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Four Ways to Use Stories to Energize Your Training
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Storytelling is a powerful communication method that makes your presentations and training more compelling and coaching more effective. Here are four instances when using stories can be particularly effective.
Storytelling is a powerful communication method that makes your presentations and training more compelling and coaching more effective. Here are four instances when using stories can be particularly effective.
Mon May 07 2012
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Storytelling is a powerful communication method that makes your presentations and training more compelling and coaching more effective. Here are four instances when using stories can be particularly effective.
Storytelling is a powerful communication method that makes your presentations and training more compelling and coaching more effective. Here are four instances when using stories can be particularly effective.
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New-hire orientation: Share stories about what you do as an organization that makes a difference in the world for both your customers and community.
New-hire orientation: Share stories about what you do as an organization that makes a difference in the world for both your customers and community.
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Starting a presentation: Grab your audience's interest right away by sharing a story about how knowing the material your presentation covers made a difference to someone with whom you worked.
Starting a presentation: Grab your audience's interest right away by sharing a story about how knowing the material your presentation covers made a difference to someone with whom you worked.
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Teaching abstract concepts: Use analogies from common, everyday life and from your learner's unique perspective.
Teaching abstract concepts: Use analogies from common, everyday life and from your learner's unique perspective.
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Coaching: Use a story to help you challenge limiting beliefs, perceptions, and attitudes. Because you are demonstrating the concept through "just a story," you often encounter less defensiveness and resistance.
Coaching: Use a story to help you challenge limiting beliefs, perceptions, and attitudes. Because you are demonstrating the concept through "just a story," you often encounter less defensiveness and resistance.
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These tips were adapted from the May 2012 Infoline, "Powerful Storytelling Techniques," available at www.astd.org/infoline .
These tips were adapted from the May 2012 Infoline, "Powerful Storytelling Techniques," available at www.astd.org/infoline.