Storytelling lessons for you

The podcast, Your Intended Message is about how we communicate and how we might do it better - with less stress and more success.

Imagine that. How do you need to communicate in your workplace? That might include one-on-one conversation, small group meetings, presentations, emails, marketing messages, social media and more.

If you use any of these methods to communicate in your workplace, you might appreciate that one of them most powerful communication tools is storytelling.

Are you getting the most from your storytelling? How might you become a more powerful and effective storyteller?

You can boost your storytelling skills by listening to these conversations with these eight storytelling experts. They agree on the power of storytelling and they offer their distinct perspective of storytelling. Imagine what you can gain from listening to these insightful conversations.

Stories are sticky! Ed Tate

Ed Tate was a child who was teased because he stuttered yet he became the World Champion Speaker for Toastmasters International. He knows how to tell an effective story. Listen to this episode for storytelling secrets.

Ed Tate on Your Intended Message

Learn from the meca of storytelling - Hollywood

Michael Hauge is a storytelling consultant for Hollywood movies. Can you imagine a better job than that?

Add a flair of Hollywood to your stories.

Listen to Michael Hauge on Your Intended Message.

Stories are about people

Dave Bricker is a sailor and a storysailor. Enjoy his sailing stories that put you in the sailboat because that's what a good stories does for you.

Listen to Dave Bricker on Your Intended Message

Seven Essential Stories of Charismatic leaders

Kurian Tharakan offers insights from his book. Before we examine the 7 stories, we first visited the?7 Pillars of Culture?because the stories are determined by the culture.

Listen to Kurian Tharakan on Your Intended Message

Enhance your Business Message with story telling

How to find your stories? Look at the photos on your phone.

What amazed you? What amused you? What moved you?

Authenticity plus Vulnerability = Credibility

The common connects Stories mirror our lives

Stories add meaning to your corporate message Look for the humanity behind the numbers

Listen to Mark Brown on Your Intended Message

The 3-box Storytelling technique with Graham Brown

Leveraging the power of the journey

Move people to change while making them feel that they are on familiar territory

How to diminish the fear of the unknown

The power of analogy when you want to become the Uber of ...

People forget what you said, yet remember how you made them feel

Listen to this conversation about storytelling with Graham Brown

Effective marketing is based on telling powerful stories. You can create powerful stories when based on lessons from history.

History doesn't repeat itself but it does rhyme.

Gain a competitive story telling edge from history lessons

Stories build on minimal facts - then additional facts are added to fill in the gaps

Why did each of the four participants in the War of 1812 tell a different story?

The story contains a hero, villain and conflict

Abraham Lincoln was an excellent story teller and joke teller

Listen to Jason Voiovich on Your Intended Message

Leverage your body language to convey more powerful stories

You might have heard that story telling is an effective way to convey your message. However, are you using your body to support your story or might your body be sabotaging your intended message?

Insights from this interview with Holley Mignosi:

• Your body is communicating 100% of the time, whether you are award of it or not
• Athletes and dancers are keenly aware of every movement of their body
• Your presentation doesn't start when you start to speak, it starts when you enter the room
• We are looking at you and judging based on what we see
• Hands are trust triggers; Let people see your hands
• Why the underdog story is so powerful and why you need to heal before you tell it

The Four Es of Engagement

1. Expanded Posture
2. Engaging Eye Contact
3. Emotional State Control
4. Echo Technique

The Four Pillars of Charisma

1. Curiosity
2. Playfulness
3. Resilience
4. Victorious

Listen to to Holley Mignosi on Your Intended Message

Imagine the power of your presentations when you deliver powerful stories every time. Listen to these storytellers to gain their perspectives and ideas to help you tell your stories.

Go ahead - tell me your story!

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