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The Art of Workplace Storytelling
Facts tell, stories sell. Storytelling is one of the most effective tools to connect with people and have them buy into you, your ideas, your services or your products. We have been exposed to stories since birth. They are ingrained deeply as part of our lives and they work wonders with us both psychologically and physiologically. It is a powerful way to persuade your stakeholders by getting your message across with the least resistance. Stories connect emotionally and therefore are most impactful in moving people.
The program is designed specifically to help participants to build credibility, be clear and concise in presenting their ideas, introduce their thoughts and create a picture as to how their solution or message can be positive value and impact to their audience. Participants will have plenty of stage time to practice crafting and delivering their own stories and begin moving people immediately.
The program is designed specifically to help participants to build credibility, be clear and concise in presenting their ideas, introduce their thoughts and create a picture as to how their solution or message can be positive value and impact to their audience. Participants will have plenty of stage time to practice crafting and delivering their own stories and begin moving people immediately.
Outline
- Become aware of Three primary purposes of any story in the workplace (Inform, Inspire, Influence)
- Different types of stories
- Different modes for storytelling in the workplace (Conversations, Presentations, Platform Speaking)
- Learn the elements of a story
- Become familiar with 6 different story structures
- Discover the Psychology behind effective storytelling
- The role of vocabulary in bringing stories to life
- Techniques to rope in your audience be an active part of your story
- Techniques to craft a story for 9 different types of audiences (Based on the Enneagram Model)
- How to use stories establish credibility, rapport and trust
- How to use stories disarm sceptics and overcome silent objections
- How to use stories to communicate key values
- How to use stories to influence your audience to respond to you the way you want to.
- The importance of passion and authenticity
Who should attend
Leaders, Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, Accounts & Finance, IT professionals or anyone else who needs to present, influence or persuade.
Methodology
- Example of Stories in Action
- Presentation/Discussion
- Group Activity
- Story presentations and critique
- Videos
- Learn through Play
Testimonials
Timely structured with enough information to help me in my learning and progression in storytelling presentations or sharing sessions with my team.
Mr. Rahul is great at applying his experience and knowledge to his lesson layout and allows each trainee to participate and share our learning. He also time for restructuring presentations to emphasize each trainee's understanding.
Mr. Rahul is great at applying his experience and knowledge to his lesson layout and allows each trainee to participate and share our learning. He also time for restructuring presentations to emphasize each trainee's understanding.
Profile of Rahul Shah
Rahul Shah is a highly sought after communications expert with 12 years of regional speaking and training experience.
He has attained his qualifications in Mass Communications from USA and has a Grade 8 (Gold Medal) in Public Speaking from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.
He also holds an Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment from the Workforce Development Agency (Singapore).
He is a certified Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP) & Enneagram Profiling Trainer, Coach and Practitioner.
He has authored three books (EntreTalk Series, Golden Pearls of Relationships and Inspiration for Success (2018 edition).
He utilizes creative training techniques to make his sessions not only fun and engaging but also highly effective with high retention levels.
He is the founder of Up Your Game Community, a platform dedicated to providing barrier free and simplified personal development to the masses across Asia.
He is currently serving as the Secretary General of the International Federation of Professional Trainers Singapore National Governing Body and has also been peer nominated as a Global Goodwill Ambassador by the LinkedIn community.
Rahul dedicates 20% of his fees towards running personal development programmes for developing communities around Asia through his Up Your Game Community. Therefore his clients get an opportunity to contribute towards social and community building while upskilling their teams.
