When our kids were younger we would sometimes decide to take a week of the summer holidays and drive to Calgary. We had lived there a for a few years when we were first married and we both had friends there. So we would tell everyone we were going to Calgary for the week and [...]
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The Focus of your Story
Posted in Immediacy on September 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Three men went into a bar…
Posted in Immediacy, tagged Character, Immediacy, personal stories on September 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Three men went into a bar and…. You know it’s going to be a joke. You listen for the set up and the punchline then (with luck) you laugh. You don’t expect any great depth from this story, no deep insights or motivation. There’s nothing wrong with jokes – we all need a [...]
Making a story come alive
Posted in Character, Immediacy, tagged Character, Immediacy, message, story on August 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The closer your reader feels to the story, the more deeply they will listen – and pick up the message behind it – the message you’re trying to get across. Suppose your message is “You should listen carefully to what other people are telling you.”
The ‘You should’ is going to put people off right away. [...]
Story Evaluation
If you would like your story evaluated, Toastmaster style, send it to vadolph@ymail.com Please keep it to a maximum of about 500 words. It can be a story, anecdote, even an example. If it is longer, maybe send just an excerpt.Questions?
If you have story-related questions you can contact me at vadolph@ymail.com If you have comments, click on the word 'Comments' at the end of each article.High Performance Leadership
This resource is my Toastmasters HPL project although I plan to keep adding articles even after the project is finished. The opportunity of receiving story evaluations, though, may only be available until my HPL project wraps up - in Spring 2009.Categories
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