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Month 4 – Compelling Storytelling

Month 4 – Compelling Storytelling

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The Language of Leadership is a new way to train your organisation, your team and yourself to become the leader you want to be. We’ve created a customised platform that provides practical and experiential training and video micro lessons to help you incrementally improve your communication and leadership skills. We will send you daily video micro lessons which explore in-depth communication themes followed by interactive exercises designed to put your learning into practice.

Your competency and confidence will develop over the six month programme as you learn to implement strategic layered communication techniques and practices transforming those who communicate by “default” to people who actively and intentionally communicate by ‘design’. Your responses are available throughout the programme so you can review your progress and development as it evolves over time.

The Language of Leadership is a new way to train your organisation, your team and yourself to become the leader you want to be. We’ve created a customised platform that provides practical and experiential training and video micro lessons to help you incrementally improve your communication and leadership skills. We will send you daily video micro lessons which explore in-depth communication themes followed by interactive exercises designed to put your learning into practice.

Your competency and confidence will develop over the six month programme as you learn to implement strategic layered communication techniques and practices transforming those who communicate by “default” to people who actively and intentionally communicate by ‘design’. Your responses are available throughout the programme so you can review your progress and development as it evolves over time.

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WEEK 1: Storytelling: Why we do it 5 Topics | 5 Actions
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Take a Trip to Your Childhood
Record a childhood memory and then short 'Day in the Life' at your work story. Replay back and compare - with the sound on and also turned off
Power Up Your Descriptions
Re-write your childhood memory & embellish it with descriptive & emotional language
Power Up Your Emotions
Mark up your story script with which emotions correspond to which phrases and paragraphs
Don’t Forget to Refine and Edit
Craft then re-edit your story paying attention to your language, emotion, message & length
What’s the Takeaway?
Write down your message or the moral of the story that relates to the audience - not only you - in one sentence
WEEK 2: Five-Steps of Star-Studded Storytelling 5 Topics | 5 Actions
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The Setting
Describe the setting for your story in vibrant, dramatic language
The Obstacle
Clearly understand the obstacle in your story and write that down
The Outcome
In one sentence, write the story's result or outcome. This may be happy or sad or any emotion at all!
The Take Away for You
This answers the audience's all-important "What's in it for me?" Question
The Take Away for the Audience
Write a sentence describing the Call to Action or Main Take Away for your audience
WEEK 3: The Strategy Behind Storytelling 5 Topics | 5 Actions
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Why Do we Describe a Story as “Strategic”?
Strategically insert stories into an existing presentation
Be Colorful, but Be Brief
Your story should be clear and concise. Give your script a hard-edit with this in mind
Make Sure to Connect with Your Audience
Write a statement demonstrating why your message is relevant to this particular audience
Creating an Inventory of Stories
Start building your library of stories, examples, case studies or illustrations
The Heart of Every Story is Human
Write a paragraph on how you are now more actively thinking about storytelling
WEEK 4: Storytelling Application 5 Topics | 5 Actions
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Adding Stories to a Pitch
Discuss which stories might elevate your pitch with the members of your team
Storytelling for Team-building
Record and review your team's collective performances
Connecting Stories to Everything
Ask each member of your team to contribute a relevant story to include in the pitch
Cultural Awareness in Storytelling
Make a note of which of your stories are universal and which are culturally specific
Hurrah! Month Four. Storytelling Sum-up!
Begin to think of yourself as a raconteur & storyteller and practice, practice, practice