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

Sword and the Script

Like many in PR, I’ve had debated many times over the years, and the reason is that storytelling works. 1) What is storytelling? To understand storytelling, you have to understand what makes a good story. 2) Why storytelling works: The Angel’s Cocktail. So, what are some good examples of storytelling?

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7 Deadly Sins of Brand Storytelling (or why your brand storytelling sucks)

ReimaginePR

an open book showing an eaten apple and a snake, standing in for at least a couple of the deadly sins when it comes to brand storytelling. There’s so much going on and you’re doing what you can to get some compelling brand storytelling done and out into the world. Most brand storytelling sucks. Hey, I get it. Watch the news?

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Increasing Your Media Coverage Through Storytelling

PRSay

Whether you serve a large corporation, small nonprofit, major research university or municipal government, at some point your boss has probably said, “We need more media attention. We all love a good story, and research shows that conducting media relations through the lens of storytelling provides optimal results. Regional Foundation.

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Once Upon a Time …: The Art of Storytelling

Waxing UnLyrical

The art of storytelling is rooted in the origins of every society. As far back as history can reach, humans have used storytelling to teach the next generation, to connect with others, to protect their culture and much, much more. For many creative writers turned corporate, this means using your lede to create your story arc.

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DEI Language, Please: A New Step in Corporate and Marketing Communications

Shift Communications

For example, years ago, my children’s elementary school held a “cakewalk” fundraiser during its annual fall festival — until someone pointed out its racist origin to the organizers. While Language, Please is designed for journalists and their editors, it also serves as a valuable resource for corporate and marketing communications.

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How long before virtual reality transforms corporate storytelling?

Communications Conversations

It’s just one example in a short list of brand executions using VR recently. But, these examples we’re seeing so far are largely brand/marketing-type executions. They’re what I would call “experiential marketing” What about using VR for corporate storytelling? Storytelling happens in print.

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6 Awesome Examples of How To Leverage Corporate History in Brand Storytelling

MaccaPR

Your brand can share storytelling moments from its company history with your key stakeholders, too. Corporate histories are important to customers, employees, business partners, and community members. Legos' Corporate History Video. Legos' Corporate History Video. The New York Times Digital Archives. Source: Unzipped ).