customer engagement and vulnerability: show a little leg first Empathy is not a soft skill in my mind. When we approach business from a place of empathy and vulnerability something magic happens. Vulnerability [...]
How to generate kick-ass content marketing ideas using improv On my improv and innovation cafe' series, I've had a blast discussing how to generate new ideas for content marketing using improvisation techniques. I've been joined [...]
I've said it before: today's business storytelling is predominantly storytelling-lite. Many of the business stories being told just scratch the surface of human emotions because they are too focused on the company, on rational (rather [...]
Just One Tip from 11 Great Storytellers I am on overload. You’re on overload. We’re all feeling it. So instead of the usual list of 100+ tips (who has time?!), I asked some of my [...]
In this brief video, I talk about why every company needs a storytelling strategy - a topic I wrote about in detail. Your big story (your core purpose story) and all the other stories you [...]
My post was published in July in the Convince & Convert blog. Every organization and any business of any size (including entrepreneurs!) must tell a variety of stories. Most of what we hear lately [...]
On Wednesday, August 5th, we had a special episode of the 'Improv and Innovation Cafe'.' I had a great time chatting with my friend, fellow improviser and storyteller, Kat Koppett, about storytelling for presentations and [...]
On Tuesday, August 4th, I had a great time chatting with best-selling author Garrison Wynn about employee storytelling, the stories employees tell and why it matters as a leading indicator and measure of organizational health. [...]
Last week on my Blogtalkradio podcast, I talked about a topic that I believe is critical to great business storytelling: vulnerability. Too many business stories fail to connect because they 1) are not told through [...]
Batman & Hotwheels: Marketing Inspired by Your Inner Kid I had the honor of speaking at FunnyBizz San Francisco on June 11, 2015. There were so many great presentations that day - all advancing the [...]
Business Storytelling and Why it Matters I have done two great panels on storytelling recently. The first on the Hero's Journey with Michael Margolis and Brian Carter. The second panel was on business storytelling with [...]
Business Communication: How Smart People Can Communicate Better I had the pleasure of discussing IntellectualSpeak with a few great people including Felicia Slattery and Tamsen Webster on Brian Carter's Podcast. Smart people often rely on [...]
Most of You Won’t Read This. You Should. There is One BIG Question All Businesses MUST ask about their content We’re on overload. You are. I am. Everyone is. Your customers are. Digital [...]
How to Add Humor to Your Speaking I was asked recently at an event to provide just one tip that helps me use humor in my speaking. I thought, “what a great question.” Speaking of [...]
Keeping it Human's Improv and Innovation Cafe' Improv and Innovation: Techniques for Product, Content, Marketing and Communication In this hangout series, I talk about applying improvisation to marketing, communications, and content as well [...]
Humans are wired for stories. One of the most important questions entrepreneurs and organizations can ask themselves is how to be a better storytellers. Stories are everywhere, and storytelling is the most important leadership, cultural [...]
How to Grow Your Business with Facebook Marketing On June 21st, I had the pleasure of chatting with Facebook marketer and fellow improviser, Andrea Vahl. We chat about how to grow your business with Facebook, [...]
I was asked recently by a few people at a speaking engagement on how to use humor in a meaningful way with customers and prospects. Great question. So here's my answer (I answered in person, [...]
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And not in that order. Improvisation has changed my world. It's changed everything in 20 years for me. It’s not just [...]
We fall into ruts all the time. We use the same ways to get out of those ruts. That itself keeps [...]
