4 Storytelling Essentials for Your Marketing Message from a Professional Stor...Carl Hartman
This document outlines 4 essential elements for effective storytelling:
1. Conflict - Stories require drama generated through conflict between characters or ideas. Even marketing messages can create conflict through comparisons.
2. Structure - All communication should follow a 3 act structure with a beginning, middle, and end to keep the audience engaged.
3. Be Visual - Stories must evoke vivid visual imagery to stick in the audience's mind. Setting the visual scene anchors the message.
4. Sex and Violence - All stories invoke emotions, even softly, through elements like action, sensitivity, or competition. High emotions bind messages to our thoughts.
Ryan Stoner - The Importance of a Brand Story in BusinessRyan Stoner
When it comes to making your brand stand out, one of the best tools you can use is crafting a strong brand story. Learn how to tell your story in a way that connects with consumers.
There are many things you can do, even in the spring of the year, that can increase the number of kids at your camp this summer.
Although we all hope to have our summer sessions full early in the year, many families do not begin to think of summer activities for their children until the snow is off the ground. Google records a big spike in the numbers of searches for "summer camp" starting the beginning of April.
In this presentation Travis Allison will share some of the best ideas that he has collected for having immediate impact on your camper numbers. Many of these have been tried and tested with his clients (non-profits, agency and private camps), some are brand new ideas that camps are trying out this year.
11 Beginner Tips for Marketing Your Summer CampTravis Allison
This document provides 11 tips for marketing a summer camp. It begins by discussing the struggles camps face in communicating their value and that camps can feel complicated to clients. It then covers marketing basics like identifying an ideal client, starting with why the camp exists, and focusing on referrals. Specific tips include focusing on the website as a foundation, developing an email newsletter, having a social media policy, engaging with clients in both digital and offline ways, optimizing for search engines, and monitoring what is said online. The overall recommendations are to tell the camp's unique story across multiple channels in a way that educates clients and solves their problems.
Brand Storytelling: Theres More to the StoryLamark Media
Every brand has a story. Most don’t know how to tell it. Learn how you can uncover the unique elements that differentiate your brand and tell a story that will captivate your
audience.
This presentation was originally given at interact15, a regional interactive + digital marketing conference in the Central Ohio area. More detailed and in-depth material is available upon request, including the option of holding a hands-on & customized storytelling workshop for your organization.
The document summarizes key takeaways from a discussion on storytelling during a Storytelling Expedition organized by Lemon Scented Tea and Adfo Groep. The expedition brought together marketers and storytelling specialists to discuss best practices for creating and sharing new stories. Some of the main points made include that stories don't need to provide all the details to be understood, stories should be relevant to the target audience, quality storytelling has an uncertain outcome, and an activation in the campaign is crucial to bringing the story to life.
6 Simple Strategies You Can Use to Reach Families Who Don't Understand CampTravis Allison
1) The document provides 6 strategies for reaching new families for camp, including being usable, skimmable, and offering something useful like a camp video initially. It recommends following up with a series of emails on different days that provide additional useful content and drive traffic back to the website.
2) Email is identified as the most effective marketing tool, and the document outlines a multi-step email follow up plan on different days that provides content like camp videos, questions about choosing a camp, essays on mission and values, and links to the website and blog.
3) The final strategies recommended are to be visual, repeat messaging, and tell your story by showing yourself, as people buy why an organization does something rather
A presentation I created after the SF Giants won the World Series in 2012. Talks about the importance of having a brand narrative and how over time, each story collectively makes up the DNA of how that brand is perceived
4 Storytelling Essentials for Your Marketing Message from a Professional Stor...Carl Hartman
This document outlines 4 essential elements for effective storytelling:
1. Conflict - Stories require drama generated through conflict between characters or ideas. Even marketing messages can create conflict through comparisons.
2. Structure - All communication should follow a 3 act structure with a beginning, middle, and end to keep the audience engaged.
3. Be Visual - Stories must evoke vivid visual imagery to stick in the audience's mind. Setting the visual scene anchors the message.
4. Sex and Violence - All stories invoke emotions, even softly, through elements like action, sensitivity, or competition. High emotions bind messages to our thoughts.
Ryan Stoner - The Importance of a Brand Story in BusinessRyan Stoner
When it comes to making your brand stand out, one of the best tools you can use is crafting a strong brand story. Learn how to tell your story in a way that connects with consumers.
There are many things you can do, even in the spring of the year, that can increase the number of kids at your camp this summer.
Although we all hope to have our summer sessions full early in the year, many families do not begin to think of summer activities for their children until the snow is off the ground. Google records a big spike in the numbers of searches for "summer camp" starting the beginning of April.
In this presentation Travis Allison will share some of the best ideas that he has collected for having immediate impact on your camper numbers. Many of these have been tried and tested with his clients (non-profits, agency and private camps), some are brand new ideas that camps are trying out this year.
