Home and Parked by Myself
You play the role of trainer and guide for your team or a new hire, and at some point, you want them to take on challenges confidently without needing your constant guidance.
Let Me Tell You About Miss Paulina and How to Make Your Message Stick
I can never forget Miss Paulina, even though I met her when I was 5. It’s been 22 years since, and she’s carved a place for herself in my mind in a way she couldn’t have imagined. She was my teacher when I repeated primary 1. I was a struggling student who found it difficult […]
Mastering Presentation Skills: 7 Techniques from Jill Bolte Taylor and Business Leaders
We are all storytellers. We all live in a network of stories. Jimmy Neil Smith I haven’t watched someone make having a stroke look so cool the way Jill did. In her TED talk titled My Stroke of Insight, she talks about the human brain and how the left and right hemisphere function, weaving in […]
5 Reasons Why Business Leaders Should Be Using Stories in Their Communications
We are, as a species, addicted to story. Even when the body goes to sleep, the mind stays up all night, telling itself stories. Jonathan Gottschall While I was still thinking about what aspect of communications I would go into when I was taking a public relations and communications course, someone asked me to write […]
Mastering Storytelling: How Business Leaders Can Turn Any Message into a Memorable Story
Every business has a story to tell. Jay Baer You must have had two weeks to think about how you fit into any of the categories of people who need stories in their business communications. We’re glad you’re back to learn how to use stories in your presentations, pitches, and business meetings and turn any […]
Can You Identify Yourself? 5 Business Leaders Who Need Stories
When you tell a story, you spark a connection. That is the power of storytelling. Jay O’Callahan Let’s start by wishing you a Happy New Year. We hope this year gives you all the beautiful stories you’ll get to tell. This is the first blog post of the year, and we thought we’d help you […]
’Tis the Season to Share Your Stories: A Wee Christmas Message
‘How do I want to tell the story of this season in the future?’ Christmas has always looked different for me in different seasons of my life. I can’t remember engaging in many activities as a child, but there was the excitement of getting Christmas clothes and shoes. As I grew older, I didn’t get […]
Our Origin Story: How Kemi Writes Began
Stories are equipment for living Kenneth Burke As a five-year-old, I struggled to read and write. My mum noticed that I avoided doing my assignments, and when she found out why, she made me repeat Primary 1. She not only made me repeat but also taught me how to read and write. By the following […]
Showcase Your Donors: Crafting Stories That Drive Support
Stories have a unique power to move people’s hearts. Peter Guber In Contagious: Why Things Catch On, Jonah Berger wrote, ‘Seeing others do something makes people more likely to do it themselves. If it’s hard to see what others are doing, it’s hard to imitate it. Making something more observable makes it easier to imitate.’ […]
How to Craft Your Corporate Organisation’s Origin Story
Sharing your organisation’s origin story is not about reminiscing on the past, contemplating how far you’ve come, and then deciding to share it with your audience or whoever cares to read it. It serves a deeper purpose than that. Storytelling in corporate communications helps you foster a connection with your organisation’s stakeholders (employers, investors, shareholders, […]