Blog bites: • Carefully plan your teleconferences to make sure objectives are met• Chunk your presentation down into appropriate sound bites• Play with your voice to have more impact• A monotone body creates a monotone voice (and a wandering mind) – so keep moving We had a coaching call last week with one of our …
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Blog bites: Know the point of the story Be a brief storyteller Build a bridge to meaning Human beings have been telling stories since the dawn of time. It’s the glue that holds tribes, communities, cultures and people together. So how can we develop the skills of business storytelling to ensure we are effective communicators? …
Blog bites: Clarify your intention before any meeting Pinpoint the desired outcome Make it about your audience Have you ever left a meeting room thinking, ‘What was the point of that?’. Perhaps you’ve facilitated a meeting, only to feel frustrated that you didn’t get the outcome you wanted. There’s a very simple reason why: the …
When you become a story-teller, you can visually inhabit a character. Through simple adjustments to your physiology you could convey the idea of being an old woman, an astronaut or present a debate like an attorney at law. It is a form of performance that would be more intriguing, wouldn’t you agree? We recently watched …
