Five types of resistance and how to break through
Introduction: Paint a picture of the possibility What made James in ‘James and the Giant Peach’ climb inside a giant peach, befriend […]
Category: Blog series
Various series of ‘how to’ blogs on different ways to use or tell stories.
Why a ‘just fine’ facilitation is not good enough – and how to get it unstuck
Stories teach us about five types of resistance that a storyteller must take the main character through in order for him or […]
Story Secrets for Speakers #5 – Who is in this with me?
If you have overcome personal resistance, relational resistance and practical resistance, you are now ready to tackle social resistance. Every person in […]
Story secrets for Speakers #4 – Your Secret Weapon
Every speaker faces resistance. If you have done a good job of Painting a Picture of the Possibility , Story Secret #1, […]
Story Secrets for Speakers #3: Demonstrate your magic
Why should your audience trust you? Once you have painted a picture of the possibility (Story Secret #1) and you have overcome […]
Story Secrets for Speakers #2: Call on the Hero’s Character
Once the audience catches on to a new idea, a new way of viewing a problem reframed as a possibility (Story Secret […]
Story Secrets for Speakers #1: Paint a Picture of the Possibility
What made James in Roald Dahl;s ‘James and the Giant Peach’ climb inside a giant peach, befriend life size bugs and steer […]
What your posture and breathing says about you
I see the speaking space as one of those precious in-between worlds where fears and fantasies both come to life. If you […]