11 Beginner Tips for Marketing Your Summer CampTravis Allison
This document provides 11 tips for marketing a summer camp. It begins by discussing the struggles camps face in communicating their value and that camps can feel complicated to clients. It then covers marketing basics like identifying an ideal client, starting with why the camp exists, and focusing on referrals. Specific tips include focusing on the website as a foundation, developing an email newsletter, having a social media policy, engaging with clients in both digital and offline ways, optimizing for search engines, and monitoring what is said online. The overall recommendations are to tell the camp's unique story across multiple channels in a way that educates clients and solves their problems.
Brand Storytelling: Theres More to the StoryLamark Media
Every brand has a story. Most don’t know how to tell it. Learn how you can uncover the unique elements that differentiate your brand and tell a story that will captivate your
audience.
This presentation was originally given at interact15, a regional interactive + digital marketing conference in the Central Ohio area. More detailed and in-depth material is available upon request, including the option of holding a hands-on & customized storytelling workshop for your organization.
The document summarizes key takeaways from a discussion on storytelling during a Storytelling Expedition organized by Lemon Scented Tea and Adfo Groep. The expedition brought together marketers and storytelling specialists to discuss best practices for creating and sharing new stories. Some of the main points made include that stories don't need to provide all the details to be understood, stories should be relevant to the target audience, quality storytelling has an uncertain outcome, and an activation in the campaign is crucial to bringing the story to life.
6 Simple Strategies You Can Use to Reach Families Who Don't Understand CampTravis Allison
1) The document provides 6 strategies for reaching new families for camp, including being usable, skimmable, and offering something useful like a camp video initially. It recommends following up with a series of emails on different days that provide additional useful content and drive traffic back to the website.
2) Email is identified as the most effective marketing tool, and the document outlines a multi-step email follow up plan on different days that provides content like camp videos, questions about choosing a camp, essays on mission and values, and links to the website and blog.
3) The final strategies recommended are to be visual, repeat messaging, and tell your story by showing yourself, as people buy why an organization does something rather
A presentation I created after the SF Giants won the World Series in 2012. Talks about the importance of having a brand narrative and how over time, each story collectively makes up the DNA of how that brand is perceived
This document summarizes a presentation on transmedia storytelling for brands. It discusses how stories can inspire feelings and evoke emotions, helping audiences understand information. It also discusses brand equity, transmedia storytelling, examples of transmedia campaigns, and how to craft a brand's story across multiple media platforms to engage audiences and increase sales. The goal is to use emotional storytelling across different media to increase brand awareness, loyalty and profits.
This document discusses the importance and best practices of storytelling for brands. It emphasizes that stories can move people, inspire others, and change lives. Effective storytelling involves understanding your audience's emotional journey, finding relevant stories to tell, and telling those stories consistently across channels in a compelling way. It also stresses the importance of planning through developing content strategies and calendars to ensure stories are coordinated and meet objectives. The key is intentionally seeking stories that speak to what audiences care about and will motivate them.
Brand storytelling uses stories to communicate marketing initiatives in a way that connects with audiences naturally as people are wired to remember stories over lists. Stories allow brands to share experiences that people can relate to and remember, bringing the brand to life by inviting people along on their journey to make a difference.
This document summarizes a presentation about relationship marketing given by Jim Socci, president of Artistic Toy. The presentation discusses the theory of relationship marketing, how it differs from mass marketing by focusing on building relationships with individual customers rather than selling to the masses. It provides examples of relationship marketing and encourages adopting a mindset of collaborating with customers to determine their individual needs rather than just selling products. The goal is to get, keep and grow customers through permission-based marketing and addressing customers individually through interactive communication rather than mass media.
Brand Storytelling: A Look at the Hero and Brand JourneyKim Donlan
Consumer decisions and behaviors are increasingly driven by the opinions, tastes and preferences of an exponentially large global pool of friends, peers and influencers. Social activities have become the place where consumers tell their stories. 70% of consumers hear of other's experience of brands and 65% learn about products and services. Brand storytelling is not about telling your brand story -- it is about making the consumer the hero. Today’s consumer has the ability to share their hero journey and it is our job as marketers to be the herald of their story.
Social Media Marketing for Summer Camps -January 2011Travis Allison
Summer camps need social media marketing to show their unique skills. By focussing on teaching and creating content camps can show Why they are different.
In this talk, Travis Allison focuses on marketing basics and then offers some specific strategies for camps marketing via YouTube, Facebook, Mobile and e-Newsletters.
Contact travis@walkingmaverick.com if you would like a consultation for your summer camp.
Register for our free CampHacker.org newsletter for summer camp leaders at: http://zoic.ca/campnewsletter
Quirks: Using A Segmentation to Craft Marketing CampaignsVital Findings
A segmentation is a powerful tool for understanding the consumers in your market but it can be challenging to put into practice. In this case study for a major entertainment company, we demonstrate how to use digital qual and ethnography to bring segments to life, semiotics to create a visual language to guide marketing strategy and packaging/TV/social creative and workshops and playbooks to teach internal teams how to put the findings into practice.
