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Various series of ‘how to’ blogs on different ways to use or tell stories.

December 10, 2015December 10, 2015Events, Overcoming resistance

No more model citizens! What I learned at the ATKV this week.

ATKV Jeugleiersimposium Dit was my voorreg om hierdie week, Maandag en Dinsdag, as spreker op te tree by die ATKV se Jeugleiersimposiums […]

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May 12, 2015May 12, 2015Events, Story Secrets for Speakers

Why did Luke’s family and Obi Wan have to die?

As I prepare for my talk at Starcon on Tjhu, I wonder: Why did Luke’s family have to be killed before hewas […]

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May 11, 2015May 12, 2015Story Secrets for Speakers

Story Secrets for Speakers #7 – Die with grace

Can you remember the shock you felt in the Lion King when Simb’s father, Mufasa dies? Or when Gandalf is overcome in […]

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February 4, 2015Events, Overcoming resistance

EVENT: Pig Catching Session 1 for 2015

A pig with wings

Dear Pig catchers old and new, We kick of our pig catching sessions this year with a session on Threshold Guardians. We […]

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July 5, 2014May 11, 2015Story Secrets for Speakers

Story Secrets for Speakers #6 – When the world is against me

Emmet from the Lego movie

  You painted a picture of the possibility (Secret #1).  Then you lead your audience past their doubts and reservations about their […]

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July 5, 2014July 5, 2014Overcoming resistance

Cosmic resistance – When the world is against me

You have lead your audience past four types of resistance: 1. their doubts and reservations about their own suitability (Personal resistance), whether […]

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May 24, 2014May 24, 2014Overcoming resistance

Easing past social resistance when facilitating

Do I fit in? Every coaching client or participant wants to know:  am I alone in this? Many times somewhere in a […]

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May 6, 2014May 6, 2014Overcoming resistance

Overcoming Practical resistance: What’s the plan?

The tool, the plan, the rules Every facilitator or speaker faces resistance. If you have done a good job of Painting a […]

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April 4, 2014April 4, 2014Overcoming resistance

Breaking through Personal Resistance

Call on the hero’s Character Once the audience catches on to a new idea, a new way of viewing a problem reframed […]

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March 29, 2014March 29, 2014Grow Your Voice

How to have a great chemistry session with a new coaching client

A Case study When a new client really loves me, it makes me sweat, my teeth chatter and I very nearly wet […]

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