I finished up the Aji Network’s Business Professional’s Course a while back, and a big part of that education was learning about Narratives, how to speak them and how to listen for them in other people.
Lately I’ve been doing other training, seminars, reading, etc. and the same theme comes up often, about telling stories.
I think about the presentations I have to make all the time to customers, employers, employees, partners, user groups, etc. and how those were all opportunities for telling a story (and in fact the presentations recently I did where the main goals was story telling, how much positive feedback I received).
I started to think back throughout my history about mentors and teachers that I’ve latched on to (and still do), and I have to believe the one thing they all had in common was that they were great story tellers. They could paint a picture in your mind…
I’m looking to continued to hone my skills in telling stories, and build up the continued practice.
I have some ideas on how to do that, including things like:
1. More work on this blog
2. Reading more biographies of famous people / Studying history
3. Books and course on copywriting and marketing
4. Look for opportunities to present more and more
What other resources has anyone else found for being a better story teller?
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I think reading historical books is a great idea! It’s very true that folks that I’ve looked up to, were good story tellers that could keep you engaged.
Off to the bookstore tonight!