Presentation abstracted from my essay in the AGE OF CONVERSATION book.
The Age of Conversation book idea began has a dare between two bloggers. This dare quickly involved over 100 social media champions, each submitting a short essay to encourage businesses to enter the Age of Conversation. That was the first edition in 2007.
Now, in 2008, the second edition involves over 230 social media champions sharing essays challenging still-reluctant businesses to enter the Age of Conversation.
Learn much more at: AgeOfConversation.com
The document provides suggestions for creative marriage proposals, including: hiring a dance troupe to perform during a proposal in a shopping aisle, crafting a picture story book with the proposal moment as the climax, having friends wear t-shirts spelling out "Will you marry me?" and walking in to reveal the question, and customizing the packaging of a favorite food item with a marriage proposal message. The overall message is to think creatively and make the proposal memorable by considering unique ideas and locations instead of traditional bended-knee proposals.
Businesses that can successfully tell a compelling story attract more customers who are passionate and likely to be lifelong customers. Learn to find your story in this presentation.
Founders Keepers proposes an immersive experience to help local businesses gain more loyal customers. They spoke to businesses and found that sharing a company's story engages customers on a deeper level and sparks personal connections. Their solution will give businesses a way to virtually share their brand story online to promote their store and increase the personal experience of buying online.
Storytelling is an essential content marketing technique that has a crucial place in a content marketing strategy. Storytelling should be empathetic, original and consistent without sacrificing the brand’s integrity.
Human after all - the role of storytelling in B2B marketingB2B Marketing
The document discusses the importance of storytelling in B2B marketing. It argues that companies are more likely to win contracts and command higher prices if they lead with an emotional proposition that connects with customers on an emotional level. It outlines the "10Cs of great B2B storytelling" which include setting context, focusing on the customer, finding an emotional connection, including conflict and resolution. The document advocates using emotional stories to cut through the noise and complexity of today's world in order to influence customer behavior.
This document provides tips for effectively selling yourself to others. It recommends telling a powerful, engaging, and believable story about yourself to build credibility. It also suggests thinking from the other person's perspective so your story resonates with them and makes clear why they should buy what you are selling. The document advises building relationships through genuine engagement and cultivating supporters who can help amplify your message. With practice, adding charm and thinking creatively can help take your pitch to the next level.
Ask a CEO if they want to spend a pile of money on an analysis of their company's story, and they'll probably throw you out of their office. But if you tell them that you have a powerful insight that can help them raise the prices on all of their products, they might ask you over to their house for dinner. Money talks, in other words. Unfortunately, in most companies, the power of story to affect pricing still remains unknown, or at least it's vastly under-utilized.
How top marketers think about storytelling: 10 TakeoutsLemon Scented Tea
Together with Adfo Groep Lemon Scented Tea is organising Storytelling Expeditions: three boat trips on the Amsterdam canals, where marketers and storytelling specialists will discuss the do’s and don’t’s of storytelling.
The theme of the first edition was Story Mining; finding the unique story of a brand or company.
The session started off with a quote from John Weich, author of the book 'Storytelling on Steroids‘:
‘Storytelling is a company strategy, not a communication tool’.
Past, Present, & Future of Business Analysis by Kevin BrennanExcella
Kevin Brennan, EVP, Product Management & Development, IIBA International
Business analysis is growing beyond its roots in software requirements engineering and process performance measurement to become a true stand alone profession focused on organizational change. To be successful, business analysts will find themselves focusing less on technology and detailed specifications and more on business value, strategy, and delivering results. The demand for business analysts with these skills is only going to increase in the years to come.
Business analysts must learn to look beyond project scope to understand why the business needs to change, and to help the business realize the benefits of change. If companies are going to survive and thrive in an increasingly competitive and globalized world, they will need business analysts to move beyond facilitation and requirements management and embrace architecture and design. The future for the business analysis profession is very, very bright - as long as we are willing to grasp it.
This document discusses business analysis techniques and provides definitions of business analysis. It lists and describes various techniques used in business analysis including stakeholder analysis, process modeling, requirements engineering, and solution development. The role of the business analyst is also discussed as investigating business situations, analyzing strategies, modeling processes, specifying information systems, and developing business cases. A basic toolkit of essential business analysis techniques is also presented.
This document summarizes a presentation on transmedia storytelling for brands. It discusses how stories can inspire feelings and evoke emotions, helping audiences understand information. It also discusses brand equity, transmedia storytelling, examples of transmedia campaigns, and how to craft a brand's story across multiple media platforms to engage audiences and increase sales. The goal is to use emotional storytelling across different media to increase brand awareness, loyalty and profits.
This document discusses the importance and best practices of storytelling for brands. It emphasizes that stories can move people, inspire others, and change lives. Effective storytelling involves understanding your audience's emotional journey, finding relevant stories to tell, and telling those stories consistently across channels in a compelling way. It also stresses the importance of planning through developing content strategies and calendars to ensure stories are coordinated and meet objectives. The key is intentionally seeking stories that speak to what audiences care about and will motivate them.
