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Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at 1 PM EDT / 10 AM PDT
Annie Hart, master communicator and story teller will be our guest in this edition of FreeWebinarWednesdays.com.
So why should we tell stories rather than speak in plain old ordinary language? For many reasons. First of all because telling stories is more fun and we should always have fun when we’re speaking.
Storytelling is the oldest and most powerful form of communication on the planet. It completely bypasses the rational conscious mind and goes directly into our unconscious, which is the meaning maker of our mind.
This means that stories go in more easily and are more enduring than ordinary communication. If you want to have power in your message, you really need to tell a story.
Words by themselves are completely boring. They are just like flat pieces of cardboard with no color on them. To make a mosaic out of them you need to create colorful images in your reader or listener’s minds eye.
So I went out on the street the other day and as stepped out the door, I smelled the taste of roses in my mind.
Now what does that mean? Absolutely nothing. But notice that it created clear images in your mind. Your brain needed to visualize the step, the door, the smell, the taste and roses, all in one short sentence. This is the same way a great story is created, from inside of the memory banks of your mind.
We need to tell stories for many reasons but the most important of which is that you don’t want to be boring with your words.
Annie will give us more details on her top three reasons to tell stories:
- tell stories so that people will listen to what you have to say
- tell stories so that your message will be lasting
- tell stories so that you don’t bore people with your words
Most of all tell stories because they are the most fun and enjoyable way to communicate on the planet. That’s it, enough said. Now go tell a story.
This is an excerpt from the blog of Annie Hart, access the full post at: http://anniehart.com/2009/08/so-why-tell-stories-rather-than-just-blather-on-in-plain-ordinary-language/
Annie Hart – Master story teller, Book Yourself Solid Certified Coach and author of the blog Stories Change the World: Inspiring change through story. Visit her blog at http://anniehart.com/blog/.
Click here to read a biography of Annie Hart.
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