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Business Communications: The Story Is Always There
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Business Communications: The Story Is Always There
Business Communications: The Story Is Always There
Business Communications: The Story Is Always There
Business Communications: The Story Is Always There
Several qualities come together
to discover this “good stuff.”
Research
Interviewing Techniques
Persistence
Dot-connecting Logic
And a leap of faith
(I just know you’re there)
Of course, when we say
“the story is always
there,” we don’t
really mean story
by the conventional
definition.
The conventional definition
of a story always includes
something going
horribly wrong
Virtually every movie, TV show
and book depends on “bad stuff”
to generate drama.
For example,
in the HBO show
“True Detective”
Mathew McConaughey
goes from this
14
to this ...
But ends up
as this.
Business Communications: The Story Is Always There
Companies
prefer to not share
their mistakes
and problems
in public.
Business Communications: The Story Is Always There
Business Communications: The Story Is Always There
A photo ionization detector
breaking down chemicals
under an ultraviolet light
doesn’t exactly get
the heart racing
But take that same monitor
and catch paddle dopers,
table tennis players who add
chemicals to their paddles
for greater spin …
And now journalists
care about RAE Systems.
Business Communications: The Story Is Always There
But when HP houses
an engineering team
in an Airstream
stocked with great
snacks off campus,
the plot thickens.
Journalists have
always understood
the power of back
stories and what
grabs people’s
attention
Especially sports
journalists who otherwise
would only write about
game results.
Click for Storytelling Microsite
Here’s the point.
The same
storytelling
techniques used
by journalists
can work for
communicators
as well.
Think of it as
a guide for digging
out the good stuff
Right,
the story
is always there.
STORYTELLING WORKSHOP
(3 VERSIONS)
Executive Communications (emphasis on media)
Internal PR Team
Employees for General Communications
WEBSITE AUDIT AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Analysis of Storytelling in Website Content
CORPORATE BLOG WORKSHOP
Storytelling + Technical
Beyond applying storytelling
techniques to our client campaigns,
we offer the following services:
BTW,
we walk the talk
We also blog on
storytelling through
a business prism at
www.IshmaelsCorner.com
Business Communications: The Story Is Always There
Our Contact Information
North America: Stephen Burkhart 1 408 286-2611
Asia Pacific: Caroline Hsu +825 2581-9380
Europe: Mark Pinsent +44 (0)203 322 6903
Global: Lou Hoffman 1 408 286-2611

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