Brand storytelling uses stories to communicate marketing initiatives in a way that connects with audiences naturally as people are wired to remember stories over lists. Stories allow brands to share experiences that people can relate to and remember, bringing the brand to life by inviting people along on their journey to make a difference.
This document summarizes a presentation about relationship marketing given by Jim Socci, president of Artistic Toy. The presentation discusses the theory of relationship marketing, how it differs from mass marketing by focusing on building relationships with individual customers rather than selling to the masses. It provides examples of relationship marketing and encourages adopting a mindset of collaborating with customers to determine their individual needs rather than just selling products. The goal is to get, keep and grow customers through permission-based marketing and addressing customers individually through interactive communication rather than mass media.
Brand Storytelling: A Look at the Hero and Brand JourneyKim Donlan
Consumer decisions and behaviors are increasingly driven by the opinions, tastes and preferences of an exponentially large global pool of friends, peers and influencers. Social activities have become the place where consumers tell their stories. 70% of consumers hear of other's experience of brands and 65% learn about products and services. Brand storytelling is not about telling your brand story -- it is about making the consumer the hero. Today’s consumer has the ability to share their hero journey and it is our job as marketers to be the herald of their story.
Social Media Marketing for Summer Camps -January 2011Travis Allison
Summer camps need social media marketing to show their unique skills. By focussing on teaching and creating content camps can show Why they are different.
In this talk, Travis Allison focuses on marketing basics and then offers some specific strategies for camps marketing via YouTube, Facebook, Mobile and e-Newsletters.
Contact travis@walkingmaverick.com if you would like a consultation for your summer camp.
Register for our free CampHacker.org newsletter for summer camp leaders at: http://zoic.ca/campnewsletter
Quirks: Using A Segmentation to Craft Marketing CampaignsVital Findings
A segmentation is a powerful tool for understanding the consumers in your market but it can be challenging to put into practice. In this case study for a major entertainment company, we demonstrate how to use digital qual and ethnography to bring segments to life, semiotics to create a visual language to guide marketing strategy and packaging/TV/social creative and workshops and playbooks to teach internal teams how to put the findings into practice.
Presentation abstracted from my essay in the AGE OF CONVERSATION book.
The Age of Conversation book idea began has a dare between two bloggers. This dare quickly involved over 100 social media champions, each submitting a short essay to encourage businesses to enter the Age of Conversation. That was the first edition in 2007.
Now, in 2008, the second edition involves over 230 social media champions sharing essays challenging still-reluctant businesses to enter the Age of Conversation.
Learn much more at: AgeOfConversation.com
The document provides suggestions for creative marriage proposals, including: hiring a dance troupe to perform during a proposal in a shopping aisle, crafting a picture story book with the proposal moment as the climax, having friends wear t-shirts spelling out "Will you marry me?" and walking in to reveal the question, and customizing the packaging of a favorite food item with a marriage proposal message. The overall message is to think creatively and make the proposal memorable by considering unique ideas and locations instead of traditional bended-knee proposals.
Businesses that can successfully tell a compelling story attract more customers who are passionate and likely to be lifelong customers. Learn to find your story in this presentation.
Founders Keepers proposes an immersive experience to help local businesses gain more loyal customers. They spoke to businesses and found that sharing a company's story engages customers on a deeper level and sparks personal connections. Their solution will give businesses a way to virtually share their brand story online to promote their store and increase the personal experience of buying online.
Storytelling is an essential content marketing technique that has a crucial place in a content marketing strategy. Storytelling should be empathetic, original and consistent without sacrificing the brand’s integrity.
Human after all - the role of storytelling in B2B marketingB2B Marketing
The document discusses the importance of storytelling in B2B marketing. It argues that companies are more likely to win contracts and command higher prices if they lead with an emotional proposition that connects with customers on an emotional level. It outlines the "10Cs of great B2B storytelling" which include setting context, focusing on the customer, finding an emotional connection, including conflict and resolution. The document advocates using emotional stories to cut through the noise and complexity of today's world in order to influence customer behavior.
This document provides tips for effectively selling yourself to others. It recommends telling a powerful, engaging, and believable story about yourself to build credibility. It also suggests thinking from the other person's perspective so your story resonates with them and makes clear why they should buy what you are selling. The document advises building relationships through genuine engagement and cultivating supporters who can help amplify your message. With practice, adding charm and thinking creatively can help take your pitch to the next level.
Ask a CEO if they want to spend a pile of money on an analysis of their company's story, and they'll probably throw you out of their office. But if you tell them that you have a powerful insight that can help them raise the prices on all of their products, they might ask you over to their house for dinner. Money talks, in other words. Unfortunately, in most companies, the power of story to affect pricing still remains unknown, or at least it's vastly under-utilized.
