Do Your People Know Your Biz Stories? They Should.
8m
·
Pivot Storytelling And Business Growth
·
So, here's my story of talking to nonprofit volunteers who liked puppies but didn't know anything else. Stories carry the basket of facts and information. Teach your volunteers and front-line people to speak your story. Small biz and nonprofits....this one is especially for you. morethanspeaking.com
The episode Do Your People Know Your Biz Stories? They Should. from the podcast Pivot Storytelling And Business Growth has a duration of
8:33. It was first published
More episodes from Pivot Storytelling And Business Growth
Reinvention, Offices, and Dragons.
At a reinvention point in your life or business? Nervous?
Times are odd, for sure.
Know that, right now, you are in the part of your own story where you get to change and grow.
You’ve arrived at a fork in your road that is guarded by beasts of doubt and fog.
Now, instead of falling down the dragon’s gullet, you get to stand and defeat that beast. In turn, you’ll have new stories to tell.
Change is not the end, but a place to grow from. Story after story from all over the world teaches us this.
This is audio from a video I posted on Facebook. Talking a bit about the issues of reinvention, losing "an office," and moving forward.
Original at
https://www.facebook.com/seantells/videos/10157385327007078/
Thanks for listening.
"Our Customers Love Us'" vs. "One Toothbrush"
::: However, entrepreneurs think they can do better with slogans and catchphrases. We ignore the time-skating power of narratives (story fable anecdote) to attract others ... and trade that power for marketing malarkey like "treating people right" or "here have a coupon." :::
Sean Buvala at morethanspeaking.com
Toothbrush Photo by Anne Nygård on Unsplash
Opening Up on Closing the Open Loop
Opening up the open loop of stories. Craft your stories to challenge the audience to really want the next step.
"Open loops" disrupt thinking. Use them to keep your audience connected to your story, your teaching, your message.
We can help: morethanspeaking.com
Mentorship, Air, and Socrates
So, do you need to be drowning before you seek out coaching and mentorship? Here's a story and some anecdotes about the role of mentoring and coaching to find your stories and anecdotes.
Coaching? Follow the directions at the bottom of the article at: morethanspeaking.com
FB for my latest: https://www.facebook.com/seantells
**
Episode Photo by Noah Buscher on Unsplash
Music from Incompetech. Used under CC license.
Aligator Thoughts: The Insatiable Insomnia Causes for Business
Got the "alligator thoughts" of a struggling business?
Just under the surface, many business owners and entrepreneurs have fears. I've had these annoying, wake-me-up-at-night alligator-like questions:
• Will there be enough?
• Where are my customers?
• Why don't they "get" it?
• Can I keep the doors open?
• Am I gonna have to get a "real" job?
• Why won't my business grow?
I know those days, those challenges, exist. I've learned, however, to banish those doubts, to speak the language of my clients, to connect with them, using effective stories, anecdotes, and deep listening.
Folks are shocked that I tell them to "listen" as a tool for brand storytelling.
I've been teaching this process of business growth for decades. By now, entrepreneurs know that they must use story to connect. It's no longer some far-out, touchy-feely, or soft-skills theory.
→ But. LISTEN TO LEARN more ↓
About our work: http://morethanspeaking.com