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What is Storytelling? Why Does Storytelling Work? What are Good Examples? [UML]

Sword and the Script

The company has survived a tumultuous period: turnover in customers, pressure from investors, layoffs and bad press. Somehow, by grit and will, the founders and executive team had pulled the company through. Like many in PR, I’ve had debated many times over the years, and the reason is that storytelling works.

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The 7 Plots For PR Storytelling

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

In explaining why his company is looking for a PR agency, a prospect recently mentioned that a flagship product was “born out of frustration” with the industry’s failings. PR Professionals and Storytelling Archetypes. Here are some ways that the basic storytelling plots can help. Overcoming the monster.

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Five Business Storytelling Lessons in a 75-second Video From Canal+

Ishmael's Corner

After giving it another watch – even knowing the ending, the humor still slaps you across the face – I realized the video delivers a pain-free lesson in business storytelling. Creating drama calls for bad stuff to happen to the main character : Naturally, companies struggle with this one. I love this storytelling technique.

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Life Rewritten: Composing Your Legacy with Carrie KC West

PR for Anyone

Carrie KC West is an author, transformational story coach, and Founder of the Storytellers Academy – an organization dedicated to empowering individuals to review their life story, and assisting them to change and rewrite the parts that they wish to edit.

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Lessons from ancient Greece - Aristotle on storytelling

Presspage

Aristotle’s Framework for storytelling Next to the three big ingredients for a story mentioned above, Aristotle thought of a valuable framework for stories also. Take, for example, Star Wars films. Every film revolves around this basic idea, the characters and theme vary. Character No story can do without characters.

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Creative Storytelling as the Soul of B2B Marketing [UML]

Sword and the Script

And storytelling in B2B marketing is the theme for this weeks’ Unscripted Marketing links [UML]. 2) Sous-vide: A Tech Company that Makes Food. . If you focus solely on the film, you’ll be a couple minutes into the story before you realize there’s a virtualization software company behind it.

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PR Secrets for Independent Films

Mora Communications

I met with an independent filmmaker the other day about his PR needs for his upcoming film. Because he met with me to discuss launching a public relations campaign for his film six months before he will start shooting. I’ve been representing films for over two decades and believe me this is news. Why is that news? Be persistent.

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