Archive for February, 2013

Mondegreens, gigs and deliberate practice

Posted by  Mark Schenk —February 27, 2013
Filed in Fun

Last Thursday night, Tony High asked me if I knew what a ‘mondegreen’ was. I had no idea. A quick search of wikipedia revealed that …

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Story-triggering and behavioural integrity

Posted by  Kevin Bishop —February 27, 2013
Filed in Business storytelling, Employee Engagement, Leadership Posts

People judge their leaders by how their actions align with their words. And how aligned these two things are then triggers stories that get told, …

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Story quote of the week

Posted by  Daryl Cook —February 22, 2013
Filed in Business storytelling

‘A’ for effort

Posted by  Mark Schenk —February 21, 2013
Filed in Anecdotes, Leadership Posts

As a manager, I have always had a lot of time for people who might not be overly talented but who always try their hardest. …

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Storytelling for Sales – First ever public workshop (Melbourne, 20th March 2013)

Posted by  Kevin Bishop —February 18, 2013
Filed in Business storytelling, News

We are all looking for better ways to sell. Better ways to build relationships with our clients. Better ways to understand their needs. Better ways …

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Being just like your audience

Posted by  Kevin Bishop —February 12, 2013
Filed in Communication

We have talked a lot in this blog about the power that comes from showing how you are like your audience for improving the effectiveness …

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Build your storytelling skills at our public workshops

Posted by  Daryl Cook —February 5, 2013
Filed in News

Just a reminder that we’re running a number of events in the coming weeks. We hope to see you at one of these and help …

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Your stories must be plausible

Posted by  Daryl Cook —February 4, 2013
Filed in Communication

One of the things that we tell people in our workshops is that your stories need to be true, particularly in a business context. Your …

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