Start Here
About
Ravi’s Story
Why Storytelling
Approach to the Craft
Reach Out
Content Hub
Services
#SOTD 97: Start with a very narrow audience (Lenny Rachitsky tweet)
July 19, 2022
4 views
#SOTD 66: Start with a personal story (Sequoia deck)
May 30, 2022
12 views
#SOTD 27: The Terminator’s heart-felt speech
March 22, 2022
7 views
That moment of blinding insight in a Zoom breakout room
November 20, 2021
726 views
A storytelling lesson from the Valmiki Ramayana
April 17, 2021
731 views
Why bad news can be good for your brand
March 13, 2021
726 views
ACE your story by aligning with Authenticity, Empathy and the Clear, Comprehensive Facts
February 20, 2021
726 views
Decathlon: Enough with Santa, let’s tell stories of the elves
December 26, 2020
726 views
Uber’s real business is trust: A driver’s story
September 18, 2019
724 views
The role of credibility in storytelling
February 12, 2018
725 views
1
2
Next
Search for:
Search
Popular posts
A story structuring framework as easy as 1-3-9
E19: Toshan Tamhane – Lessons from Mckinsey, Meetings and Marathons!
E18: Paul Smith – Bestselling author of books on storytelling
Comic movie sequels take over Hollywood
Why do 600M people speak Spanish?
Popular tags
5Cs - Cerebrate/reflect
(5)
5Cs - Consume good content
(50)
6W1H framework for story flow
(7)
Add human stories
(18)
Appeal to emotions
(13)
Be authentic and vulnerable
(12)
Big Picture first
(7)
Build common ground
(5)
Clear messages
(24)
Conjunctions to connect messages
(5)
Convert numbers to right charts
(22)
Convert words to right images
(21)
Credibility/Ethos
(11)
Curiosity: Control release of info
(18)
Curiosity: Use mystery
(6)
De-clutter slides
(9)
Derive BLUF
(6)
Familiarity: Analogies
(29)
Familiarity: Anthropomorphize
(5)
Familiarity: Connect with what audience knows
(17)
Familiarity: Make abstract concrete
(5)
Familiarity: Make numbers relatable
(9)
Familiarity: Use human stories
(36)
Figures of rhetoric
(6)
Finding patterns
(15)
Framework
(11)
Humanise - show human element
(29)
Know your Audience & be empathetic
(10)
Make audience empathise
(13)
MECE list of ideas
(9)
No mismatch between message and slide contents
(5)
Productivity hacks
(8)
Pyramid Principle
(18)
Relevant comprehensive and credible Data
(15)
Right metrics
(5)
Show-don't just tell
(33)
Show context of performance
(10)
Story Situation: Business Reviews
(5)
Story Situation: Social sector Org
(5)
Surprise: Contrast
(28)
Surprise: Grab attention at beginning
(12)
Surprise: Humour
(7)
Surprise: Norm-Variance
(36)
Visually highlight key elements on slide
(9)
Word choice: Simple-articulate-brief
(8)
Search for:
Search
Popular posts
A story structuring framework as easy as 1-3-9
E19: Toshan Tamhane – Lessons from Mckinsey, Meetings and Marathons!
E18: Paul Smith – Bestselling author of books on storytelling
Comic movie sequels take over Hollywood
Why do 600M people speak Spanish?
Search
Search for:
Search
Start Here
About
Ravi’s Story
Why Storytelling
Approach to the Craft
Reach Out
Content Hub
Services
Get Storytelling tips in your Inbox
Subscribe to the 'Story Rules on Saturday' newsletter
Get a free e-book that decodes the hidden storytelling structure used by leaders like Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett.
Your infomation will never be shared with any third party