Tag Archives: #Storytelling

6 Tips to Help You Craft Great Opening Lines That Hook Your Audience the Moment You Begin Your Story

The opening line to your story can be simple, eloquent, informative, contradictory, startling, thrilling, curious, suspenseful … But it should propose a contract to your audience: If you keep listening, I’ll tell you a certain kind of story.

6 Tips to Help You Craft Great Opening Lines That Hook Your Audience the Moment You Begin Your Story

The opening line to your story can be simple, eloquent, informative, contradictory, startling, thrilling, curious, suspenseful … But it should propose a contract to your audience: If you keep listening, I’ll tell you a certain kind of story.


6 Tips to Help You Craft Great Opening Lines That Hook Your Audience the Moment You Begin Your Story

The opening line to your story can be simple, eloquent, informative, contradictory, startling, thrilling, curious, suspenseful … But it should propose a contract to your audience: If you keep listening, I’ll tell you a certain kind of story.

Writing Helps Me Understand People and What Makes Them Tick

That’s Pretty Great Because My Work is To Understand People and What Makes Them Tick My work always begins by helping people write their WorkLife stories. Stories of their WorkLife chapters from past to present. Stories of their successes Stories of their failures. Stories of their learnings. Stories of their turning points. Stories of their futureContinue reading “Writing Helps Me Understand People and What Makes Them Tick”

My First Book Was Like a Cork From a Bottle

I Took Out That Cork and One Year Later I Had Published 2 Paperbacks, 27 E-Books and Was Working on My Next Paperback That’s 30 books! The First two paperbacks I self-published — Your WorkLife Your Way — the book and accompanying workbook. Why? Because I like to learn how to do things and self-publishing is a good wayContinue reading “My First Book Was Like a Cork From a Bottle”

How To Find Your Unique Story and Make It Into a Powerful Presentation

“Storytelling Is the Most Powerful Way to Put Ideas Out Into the World Today.” Robert Mckee How To Find Your Unique Story and Make It Into a Powerful Presentation … is part of a series of tips, techniques and stories to help you make an impact in all your communication needs, whether it’s conversations, presenting, influencing negotiatingContinue reading “How To Find Your Unique Story and Make It Into a Powerful Presentation”

Top Ten Tips to Tell a Story that Makes an Impact

All Great Communicators Are Great Storytellers. They Use Their Own Stories to Communicate With Power and Impact Top Ten Tips to Tell a Story that Makes an Impact … is part of a series of tips, techniques and stories to help you make an impact in all your communication needs, whether it’s conversations, educating, teaching, coaching, mentoring,Continue reading “Top Ten Tips to Tell a Story that Makes an Impact”

Reciprocity: The Irish and The Chocktaws: A Story Spanning 173 Years That Connects our Tribes

Stories of How Acts of Kindness, Solidarity and Wanting to Make a Difference Stories Connected People Through Humanity “To everyone who wants to create a world where not a single person is poor”.Muhammad Yunus The Irish and The Chocktaws: A Story Spanning 173 Years That Connects our Tribes Across the Ocean A Case Study: NavajoContinue reading “Reciprocity: The Irish and The Chocktaws: A Story Spanning 173 Years That Connects our Tribes”