You’ve no doubt noticed that we’re slowly drowning beneath an ocean of content. Before long, our little world of words and pictures will be so flood bound, it’ll make Tuvalu look like Mt Everest.
That creates a huge challenge for communicators. How do you produce the stories that will float to the surface… that will engage and inspire people to belief, action and results?
Thankfully, there’s something working in your favour. You see, almost every business, brand, project or team is loaded with stories that could help and inspire others.
You’ve just got to know how to tell them…
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“When I see a story, I ask: is this something
I'd like to be in? Is this something I'd like to
see? And if I'd like to see it, would I like to
tell it?”
Clint Eastwood
“Behind every
small business,
there's a story
worth knowing.
All the corner
shops in our
towns and cities,
the restaurants,
cleaners, gyms,
hair salons,
hardware stores -
these didn't come
out of nowhere.”
Paul Ryan
“So often
corporate
America, business
America, are the
worst
communicators,
because all they
understand are
facts, and they
cannot tell a
story.”
Frank Luntz
“Better the rudest
work that tells a
story or records a
fact, than the
richest without
meaning.”
John Ruskin
“A special effect
without a story is
a pretty boring
thing.”
George Lucas
“In all my
research, the
greatest leaders
looked inward
and were able to
tell a good story
with authenticity
and passion.”
Deepak Chopra
“We often get blinded by the forms in which
content is produced, rather than the job
that the content does.”
Tim O'Reilly
“The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp.
The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story.”
Ursula K. Le Guin