Author: Gabrielle Dolan
Date: 14.05.13
Recently my kids showed me a YouTube clip that has gone viral. It's a news report from America where a woman called Sweet Brown, recounts her ordeal of waking up to a fire. Have a look below. It is real, has had millions of views and has even spawned a YouTube remix song. The other day I decided to take a leaf out of Sweet Brown's book and look at my to do list and really decide if [...]
Author: Yamini Naidu
Date: 05.03.13
Where were you when you heard Princess Diana has died? What about when September 11 happened? Most people can recall with crystal-clear clarity these events and how the news made them feel - shocked, angry, sad. This is the power of emotion. Emotion is the most powerful thing in any presentation. It influences how your audience feels, thinks and acts. Most presenters are unaware of how impor [...]
Author: Gabrielle Dolan
Date: 19.02.13
For Christmas I received the new Jamie Oliver 15 minute cookbook. It’s a great cookbook with lots of recipes as you would expect but it also includes some really useful techniques and tips. One great technique I got from the book was to construct your salad on the serving platter in layers and then drizzle the dressing over the top. No mixing the dressing through the salad in a separate bowl [...]
Author: Yamini Naidu
Date: 13.02.13
When it comes to presenting to a group, there’s one major step that most presenters miss. Many leaders will spend an hour presenting a new strategy, explaining how exciting and challenging it’s going to be, when their audience is either tired because they’ve heard it all before or are concerned about how this is going to affect them. The one thing they are not is excited. The pres [...]
Author: Gabrielle Dolan
Date: 07.02.13
In my very first serious job in my early 20's I remember being called into the manager's office and told that I was not paid to be the office clown. I responded with the 'I know everything' attitude that only a 20 something can posess with 'You don't have to pay me, I am perfectly happy to do it for free because I can't help myself''. Smart move! I have often been guilty of using humour for [...]
Author: Gabrielle Dolan
Date: 16.08.12
Our work provides us with the opportunity to observe many different storytelling styles that people use in business. Regardless of age, gender, race, role or industry we have noticed four distinct storytelling styles in business. We have placed these four styles into our Storytelling Intelligence Model. You have probably heard of Intelligence Quotient (IQ) and Emotional Intelligence (EI), [...]
Author: Gabrielle Dolan
Date: 18.07.12
A presentation workshop like no other. This workshop is designed for presenters who are already OK or good but realise that being good, is no longer good enough. Here is what other's have had to say.... “Even after 25 years of public speaking experience I discovered many new ways to prepare for my presentation, engage with my audience and ensure my message hits home. The 'Making Good Prese [...]
Author: Gabrielle Dolan
Date: 19.06.12
On June 7th we were interviewed by Eagle Waves Small Business Radio in the funky VIVO Cafe in Sydney. We had a whole lot of fun with the Eagle Startups hosts Matt and Angela and you can listen to the podcast of the interview here. [...]
Author: Gabrielle Dolan
Date: 11.04.12
Since 2005, we have been helping leaders achieve success through storytelling and there is nothing that thrills us more! Especially when we receive comments like this: “What a wonderful experience it’s been soaking up your storytelling knowledge and applying it to my business. You really sharpened up my game over the course.” Paul Kaan, The Social Larder We are experts in business and tho [...]
Author: Gabrielle Dolan
Date: 02.02.11
If you want to learn how to deliver more engaging, powerful presentations then we have some exciting news for you. We have just released our first eBook titled Eliminate Death by PowerPoint and even better it is absolutely free. In the work we do with leaders around storytelling they often ask for tips and techniques to be better presenters. This combined with our professional goal t [...]
Author: Yamini Naidu
Date: 02.04.13
In leadership communication it is hard to not sound banal, trite or even worse jargon ridden. How can a leader leap frog these hurdles? This is how one leader chose to do that: When I was in year 7 I joined a new school. I was quite shy and would not answer questions in class. One day our teacher Mr Bonato asked a question in class and a lot of students tried to answer it but couldn't [...]
Author: Yamini Naidu
Date: 22.03.13
My daughter who is 4 was preparing for her 'Show and tell' in her new kinder class. She decided to take her favourite dinosaur Sophie to school and we planned what she would say and even practiced it and she was so excited. The day arrived and she carefully took Sophie to school, the occasion marked by a pink bow around Sophie's neck. That evening after school I asked her how she went. But [...]
Author: Yamini Naidu
Date: 20.03.13
As the world celebrates the appointment of the new pope, all leaders, irrespective of religious beliefs can already learn brand management lessons from him. The new pope had barely been in his new position for 24 hours and the media started referring to him as the ‘Humble Pope’. There are 3 stories circulating on his actions that merit this. When Pope Francis was appointed, he went t [...]
Author: Gabrielle Dolan
Date: 19.02.13
For Christmas I received the new Jamie Oliver 15 minute cookbook. It’s a great cookbook with lots of recipes as you would expect but it also includes some really useful techniques and tips. One great technique I got from the book was to construct your salad on the serving platter in layers and then drizzle the dressing over the top. No mixing the dressing through the salad in a separate bowl [...]
Author: Yamini Naidu
Date: 31.07.12
One of the first self help book I ever bought was ‘The 7 Habits of Highly effective people’, with the earnings from one of my first jobs. The lure of that irresistible title jumped out at me from a passing bookshop window, and before I knew it I had whipped into the shop and was parting with hard earned money to get my copy! Though I didn’t know it then, the book was to be both life a [...]
Author: Gabrielle Dolan
Date: 26.04.12
We have been working with the National Australia Bank (NAB) since 2005. Training their leaders in the use of organisational storytelling for a variety of applications. The NAB understands that storytelling is a key tool to not only engage their employees but also their customers and the wider community. When Cameron Clyne took over as CEO in 2008, he took on a mission to change the commun [...]
Author: Yamini Naidu
Date: 26.04.12
Early 2009, Sonia Aplin was facing a challenge. As the Internal Communications Manager for Ericsson Australia and New Zealand Sonia was tasked with advising the senior leadership team on how best to communicate the new corporate strategy. The challenge for Sonia and Ericsson was two-fold. She knew that for the strategy to be successful, employees needed more than to be able to just reci [...]
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Fly like a butterfly – stories for storytelling
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The desires that drive us to connect
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