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Book Description

Stories have tremendous power. They can persuade, promote empathy, and provoke action. Better than any other communication tool, stories explain who you are, what you want...and why it matters. In presentations, department meetings, over lunch—any place you make a case for new customers, more business, or your next big idea—you'll have greater impact if you have a compelling story to relate.

Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins will teach you to narrate personal experiences as well as borrowed stories in a way that demonstrates authenticity, builds emotional connections, inspires perseverance, and stimulates the imagination. Fully updated and more practical than ever, the second edition reveals how to use storytelling to:

Capture attention • Motivate listeners • Gain trust • Strengthen your argument • Sway decisions • Demonstrate authenticity and encourage transparency • Spark innovation • Manage uncertainty • And more

Complete with examples, a proven storytelling process and techniques, innovative applications, and a new appendix on teaching storytelling, Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins hands you the tools you need to get your message across—and connect successfully with any audience.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Introduction
  7. Part One: Thinking in Story
    1. 1. Story Thinking
    2. 2. Story Is Experience Reconstituted
    3. 3. Learning to Tell Stories
    4. 4. It’s All Storytelling
  8. Part Two: Finding Stories to Tell
    1. 5. Who-I-Am Stories
    2. 6. Why-I-Am-Here Stories
    3. 7. Teaching Stories
    4. 8. Vision Stories
    5. 9. Value-in-Action Stories
    6. 10. I-Know-What-You-Are-Thinking Stories
  9. Part Three: Perfecting the Craft
    1. 11. Sensory Details Make Stories Experiential
    2. 12. The Gift of Brevity
    3. 13. Storytelling by Committee
    4. 14. Point of View
    5. 15. Story Listening
    6. 16. Borrowing Genius
  10. Appendix: Teaching Storytelling
  11. Bibliography
  12. Index
  13. About the Author
  14. Free Sample Chapter from Training That Delivers Results by Dick Handshaw
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