How top marketers think about storytelling: 10 TakeoutsLemon Scented Tea
Together with Adfo Groep Lemon Scented Tea is organising Storytelling Expeditions: three boat trips on the Amsterdam canals, where marketers and storytelling specialists will discuss the do’s and don’t’s of storytelling.
The theme of the first edition was Story Mining; finding the unique story of a brand or company.
The session started off with a quote from John Weich, author of the book 'Storytelling on Steroids‘:
‘Storytelling is a company strategy, not a communication tool’.
Past, Present, & Future of Business Analysis by Kevin BrennanExcella
Kevin Brennan, EVP, Product Management & Development, IIBA International
Business analysis is growing beyond its roots in software requirements engineering and process performance measurement to become a true stand alone profession focused on organizational change. To be successful, business analysts will find themselves focusing less on technology and detailed specifications and more on business value, strategy, and delivering results. The demand for business analysts with these skills is only going to increase in the years to come.
Business analysts must learn to look beyond project scope to understand why the business needs to change, and to help the business realize the benefits of change. If companies are going to survive and thrive in an increasingly competitive and globalized world, they will need business analysts to move beyond facilitation and requirements management and embrace architecture and design. The future for the business analysis profession is very, very bright - as long as we are willing to grasp it.
This document discusses business analysis techniques and provides definitions of business analysis. It lists and describes various techniques used in business analysis including stakeholder analysis, process modeling, requirements engineering, and solution development. The role of the business analyst is also discussed as investigating business situations, analyzing strategies, modeling processes, specifying information systems, and developing business cases. A basic toolkit of essential business analysis techniques is also presented.
This document outlines an agenda for a session on the role of coaching and building trust within teams. The agenda includes: defining coaching; aligning teams around goals and values; building trust; and creating an action plan. It discusses tools for coaching, common team dysfunctions, and conducting an exercise to assess team trust. Methods are presented for improving trust through sharing experiences, open communication, and establishing team values. The document provides guidance and exercises for teams to identify their core and aspirational values, as well as intrinsic motivators. It emphasizes taking action to demonstrate that values matter in building an aligned, high-trust team.
The document discusses the role of the business analyst in agile software development. Some key points of agile methodologies include iterative development, prioritizing individual/team interactions over processes/tools, and collaborating closely with customers. For business analysts, agile means working on just-in-time requirements in short iterations, using lightweight documentation and user stories to plan work in sprints, and adapting to change through collaboration and scope negotiation with developers. Challenges include managing requirement changes across iterations and ensuring effective communication in distributed teams.
The document is a certificate from the International Consortium for Agile certifying that Ahmed Sidky has completed the learning and evaluation requirements to be recognized as an ICAgile Certified Professional in Business Value Analysis. The certificate was issued on May 16, 2016 and is signed by Kat McLaurin and Shane Hastie of Software Education Global, verifying Ahmed Sidky has acquired the necessary knowledge in Agile Management as assessed by instructors.
The document discusses business analysis on Agile teams. It provides an overview of Agile concepts like Scrum and how its roles, artifacts, and meetings work. It also compares traditional analysis approaches to Agile analysis, noting that Agile focuses on just-enough planning, prioritization by the customer, and documenting user stories and acceptance tests versus full specifications.
Agile Velocity - Deliver double the value in half the timeDavid Hawks
Learn practical techniques to guide your teams and escape the top 6 traps preventing organizations from realizing the full benefits of agile.
64% of product features built in software development are rarely or never used. Too many teams focus on increasing the amount of output. Not enough teams focus on delivering the most value with the least amount of output. In this interactive presentation, David Hawks will share the key factors that sabotage product success and what to do about it. Learn practical tools and techniques that accelerate learning throughout the product development cycle to deliver double the value in half the time.
The document discusses the role of a business analyst in agile projects. It begins by defining the business analyst and their role in understanding business problems and recommending solutions. It then contrasts the traditional vs agile business analyst, noting that agile BAs work iteratively to define requirements in small batches through collaboration rather than upfront documentation. The document also discusses the value of documentation in agile projects and provides examples of an agile requirements hierarchy and the INVEST model for defining requirements. It concludes by listing 8 steps to being an effective agile business analyst.
This document discusses creativity and innovation. It defines creativity as the generation of new ideas, while innovation is implementing those ideas into action. The document emphasizes that creativity can be learned and developed, not just an innate trait. It provides various techniques to spark creativity, such as brainstorming, reversing perspectives, and designing with intended users. Fostering an environment of freedom, clear goals, and accepting mistakes can encourage creativity. The key is taking time to pause and find new solutions, then following ideas with action through an innovation process.
The document is a presentation about the role of a business analyst on an agile project. It begins with an introduction of the presenter and their background and experience. The agenda then outlines topics to be covered, including a brief overview of agile, the role of a business analyst on traditional and agile projects, why business analysts are important, and a question and answer session. It discusses challenges with traditional software development and how agile aims to address these.
