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RESEARCH IS AT
THE CORE OF
POWERFUL
STORYTELLING
TINA MCCORKINDALE, PH.D., APR
President and CEO
@tmccorkindale
PRAXIS
What is Cholera?
• Infection of the
small intestine by
the bacterium
Vibrio cholerae
• Cholera affects an
estimated 3–
5 million people
worldwide and
causes 30,000 –
130,000 deaths a
year.
John Snow’s Cholera Map
of 1854
Why Do Stories Over Stats
Engage Your Brain?
…And why does my cholera story matter?
Chart by: Brent Domo
Explain, Enlighten, and Engage
So let’s talk about
the brain…
Our Brain
Becomes More
Active When
We Tell Stories
Paul Zak
Beware of misleading popular research!
FALSE!
Content must
be compelling!
• 70% of users binge-watch
shows
• The average viewer watches
around 2 hours per day when
they are trying to complete a
season of a series
• The average person takes 5
days to complete the first
season of a binge-watched
series.
According to
What must
storytellers
do?
Must first sustain attention
by developing tension
Attentive listeners share the
emotions of the characters
Then mimic the feelings and
behaviors of those characters
Gustav
Freytag’s
dramatic arc
of storytelling
What else
can you do?
Character-driven stories with emotional contentCharacter
Ditch the PowerPoint and tell a compelling,
human-scale story
Ditch
Ask important questions:
•Why should your viewers/readers care? How does it improve
their lives?
•What does it mean to them? What barriers did they
overcome?
Ask
Do the Research
•People are more motivated by an organization’s transcendent
purpose rather than the transactional purpose
Do
It’s a Wrap!
Make your content
compelling
1
Don’t forget to
partner your data
with stories
2
Add human interest
stories to the
content – focus on
the people
3
Reduce the
numbers to make it
easier to
understand
4

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Tina McCorkindale - PRAXIS 2018

  • 1. RESEARCH IS AT THE CORE OF POWERFUL STORYTELLING TINA MCCORKINDALE, PH.D., APR President and CEO @tmccorkindale PRAXIS
  • 2. What is Cholera? • Infection of the small intestine by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae • Cholera affects an estimated 3– 5 million people worldwide and causes 30,000 – 130,000 deaths a year.
  • 3.
  • 4. John Snow’s Cholera Map of 1854
  • 5.
  • 6.
  • 7. Why Do Stories Over Stats Engage Your Brain? …And why does my cholera story matter?
  • 8. Chart by: Brent Domo Explain, Enlighten, and Engage
  • 9. So let’s talk about the brain…
  • 10. Our Brain Becomes More Active When We Tell Stories
  • 11.
  • 12.
  • 14.
  • 15. Beware of misleading popular research! FALSE!
  • 16. Content must be compelling! • 70% of users binge-watch shows • The average viewer watches around 2 hours per day when they are trying to complete a season of a series • The average person takes 5 days to complete the first season of a binge-watched series. According to
  • 17.
  • 18.
  • 19. What must storytellers do? Must first sustain attention by developing tension Attentive listeners share the emotions of the characters Then mimic the feelings and behaviors of those characters
  • 20.
  • 22. What else can you do? Character-driven stories with emotional contentCharacter Ditch the PowerPoint and tell a compelling, human-scale story Ditch Ask important questions: •Why should your viewers/readers care? How does it improve their lives? •What does it mean to them? What barriers did they overcome? Ask Do the Research •People are more motivated by an organization’s transcendent purpose rather than the transactional purpose Do
  • 23. It’s a Wrap! Make your content compelling 1 Don’t forget to partner your data with stories 2 Add human interest stories to the content – focus on the people 3 Reduce the numbers to make it easier to understand 4