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Storytelling by Design

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If you want a seamless guest experience your hotel needs to have a story Heres an example how to turn story ...


This is a quick yet very insightful article linking the interior design of a hotel, storytelling, and women's liberation.


"Whaaaaattttt??!!" you say. Yep. It's a perfect example of how a hotel got creative and leveraged storytelling in order to market themselves more effectively, and increase sales.


The post about a New York City hotel that originally opened as the Hotel Martha Washington. It was the first hotel in the country specially designed for women only. Based on the the building's history, the new owners of the hotel created a persona that typified women who stayed at the hotel.


From there they created interior designs that connected together its history, the contributions of 12 women to our world, their identified persona, and their marketing efforts. Brilliant!


I love how this company translated storytelling into the physical world through its interior designs. More companies need to be doing this for enhancing both employee and customer experiences/engagement.


For all the details, go read this article. Like a chocolate truffle, it's small but rich with a lasting impression!


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Do stories ALWAYS persuade?? Narrative Persuasion in Legal Settings: What’s the Story?

Do stories ALWAYS persuade?? Narrative Persuasion in Legal Settings: What’s the Story? | Just Story It | Scoop.it

A new look at the narrative in legal settings with reactions from two trial consultants. To begin, researchers in the area of story-based persuasion draw a distinction between argument-based persuasive communications, also referred to as rhetorical communications, and story- or narrative-based persuasive communications.


Are people persuaded by a story or by rational rhetoric? Or a combination of both? Are YOU more persuaded by a story, rhetorical communications, or a combintion of both?


Hmmmm -- what interesting questions! This article tackling these questions is a bit of along read, so grab a cup of coffee one morning this weekend and dive in.


The conversations about storytelling these days promote the idea that everyone is persuaded by stories. Not so!! The researchers here took the context of trial lawyers to test this premis and find out what REALLY persuades people.


As it turns out, several factors come into play as to whether someone is persuaded by stories only. One factor is the individual's need for cognition like debate, solving puzzles, or considering complex problems.  Who knew??!!


Anyway, this is a very interesting article and really puts storytelling as a persuasive medium into context -- and expands our notions about stories, while also course-correcting our assumptions.


The language of the article is somewhat academic but nothing daunting. You will be able to easily get through it.


And I know it will help you get smarter and wiser about how and when to use stories for maximum impact.


Here's the link to the original article: 

http://www.thejuryexpert.com/2011/05/narrative-persuasion/ 


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Storytelling: The Shared Quest For Excellence in Document Review ...

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Storytelling is said to have no place in the hard-edged, logic driven, command-and- control culture to which the legal and business communities have grown accustomed. Euphemisms – like “business narrative” – have been ...


This is a great article focused on laywers, but has insights for us all.  The author talks about documents as narratives, suggesting they fall into three buckets:

  1. Linkage
  2. Gravity
  3. Resonance


He then goes on to suggest how to use those categories when crafting, reviewing, or using those documents and connecting them with implementation plans.  Very useful!


I know I'm going to start looking at my documents in slightly different ways now. Go read the article and get some ideas for how this might apply to your plans, proposals, and other documents.

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