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The Importance of Storytelling in Presentations

July 18th, 2012 by Alex Volkov 2 Comments
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This is a Guest Blog Post by Maggie Summers of Ethos3 Think of how often you hear, tell, witness, read, and interact with stories. Think of all the culture you consume throughout each day. Doesn’t most of it involve a story? Think of how often the moments in your life turn into stories you tell… Read More

Robert McKee: Persuasion Through Storytelling Trumps Statistics

July 2nd, 2012 by Alex Volkov No Comments
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This post originally appeared on PresentationZen on June 28th, 2012 “As a method of persuasion, I am not a big fan of PowerPoint presentations,” says the legendary screenwriting guru Robert McKee. What McKee is saying here is that using slideware the way most business people still do today — slides filled with loads of data and lists of “points”… Read More

Mark Suster: The Importance of the Narrative – Q&A

May 20th, 2011 by melissa One Comment
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Mark Suster joined us a couple of weeks ago at an event called How to Design Stunning Sales and Investor Presentations with Jan Schultink. This video is Part 4 of Suster’s discussion on The Important of the Narrative, the question and answer session. There was so much great knowledge shared that evening from Mark, Jan… Read More

How Storytelling Helps You Sell

May 19th, 2011 by melissa 5 Comments
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We have been posting videos from our recent events that discuss the power of the narrative and the art of storytelling to increase your sales. To further illustrate this point and provide another sales expert’s opinion on the topic, here is an interview Geoffrey James did with Mike Bosworth. Next week we will be sharing… Read More

Mark Suster: Great People Do Great Things

May 17th, 2011 by melissa 2 Comments
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Mark Suster joined us a couple of weeks ago at an event called How to Design Stunning Sales and Investor Presentations with Jan Schultink. This video is Part 3 of Suster’s discussion on The Important of the Narrative. There was so much great knowledge shared that evening from Mark, Jan and Sean that we will… Read More

Mark Suster: Earn Your Credibility with VCs

May 16th, 2011 by melissa 6 Comments
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Mark Suster joined us a couple of weeks ago at an event called How to Design Stunning Sales and Investor Presentations with Jan Schultink. This video is Part 2 of Suster’s discussion on The Important of the Narrative. There was so much great knowledge shared that evening from Mark, Jan and Sean that we will… Read More

Mark Suster: The Importance of the Narrative

May 13th, 2011 by melissa 4 Comments
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Over the next several weeks we will be sharing the videos and footage from our recent events, starting with the successful evening with Jan Schultink presenting on How to Design Stunning Sales and Investor Presentations. There was so much great knowledge shared that evening from Jan, Sean Black and Mark Suster that we will be… Read More