Download the presentation on storytelling by clicking here.
As readers of this site know, I live and breathe story. Our brains are wired to remember stories. They are the best tool we have to inspire employees, create loyal customers, and engage evangelists. Your story is the only thing you have that is uniquely yours.Every idea you will have in life, someone else will have thought of. There is no such thing as new and unique. So ramping up on how to tell your story is vital in helping your small business thrive.
To learn how, I am delighted to share my passion for story at Small Business Week San Francisco 2016 (#SBWSF2016) on May 21st. For those unfamiliar with #SBWSF2016, it’s a partnership formed to honor and support the more than 85,000 thousand small businesses and entrepreneurs that call San Francisco home. As part of National Small Business Week, we celebrate the contributions and achievements of small business owners by offering a series of educational and networking events designed to inspire, educate and connect the members of our business community.
And it’s free. Which is why I love to call the Bay Area my home since it creates such fertile soil for the thought seeds planted by small and mighty entrepreneurs who are willing to take the risk to reject the status quo and create something new, something powerful.
In this workshop, you will learn how to become stronger, more resourceful and more powerful than you ever thought possible using your past experiences to develop something no one can recreate: the story of you and your business. In the proverbial words of The Beatles:
There’s nothing you can do that can’t be done
Nothing you can sing that can’t be sung
Nothing you can say but you can learn how the play the game
Nothing you can sing that can’t be sung
Nothing you can say but you can learn how the play the game
There’s nothing you can make that can’t me made
No one you can save that can’t be saved
Nothing you can do but you can learn how to be you in time
No one you can save that can’t be saved
Nothing you can do but you can learn how to be you in time
There’s nothing you can know that isn’t known
Nothing you can see that isn’t shown
Nothing you can see that isn’t shown
There are no truly creative ideas or thoughts out in the world. They have all been known and we just iterate upon them. The only thing that separates your idea, your small business, from the rest of the pack is YOUR story. No one can touch that as it’s 100% yours.
Nervous about your storytelling abilities? Let’s fix that with a free workshop.
Download the presentation on storytelling by clicking here.
For a sneak preview of the workshop and for a window into my #designthinking brain, here is what we will create together:
I would also like to express my deepest thanks to Bank of America for sponsoring this workshop.
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Great learning experience… In the GO story I appreciated the inspiration and realism especially the slide #28 showing the ups and downs behind the rising curve. I’m looking for Bart the next time he presents. Thank you Bart!
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