Posts Tagged ‘storytelling’

Collect stories. Dispel myths.

Every company has a storied past. Are you aware what yours is?

More importantly, do you know why your stories are so important?

When old timers tell the newbies stories about “the good old days,” or “how it used to be here,” or “the first time we ever did this” what are they so fondly recollecting? Why in the world do they keep talking about past events, often making the retelling… » Continue

March 29 2007 | By Rosa | Tagged: history, integrity, storytelling, value | 1 comment»

14 Tips for Communicating Ideas

I’m doing a lot of speaking all of a sudden, related to my pre-launch plans around a new media company. I’m finding that there are certain skills in communicating the information and building understanding that are important and useful. I thought I’d pass on some thoughts along those lines.

Use Analogies

Okay, sometimes my analogies are bad, but the premise is still good. It’s important to be able to talk… » Continue

July 24 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: Communication, conversations, elevatorpitch, ideas, information, pitching, startups, storytelling | 16 comments»

Considering Presentations

Tomorrow, I will stand in a room of people at Bar Camp Boston and talk about content networks. The audience will be primarily really technical people, who know more about networking, hacking, developing, engineering, and everything than me. They will be looking at me with eyes that all engineering crowds give me at presentations: “Who are you? What do you know? How can this be useful to me?”

I… » Continue

June 2 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: powerpoint, presentation, presenting, storytelling | 14 comments»

My Best Presentation Tricks

Giving presentations can be a complete and utter thrill. Too bad attending them can be a complete and utter bore. If you are on the giving side, I want to offer you up a collection of my best presentation tricks to date. I’ve written on presentation and the storyteller’s promise before at my site. I’ve written what has oddly become my top-rated post of all time, Bring out

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May 16 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: hacks, howto, Lifehack, lifehacks, presentation, story, storytelling, tips | 58 comments»