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Messaging and Storytelling Power Tools for Professional Success
Washington & Oregon Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives
Tailoring Communication
Audience Interest Preparation What will help them
Listen
To what they say How they say it To the noises With your eyes
Eye contact Their body language Movement
Diversity and Sensitivity Communication
Protected classes Sarcasm The Helpful Head
Generational Differences
Veterans (born before 1946) Baby Boomers (1946-1964) Generation X (1965-1979) Generation Y/Millennials (1980 …)
You are not a Computer
Computers remember information using logic.
People remember information using emotions: love, hate, hope, fear, and desire.
One Powerful Message
I don’t care how smart you are Don’t tell me everything you know Tell me how you will help me Make emotion connections
Messages They Remember
Help your listeners: Like you Trust you Remember you Want to work with you
The Pentagon Windows
Storytelling with Impact
1. Set up the high-stakes situation
2. Know what your main character wants
3. Make the audience care
4. Describe the life-changing moment.
5. How does the story help you/audience?
How to Find a Storya menu of opportunities
Don’t look for the story Look for a life-changing moment What did you learn? Can it motivate others?
There are Only 2 Stories
Stories must have a “story tension.”
The Boy Story
Boy Stories: Drama Tension: “conflict” Best example: sports The story is over when: There is a loser.
The Girl Story
Girl Stories: Romance Tension: “Hopeful Anticipation” Example: Romance novels The story is over when: It’s a tie; they both win.
David’s StoryMilking It For All It Is Worth
Food Assoc. targeted a dairy. Membership/leadership visited annually. David took structure to the staff … With 4 members’ stories … to the dairy. That day, he had a new $15,000 member
Terry’s Storyone week after Institute
Largest retail furniture company in the world.
We had wooed for over 2 years to no avail: 2 sales people, our president and our board chair for membership- nada.
I met them yesterday for over an hour, your principals in the forefront of my mind during our meeting …
Make one powerful, statement … use my ‘open face’.
... finalizing a membership/sponsorship package
Your TurnFind a Story
Look for a life-changing moment: Remember a powerful moment in your work. Identify a discouraging moment in your
career. At what moment did you know this was the
right work for you? What did you learn? Can it motivate others?
Storytelling with Impact
1. Set up the high-stakes situation
2. Know what your main character wants
3. Make the audience care
4. Describe the life-changing moment.
5. How does the story help you/audience?
Questions?
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