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Released in 2012, Your Stories The book reviews section features over 355 books on innovation, entrepreneurship, creativity and digital media.This time’s selection 15 books about storytelling A wealth of advice for innovators and leaders on storytelling, storycrafting, data storytelling fundamentals, and insights from great storytellers.
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what is your story The Essential Business Storytelling Handbook, By Adri Bruckner, Anjana Menon, Marybeth Sandell
This handbook guides communicators through the components, channels, and uses of business storytelling. Full of good and bad examples of storytelling in action in the corporate and startup world. There are also activities and exercises. Check out the book review here.
Five Stars: Secrets of Communication to Sublimate from Good to Great carmine gallo
This best-selling book details an effective framework for persuasion and shows how entrepreneurs, scientists, and professionals have become five-star players in their fields. . Gone are the days of average or good communication. Everyone has to find that special edge to elevate to 5-star quality. Check out the book review here.
Once Upon Innovation: Business Storytelling Techniques for Creative Problem Solving, Gene Story and Mimi Sherlock
Business communication and creativity come together in this handy book for innovators. Storytelling is a skill of influence that can be used to engage with detractors in your innovation journey and mitigate their negativity or turn them into supporters, explains the authors.Book review here. Please refer to the.
Story 10x: turning the impossible into a necessity, Michael Margolis
It sets the context, injects emotion, and provides evidence as explained in this book. These are the three steps to crafting a compelling narrative about your new innovation. Data and logical arguments are important, but it’s stories and narratives that really engage investors, employees, and business partners. Check out the book review here.
Makita: Real Leadership in Today’s Workplace (Emerging Leaders Edition), Bill George and Zach Clayton
The book presents three stages of leadership growth: readiness (reading, experience), peak (learning from adversity), and generative (mentorship, education, service). “Processing stories finds meaning in setbacks and crafts narratives about stories that shape leadership,” advises the authors. Check out the book review here.
Unleash the Power of Storytelling: Win Hearts, Change Minds, Get Results Rob Biesenbach
In a wide range of professional and personal contexts, stories can be used to inspire, teach, clarify and mobilize. The book covers company origin stories, the use of stories during presentations, and personal brand stories. Examples are drawn from startups, companies and a wide range of sectors. Check out the book review here.
The Storyteller’s Secret: How TED Speakers and Inspirational Leaders Turn Passion into Performance carmine gallo
The book divides storytellers into five categories, and for each profile, describes the tools and techniques used to make an effective impact. At the end of the book is a checklist of useful action items for speakers.Carmine Gallo is a bestselling author Speak like TED When steve jobs presentation secrets Check out the book review here.
Whoever tells the best story wins, Annette Simmons
Management consultant Annette Simmons describes six types of stories that lead to influence, imagination and innovation.they are Who I am, why I am here, education, vision, values of action When i know what you are thinking story. Check out the book review here.
Stories at Work: Unlocking the Secrets of Business Storytelling Indranil Chakraborty
This handy book explains why storytelling is important in the world of business, what kinds of stories you can create, and how to use them effectively on a regular basis. Stories help verbalize, visualize, and discuss important messages. In a business context, stories can connect, engage, connect and inspire. Check out the book review here.
Stories for Work: A Basic Guide to Business Storytelling, Gabriel Dolan
It’s not just business logic that works effectively in startups and large corporations, it’s the emotional power of storytelling. This author shares his eight uses of his stories for business that fall into four types. Storytelling gives the narrator an edge in a wide range of working contexts, including group settings, one-on-one interactions, and online media. Check out the book review here.
Work with Stories: The Art of Storytelling for Business Success, Esther Choi
“The heart of leadership is persuasion. At the heart of persuasion is storytelling,” the book affirms. The authors describe five types of business stories and show how storytelling transforms business communications from “autopilot exchanges” into authentic, compelling, action-oriented conversations. Check out the book review here.
Data Stories: Explain data and inspire action through stories Nancy Duarte
From startup founders to corporate executives, data stories are a powerful way to convey perspective. This book explains how to use analytical structures, compelling visuals, and relevant data. Data storytelling can influence actions through storytelling arcs and meaningful insights. Check out the book review here.
The power of data storytelling, Sejal Vora
This book shows how the art of storytelling can be used effectively with data science to help organizations make better decisions. In data storytelling, characters are measurements (e.g. growth rates, market share composition) rather than raw data points, and events are trends or relationships between these characters (e.g. widening gaps, single factor superiority). Check out the book review here.
Making Your Story Work: Master Business Storytelling, Sean Callahan
Storytelling, listening, and triggering are core business competencies, as explained in this book. “Stories are data, wrapped in context and delivered with meaning,” Sean writes. The book also has a five-page story he index that effectively explains the principles of story tagging and taxonomy. Check out the book review here.
First-time leaders: basic tools to inspire and enable new teams, George Bratt and Gillian Davis
A startup is more than just a company developing a new product. It’s a new leader creating a winning team. Becoming a leader for the first time, as startup founders have discovered, is a pivotal career-defining moment, and indeed a life-defining moment. This book places storytelling and communication in the context of leadership. Check out the book review here.
YourStory also publishes a pocketbook “Maxims and Quotes for Entrepreneurs: A World of Inspiration for Startups” as a creative and motivational guide for innovators (downloadable as an app: apple, android).
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