Stories and Story-Contests
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1) DO YOU KNOW THE FIRST THING ABOUT STORYTELLING?
2) LAZY LEARNING SPECIAL - $110 IN DISCOUNTS
Read the details about the Beginning Storytelling Toolkit
1) DO YOU KNOW THE FIRST THING ABOUT STORYTELLING?
By “Do you know the first thing about storytelling,” I mean, “What’s the primary - the most important - thing [...]
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1) SEVEN DEADLY MARKETING SINS FOR STORYTELLERS
2) SUPER EARLY-BIRD SPECIAL: FALL MARKETING COURSE
To read more about “True Connection Marketing”3) STORYTELLER NANCY DONOVAL NEEDS HELP Learn more about Nancy Donoval’s crisis and how you can help
1) SEVEN DEADLY MARKETING SINS FOR STORYTELLERS
If you’re like most storytellers, you would like to [...]
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1) IS YOUR BODY CONFUSING YOUR LISTENERS?
2) SUBSCRIBER SPECIAL: $500 IN CHARTER MEMBER BENEFITS
Read about the Image Riding Toolkit and the new monthly versionRead the list of Charter Member Bonuses - worth at least $500
1) IS YOUR BODY CONFUSING YOUR LISTENERS?
(Kinesthetic Imagery, Part 2)In last month’s eTips, I talked about [...]
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1) GIVE YOUR STORYTELLING SOME MUSCLE
2) TWO-MINUTE STORIES - THE MASTER’S TOOLCHEST (SPECIAL)
Read the details about the Two-Minute Stories course
1) GIVE YOUR STORYTELLING SOME MUSCLE
(Kinesthetic Imagery, Part I)Years ago, my friend Charles told me about the first time he heard a certain rising executive speak to a group. Charles said, [...]
Have you ever seen a juggler start to juggle plates?First, the juggler takes a plate out of a bag and puts it on a stick. Then she pays intense attention to it, gets it spinning until it needs just a small motion of her hand to keep spinning, and then turns her attention to the [...]
In times of recession, competition increases for storytelling jobs. To earn a living when times are tough, you need to look for additional sources of income. One source is the growing demand for recorded stories on the internet. But you won’t make much money from story downloads unless your recordings are excellent enough to [...]
Stories are made of images, not words. Therefore, I recommend against learning a story by memorizing the words. But if you don’t start with the words, how will you practice your story? I recommend you practice by telling to live listeners. But suppose you have a willing helper to listen to you. How [...]
This 1895 version is by Jame Baldwin, an educator and author from Indiana, USA. I include it to illustrate what I call the “Shallow Bowl Syndrome,” in which we teachers and communicators provide others with the kind of bowls we ourselves like to drink out of. (I mention this in my description of the Beginning [...]
(This translation from the Grimm Brothers is by Margaret Hunt in 1884. It is in the public domain. I post this here as an example for eTips from the Storytelling Coach #80)
Once upon a time there was a dear little girl who was loved by every one who looked at her, but most of all [...]
By and large, storytellers are unselfish. Compared to some who practice other artforms and other livelihoods, we tend to be cooperative, sharing, and generous.
But there’s a way in which I think we may be selfish - unintentionally.
How?
We don’t demand good enough help with our storytelling.
You’re kidding, Doug, right?
I’m not kidding. Of course, being “undemanding” is [...]