PCA14: Intro to agile for product managersDavid Hawks
This document provides an introduction to agile development for product managers. It discusses some key differences between traditional waterfall development and empirical agile processes. The document also outlines the scrum process, including product owner responsibilities like maintaining the product backlog and collaborating with stakeholders. It emphasizes that working software is the primary measure of progress in agile.
Speed presentations: My favourite brand. CharityComms
Cate Kirkbride, Head of Brand, is deciding on a new direction for her brand but is unsure which path to take. The document provides quotes and insights on the importance of storytelling and myth-building for brands. Effective brand stories are emotionally compelling, passionate, simple to understand, honest and authentic. When done well, an engaging brand story can spread organically across marketing channels and strengthen connections with audiences.
It seems everyone is claiming expertise in storytelling to help brands connect with consumers. However, some question whether brand stories are truly authentic or just a marketing ploy. If a brand story is discovered to be insincere, it could seriously damage reputation. The document argues that brands must genuinely live their story from start to finish, not just where convenient, and consider their legacy over short-term gains to avoid this risk.
The Science of Story: How Brands Can Use Storytelling To Get More CustomersDigital Surgeons
Storytelling is not only an entertaining source for information, but a way to engage and humanize our messages that helps them stick. Our brains are wired for stories. Like a drug, we seek them out. Good stories create lasting emotional connections that persuade, educate, entertain, and convert consumers into brand loyalists.
Here’s another good reason to believe in the power of stories: You don't have a goddamn choice. We spend a third of our waking hours crafting stories, and the rest of the time consuming them. Our brains are always searching for stories. You need stories. You live your life around stories. Your life itself is a story. So, now find out how you can use them to better understand how brands and businesses can use storytelling to increase engagement and sales.
Brand storytelling Masterclass - John Maduforo (Futuresoft)John Maduforo
Today, many successful brands have storytelling at the core of their marketing and communication strategy because regardless what you sell, stories give your audience a reason to communicate and relate with your brand, it gives them something to believe in and if told right it gives them a sense a belonging.
While Storytelling may not always translate immediately into sales or impact your bottomline, it's an always-wining long term strategy and trust me when I say, you are always one great story away from changing the trajectory of your brand.
In this slide, I shared
What storytelling truly is (and what it's not).
Why you need to tell your story and
How to tell a great brand story that everyone loves (creating alignment between your brand, your customers and prospects)
A lecture about Storytelling or Marketing @ Knowmads Business School AmsterdamPieter Spinder
The document discusses three aspects of storytelling: marketing, telling, and feeling. It provides examples showing that marketing is telling stories about products that sell and spread. Stories must be remarkable enough for people to want to talk about. Good storytelling evokes an emotional response in the audience. The fundamental problem with most companies is being driven by mediocrity rather than intense, meaningful stories.
Do you want people to listen? Here are the four keys to telling a compelling story. In five minutes, we will show you how to tell a story people will not just love, but share.
This document discusses how developing a business story can be a key marketing tool. It recommends sharing your personal background and the conflict or pain that motivated starting the business. The story should also convey how you solved the problem and how this led to creating the business. It provides tips for crafting an effective story, including sharing circumstances, building curiosity, including characters, conversations that invoke emotions, and conflicts you have overcome. The story should tie back to your brand's vision, mission and values to help people connect emotionally with your business.
Today the traditional way of doing business from my perspective, has at least one foot in the grave.
Today’s organizations often demonstrate an inability to connect.
However I believe that the ability to associate and connect is the basis for success in today’s
hyper-connected world. Thanks to the Internet, people can meet and share stories globally and
instantaneously like never before. The cloud is there for everyone, whereas in the old days selling
your story to the world was reserved for the rich and the famous.
In comes peer-to-peer storytelling.
The Business Case for Telling Personal StoriesMichelle LeBow
This document discusses how storytelling can be used in business to drive revenue and engagement. It provides examples of companies like Pfizer, American Girl, and Tiffany & Co that have used personal stories successfully. It then outlines the Romeo and Juliet story formula as a template for creating compelling business stories, with sections on finding the story truth, choosing a story type, developing characters of hero and villain, including struggle and resolution. It encourages thinking in terms of love stories to build emotional connection and concludes with tips for inviting listeners in, uniting them with the story, and igniting them to take action.
The document discusses the power of storytelling for leadership. It argues that leaders sell stories, not just products or ideas, and that people are drawn to stories that resonate with their beliefs. Stories help define a leader's brand and give others permission to lead. While some think creating a story means lying, the document says an effective leader can retell and change their story over time. Leaders should craft new stories to define goals and inspire faith in their vision.
From presentations to sales pitches, storytelling can help your teams in all aspects of their career, no matter what industry you are in. This PPT will show them how they can become great storytellers by choosing the most effective stories from their life or career, and presenting them in an engaging and impactful way.
Debunking Myths On Storytelling For Startups - LoudStory Startup League #2LoudStory
Unlocking the core concepts of storytelling can help entrepreneurs win the heart of their audience and stick there for a long time. This presentation was made at the LoudStory Startup League meetup in Paris.
