storysailing Archives - Speakipedia https://speakipedia.com/tag/storysailing/ The Presentation & Storytelling Encyclopedia by Dave Bricker Thu, 19 Sep 2024 15:48:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://speakipedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/cropped-puzzle-globe-60x60.jpg storysailing Archives - Speakipedia https://speakipedia.com/tag/storysailing/ 32 32 Protect Your Ideas: Trademarks https://speakipedia.com/protect-your-ideas-trademarks/ Tue, 13 Feb 2024 10:39:37 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?page_id=7297 Trademarks are registered for names and logos associated with specific purposes. For example, my StorySailing® name is trademarked and the corresponding logo has a separate trademark. Because I registered a trademark for StorySailing, nobody else can legally use that name—unless … More ☛

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]]> Free E-Books by Dave Bricker https://speakipedia.com/e-books/ Mon, 29 Jan 2024 20:04:32 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?page_id=7027 Effective speakers wrap their messages in stories—but few understand what stories are and how they work. This brief guide explores why some narratives connect with listeners and others don’t. Examples—including a few of the author’s nautical adventure tales—reveal powerful techniques … More ☛

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]]> Recover Your Audience After an Exercise https://speakipedia.com/recover-your-audiences-focus/ Sat, 20 Jan 2024 10:24:44 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?page_id=5801 How do we get our audiences to return their focus to the presenter when we’ve sent them off to engage in a game or exercise? Interactivity is a hallmark of effective training. We can explain our strategies and success principles, … More ☛

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]]> Want to Persuade? Use the CAST Call System https://speakipedia.com/want-to-persuade-use-the-cast-call-system/ Mon, 08 Jan 2024 22:52:04 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?page_id=4385 The Golden Rule of Storytelling tells us that stories are always about people—and not about prices, processes, ingredients, or data. And the StorySailing™ model tells us that stories move from conflict to transformation. When we want to persuade, we also … More ☛

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]]> Use a Beautiful Model to Sell Your Message! https://speakipedia.com/use-a-beautiful-model-to-sell-your-message/ Mon, 08 Jan 2024 22:44:16 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?page_id=4370 We all like to look at attractive models… But I’m not talking about the kind that smiles for the camera. If you have ideas to share, communicate them with a contextual model. When I teach storytelling, I share the StorySailing® … More ☛

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]]> The Three Circles of Storytelling https://speakipedia.com/the-three-circles-of-storytelling/ Mon, 08 Jan 2024 22:36:16 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?page_id=4352 You may already have explored the golden rule of storytelling: Stories are always about people. The StorySailing® model breaks story structure into four elements. The CAST Call formula helps with creating stories that influence and persuade. The Three Circles of … More ☛

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]]> Speaking and the Hero’s Journey https://speakipedia.com/speaking-and-the-heros-journey/ Mon, 08 Jan 2024 16:25:44 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?page_id=4093 Joseph Campbell’s “Hero’s Journey” model offers a story structure that’s been used to create many successful narratives. Star Wars is a classic Hero’s Journey. Here’s how it works: Introduce the hero living in their Ordinary World. They hear a call … More ☛

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]]> How Stories Work: The 4 Elements of Story https://speakipedia.com/how-stories-work/ Thu, 04 Jan 2024 18:25:08 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?page_id=3571 Start with the golden rule of storytelling: Stories are always about people. And in a story, that person or group of people are out in a sailboat on the rocky, stormy seas of conflict. They’re facing a challenge of some … More ☛

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]]> Advertising, Business Strategy, and Storytelling https://speakipedia.com/advertising-business-strategy-storytelling/ Tue, 15 Mar 2022 15:00:04 +0000 https://storysailing.com/?p=989 If you’re skeptical about the connection between business strategy and storytelling, consider the challenges faced by advertising agencies and marketers. Ad agencies’ storytelling challenges are complex because they must consider how the stories of their individual team members dovetail with … More ☛

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]]> Superhero Stories https://speakipedia.com/superhero-stories/ https://speakipedia.com/superhero-stories/#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2021 15:00:54 +0000 https://storysailing.com/?p=818 When I was young, I collected superhero stories and comic books. I was fascinated by the exploits of the same characters—Ironman, Spiderman, Superman, and others—who inspire movie-watchers today. The comic book was for me, the ultimate storytelling medium, a combination … More ☛

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]]> https://speakipedia.com/superhero-stories/feed/ 4 Problem-Solving & Storytelling: Understand Their Story https://speakipedia.com/problem-solving-understand-their-story/ Tue, 27 Apr 2021 15:00:42 +0000 https://storysailing.com/?p=1104 Use storytelling for problem-solving. Think about the various stories involved in a conflict and plot a course for resolution. Seen through the StorySailing™ spyglass, a story is analogous to the voyage of a sailboat across the rocky, stormy seas of … More ☛

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