoy a great story! More often than not, what you most like is the suspense, drama, and triumph that accompany the central character’s efforts to overcome adversity or simply to deal with a difficult situation. In fact, part of the reason stories can be so engaging, is that we tend to identify with the protagonist so much that we feel we have a personal stake in his or her success. (Read More)
Inspiring Stories
I am a reconciliation of spirits. My father was a surgeon and my mother an artist, both in painting and in playing 12 different instruments. They divorced when I was ten and it was good that they did because there was always this tension between raw intellect and raw expression and at one point you might think intellect would win, and in the end raw expression had more endurance. I say this as my mother has the dragon to slay called mental illness. When she was younger she didn’t always take her medication. As a result she had three suicide attempts that I know of. As a child I was very angry at her attempts and can remember at one point even wishing she would be successful. (Read More)
10-I Love You "Dear Music", Even If You Don't Love Me Back
Do you think I am gifted in music? Well, not everybody thought so. When I was at my early age, for several years I studied piano with my sister at home. We were 7 siblings, and my parents only had enough money to send one of us to a music school, so my sister had to "forward" her knowledge she learned to her brothers and sisters. (Read More)
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My Top 5 Posts on Storytelling
1-Does Your Linkedin Profile Tell a Captivating Story?
One of the most boring tasks in the world is to read the Linkedin profiles of your connections. They are full of jargon and overloaded with information, lengthy recommendations & everything else that can bore you to death. Even the summary of many a profile has the potential to give you a headache. (Read More on LinkedIn)
2-One Plus One Equals Eleven
In Hindi, we have a saying that one plus one equals eleven (which highlights the power of collaboration). Jennifer Sertl, (President, Agility 3R, New York), my personal development coach and collaborator has proved it right. (Read More)
3-And Michael Margolis and 2013 Changed My Story
" Storytelling means revealing something beyond self-congratulations" Michael's tweet in early 2013 had set me thinking. I was also seeking a path to evolve myself (to higher emotions) and I found a goldmine called 'Inspirational storytelling'. More was coming, in fact Michael would change my life forever in 2013........for the better (Read More)
4-The Art and Science of Professional Storytelling
Recently I was asked to introduce myself at an event and I told, “As a child I was fond of storytelling and as a student, I was passionate about branding. And one fine day, I realised that storytelling is the most powerful branding tool, be it people, products or companies.” OMG, even while introducing myself, I was telling a story. Stories were probably always in my blood. (Read More)
5-Professional Storytelling – The Heady Cocktail
Storytelling is a powerful integrator and is a heady cocktail in that sense. According to Wiki, “A cocktail is an alcoholic mixed drink that contains three or more ingredients—at least one of the ingredients must be a spirit, one sweet/sugary and one sour/bitter.” Brand orProfessional Storytelling too is a mix of sweet emotions and sour logic, bitter education and sweet entertainment into the spirit of reputation or brand building. On a lighter note, the way cocktail renders the heart stout and bold, and fuddles the head at the same time, storytelling also does the same to the audience. (Read More).
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Brief Profile
Dr Amit Nagpal is Chief Inspirational Storyteller at AL Services. He is an Author, Speaker/Trainer and Coach. He is also a Social Media Influencer and blogs on Linkedin as LinkedIn Influencer-Marketing.
His special interest and expertise lies in inspirational storytelling, anecdotes and visual storytelling for brand building. To know more, visit www.dramitnagpal.com.
AL Services offers content development/story writing, consulting, training and other services in the area of brand storytelling. To know more, write to amit@dramitnagpal.com.
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