Watch the video on Youtube.com/loudstory and join the movement on meetup.com
Connect to www.loudstory.com for more content on storytelling for startups
Discover the secrets of the masters of storytelling and how to present your business or skill set in a more compelling and intuitive way and allow you to keep the ongoing attention of your audience.
In this crowded and distracting world, it is increasingly difficult to get heard. That is why it is important to get the attention of your target audience by telling a story that they want to listen to!
Putting it on the line: using creativity to drive donation - Simon Gill, Exec...reach-out
The document provides tips for nonprofit fundraisers to effectively use digital creativity and storytelling to drive donations. It recommends that fundraisers do something different to get noticed, take risks to get donations, and use a distinct tone of voice. Telling good stories that follow a narrative structure and sharing the personal struggle can engage audiences and get press coverage. Fundraisers should be clear about the need for donations, provide background on their cause, make their fundraising event the climax, and ask for help to complete their challenge to enhance the drama of the story.
How story telling drives corporate cultureSelin Ruby
This document discusses using corporate storytelling to manage diversity of ideas and beliefs within a company. It notes that while complete uniformity would stifle creativity, pure diversity could be catastrophic. The document recommends using stories that teach through examples to connect with employees rationally and emotionally, as stories about a company are already being shared. It provides a 4-step process for corporate storytelling: 1) stimulate potential stories, 2) search for exemplars of values, 3) recognize the best stories, and 4) inspire others through spreading the stories. Examples from Carlton-Ritz and Zappos are given that reward employees for sharing best practice stories.
How story telling drives corporate cultureSelin Ruby
This document discusses using corporate storytelling to manage diversity of ideas and beliefs within a company. It notes that while complete uniformity would stifle creativity, pure diversity could be catastrophic. The document recommends using stories that teach through examples to connect with employees rationally and emotionally, as stories about a company are already being shared. It provides a 4-step process for corporate storytelling: 1) stimulate potential actions aligned with values, 2) search for exemplary stories, 3) recognize the best stories, and 4) inspire others through spreading the stories. Examples are given of companies like Carlton-Ritz and Zappos that successfully use storytelling.
WISDOM AT WORK: The Power of Personal Storytelling to Spark Insight, Breakthr...Mitchell Ditkoff
A workshop called Wisdom at Work is designed to help spark innovation in companies through the sharing of personal stories rather than traditional methods like data presentations or best practices. The workshop encourages leaders to tell stories from their own experiences about topics like creativity, breakthroughs, challenges, and learning moments that embed insights and knowledge to inspire others. Storytelling is highlighted as the most effective way to transmit meaningful messages and collective wisdom that can foster engagement, trust, collaboration, learning, and creativity in an organization.
Storytelling Startup: From Core-Story to Content Strategy. Christian Riedel
The document discusses finding a company's core story. It explains that a core story provides meaning and coherence, guiding a company's actions, products and communications. It discusses using tools like the Golden Circle and Core Story Canvas to help uncover a company's core story, which is often based in a founder's experiences or beliefs about why they started the company. The core story then shapes the company's "story anchors" like themes, heroes, conflicts and stages to create an overarching narrative.
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- The best methods for maximizing value, noting that no single method is optimal and value depends on fundamental principles.
- Defining value as meeting goals, objectives and expectations of stakeholders, as well as exceeding them. Value arises from business processes enabled and enacted by IT functional and technical capabilities.
- Further questions to be addressed around defining and measuring value, and ensuring net gains from transitions to automated solutions.
Business Analysis and the Art of StorytellingIIBA UK Chapter
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2. The challenges and responsibilities of BA leadership, including navigating a career path and developing the necessary skills and mindsets for leadership roles.
3. Developing BAs and the BA profession through communities of practice and career crafting to build both technical and business skills in a "T-shaped" model.
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The document discusses the concept of an infinite organization that aims to continuously thrive rather than win by focusing on strategy, structure, processes, and execution. It contrasts this with a finite organization focused on winning. It also discusses how organizational debt in these four dimensions, such as unclear strategy or inefficient processes, can limit a company's adaptability and agility. The document advocates for continuous improvement to reduce debt through small changes over time.
This document summarizes a live webinar presented by Capco on applying behavioural science principles to change management. The webinar aimed to help business analysts address "people" challenges in business transformation initiatives. It discussed how behavioural science can provide insights on how and why people make decisions, and presented six lessons on using behavioural science to successfully drive organizational change, including communicating vision, embedding psychological safety, addressing cognitive biases, and modeling desired behaviors. The webinar encouraged the use of behavioural science as a new tool for business analysts' toolboxes.
The document discusses maximizing business value from IT. It outlines the author's journey working in the IT field since the 1980s and developing a method called BVMF® for achieving maximum business value. It describes three eras of how IT delivers business value and compares various methods. The key point is that while methods like Agile and Waterfall address parts of the problem, they are missing the "elephant in the room" which are the underlying principles for how IT leads to business value. BVMF® aims to provide this missing piece by focusing on business objectives and processes rather than software outputs.
