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Telling Your Personal Story
Identifying Story Traps
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What is your personal story and how does it effect your life?
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Is your identity wrapped up in a story that no longer serves you or your organization?
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The workshops offered here explore the stories that we use to define our identity. The way we are at work, at home, and in community all are part of our story. What we have come to believe about ourselves and how we have come to believe who we are can be defined by what we believe to be true in the personal stories we tell.
A story trap is an aspect of a story that is believed to be true yet has no factual basis or it has been generated by opinion or outside influence. A story trap can also be generated by what I call optional facts. These are facts that may be true to a specific situation but then are generalized to a wider view.
The first step in freeing ourselves from “Story Traps” is to explore the types and origins of these pitfalls. Once we have developed a level of awareness in this arena we can begin to unravel our stories and see clearly where the story serves us and where it does not. This is the process of de-constructing our story, converting our perspectives, and reconstructing our stories to ones that serve us.
We do not readily know the traps by which we live until we start consciously and intentionally telling our stories with a critical ear and a discriminating mind. Once we have begun to redefine ourselves in the context of a more positive story we can move toward realizing how we can use our personal stories to transform our lives.
These workshops are crafted for groups and organizations and are offered in three hour increments.
Individual training sessions and consultations are also available.
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The Language of ConnectionTM
cultivate storytelling as an essential leadership skill
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Many believe business communication should be neutral, objective, and avoid emotions.
But the greatest communicators speak first to our hearts by telling stories. Leaders with emotional intelligence use stories to establish emotional connection, stimulate action, and influence an individual or a group.
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Stories use metaphor to engage and inspire.
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We humans have always told stories. Whether to entertain, teach, or motivate — stories affect us like nothing else. Powerful storytelling requires a command of metaphor, content, context, and timing (what to say, how to frame it, and when to say it.)
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A story is only as effective as the person telling it.
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Learn to tell stories that will move and shape your team and organization. Join Amanda Madorno, her herd of horses, and professional storyteller Doug Banner for three inspired days of storytelling development and practice.
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Dates – May 22 – 24; July 28 – 30, 2011; 9 am – 5 pm each day Location –
Woodinville, Washington
Register online – www.roamconsultingllc.com/schedule.html
No horse experience required. Limited space – register early.
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storytelling & horses?
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Horses are the ultimate audience. They don’t tell stories; they have no agenda, and don’t use clichés. By reading our bodies and energy, horses show us what is and isn’t believable. They help us to learn what is most convincing to our listeners — not our words — but our physical presence. Horses will tell us what part of our physical presence needs to shift to make our story credible and compelling.
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benefits & results
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The practice of storytelling will develop your personal credibility as a leader.
You’ll discover how to use the power of stories in your daily leadership, to speak with heart and meaning, and gain a stronger sense of how to bring your best self forward as a leader. You will:
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* Learn to tell and listen to stories;
* Learn to become an effective storyteller;
* Learn how and when to use metaphors and stories;
* Discover your leadership story, and get grounded in that story;
* Practice the physical presence to tell your stories in compelling and effective ways.
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Co- facilitator
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