tips and techniques

Activity: The Power of Story

Categories: Training activities

Just released! A 2015 book (101 More Ways to Make Training Active by Elaine Biech) that contains several activities on business storytelling that the author has gotten readers permission to use. My contribution is on the power of story in training to get attendees to realize they already have valuable knowledge/skills on a specific subject they’re [...]

“Telling Tales at the Office” – Toastmaster Magazine

Categories: Articles, Construct a Story, Telling Stories, Types of Stories, Using Stories

Here’s a terrific short article by Caren Neile, PhD, ATMS, CL, on storytelling as a business tool, published in Toastmaster, February 2015. You can link to it here: http://business-storytelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Telling-Tales-at-the-Office.pdf The article covers: Why storytelling in business Who tells stories in business Four tips on what makes an effective story When are stories used in business What is [...]