This document discusses how to thrive rather than just survive through challenges. It emphasizes using tools like meditation, positive imagery, and hypnotherapy to cultivate well-being. Thriving involves feeling energized at work and growing personally, while surviving feels threatened by change. The document recommends being intentional with language and mental imagery to move from surviving thinking to thriving thinking. It promotes accessing inspiration through meditation and realizing problems through different perspectives.
The document discusses a live webinar on the future of business analysis that will take place on August 26, 2021. It provides details on the webinar presenters and agenda. The agenda covers topics like the increasing demand for modern business analysts, the evolution of the business analyst role, career pathways for business analysts, training the modern and future business analyst, and building a dynamic business analyst community.
This document summarizes a presentation by Susan Graves on building confidence at work. Graves outlines 5 strategies for improving confidence: 1) Set specific goals and visualize success; 2) Record accomplishments to focus on successes; 3) Get quality feedback from others; 4) Work to understand inner negative thoughts; 5) Manage stakeholders by understanding their objectives and communication preferences. Graves emphasizes that confidence can be learned through focusing on achievements, seeking feedback, addressing inner doubts, and effectively engaging stakeholders. The presentation aims to provide practical tips for developing confidence in both work and career progression.
This document provides an overview of root cause analysis and scope modelling techniques that can be used by business analysts. It describes root cause analysis tools like fishbone diagrams and the five whys method. It also outlines different elements of scope modelling like defining the scope of control, need, solution and change. Examples are provided and a discussion is encouraged on how these techniques are used in projects. Attendees are asked to provide feedback to help improve knowledge sharing. Volunteers are also sought to help run the local IIBA branch.
The document summarizes an online study group session hosted by IIBA UK on analyzing the Solution Evaluation chapter of the BABOK guide. It introduces the presenters and provides an overview of the session, which includes reviewing the key sections of chapter 8 and discussing a case study on Pierre's Restaurant implementing an online booking system. The case study is then analyzed based on the different sections of chapter 8, including brainstorming key performance indicators to measure the solution, identifying potential limitations both within the solution and from external enterprise factors, and recommending actions to increase the value delivered by the solution.
This document summarizes an online study group session for the IIBA UK BABOK guide. The session will cover Chapter 5 on Requirements Life Cycle Management and include presentations from Saffron House, the IIBA UK Director of Professional Development, and two IIBA UK volunteers. Participants will work through the key chapters of the BABOK guide over nine weeks and are encouraged to ask questions during the session. The session will also include polls to engage participants.
Pierre owns a popular French restaurant that is booked up most nights through telephone reservations managed in a paper diary, but customers often cannot get through to book and Pierre wants to open for lunch; therefore, Pierre is implementing an online booking system to reduce phone calls and provide an alternative booking method, while ensuring it maintains the restaurant diary's minimum functionality for Pierre and his staff.
BABOK Summer Bootcamp Chapter 4: Elicitation & CollaborationIIBA UK Chapter
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BABOK Summer Bootcamp - Chapter 3: Business Analysis Planning & MonitoringIIBA UK Chapter
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This document summarizes an online study group hosted by IIBA UK for discussing Chapter 6 of the BABOK guide on strategy analysis. The study group was led by Saffron House, the IIBA UK Director of Professional Development, along with two volunteer presenters. They provided an overview of strategy and strategy analysis, the key elements and tasks involved, and led a discussion of a case study on Pierre's Restaurant. The goal was for participants to work through the key chapters of the BABOK guide over 9 weeks to understand strategy analysis and how it fits within the business analysis framework. Participants were encouraged to ask questions during the session.
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The document summarizes an online study group session on Chapter 9 of the IIBA's BABOK guide on underlying competencies for business analysts. It provides an agenda for discussing six categories of underlying competencies: analytical thinking and problem solving, behavioral characteristics, business knowledge, communication skills, interaction skills, and tools and technology. Attendees are introduced to the presenters and can ask questions during the session. The document outlines the key points to be covered on each underlying competency.
This document provides an overview and agenda for an online study group on the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) Guide to Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK).
The 9-week study group will work through key chapters of the BABOK guide. The session summarized focuses on Chapter 2 which covers key business analysis concepts. These concepts include the Business Analysis Core Concept Model, key terms, requirements classification schema, stakeholders, and the relationship between requirements and designs.
The session is hosted by Saffron House from IIBA UK and includes presentations from two volunteers on the topics covered in Chapter 2 of the BABOK guide. Attendees are encouraged to ask questions using the question panel or by
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12. The Kalahari storytellers learnt that if people
aren't entertained they stop listening…
Storytelling triggers:-
imagination
creates a bond
conveys information
Deliver information that:-
conveyed experiences
inspired
entertained
21. Stories involving the success or failure of
products or brands
3 Types of Stories…
Personal that relate to the theme of the
conversation
Stories about other people who have learned
the lesson the audience can relate to