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Nancy Binzen - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
I'm a Certified Storyteller and hold a Doctor of Ministry in Wisdom Studies. I offer in-person workshops and private coaching in story-shaping and ritual; video production for people who want to preserve and pass on a personal legacy; and a variety of unique story tools, products and services for parents, teachers, healers and self-discovery.
As a child, I loved listening to the stories my Dad told. Winnie-the-Pooh. Personal stories. Old stories he remembered and embroidered ... [More]
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- Who Says - A Simple Technique to Give Your Business Presentations More Impact
[Business:Presentation] The skillful use of first, second and third person stories can give a presentation more impact. This article offers simple guidelines to help readers decide which voice is best for what they want to communicate.
- How to Use Stories to Keep Customers Coming Back - Three Storytelling Tips From the Pros
[Business:Marketing] You've heard that stories are a good way to liven sales copy. But some are a lot livelier than others. This article shares three tips from the pros that will help make your stories leap off the page and keep customers coming back for more.
- Using Stories to Engage Customers - Four Simple Ways to Make This Marketing Strategy Work For You
[Business:Marketing] Stories engage people. Well-told stories, whether in print or digital format, keep people engaged and wanting more. This article explains four simple things you can do to make sure the stories you tell are all well told.
- Adding Storytelling to Your Marketing Bag of Tricks - How to Get Started
[Business:Marketing] Stories and storytelling should be part of any smart marketer's bag of tricks. If you're a marketer who's never considered yourself a storyteller, you only need to know three simple things to get started.
- Ears of the Heart - The Divine Gift of Story
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] There are stories that divide: the "us" and "them" stories fueled by prejudice and fear. And there are stories that unite by opening the ears of the heart. Sometimes you need to recognize you're listening to the first in order to be able to hear the second. This is such a story.
- Everyday Spiritual Practice That Only Takes a Moment
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] Many people define themselves as spiritual rather than religious. But spirituality - at least on a day-to-day basis - can be challenging to maintain. Unlike religion, spirituality has no organized structure to fall back on. There is one practice, though, that instantly connects us to what some call the Divine Spark and takes only a few moments.
- A New Wisdom Story - Crisis, Culture and Opportunity
[News-and-Society:Pure-Opinion] Today, all of the old systems and paradigms seem to be crumbling simultaneously. Anxiety and fear are rampant. But it's precisely because what was familiar is falling apart that there is an opportunity to create a new way of looking at the world--a new story. In fact, we're already seeing an outline for how this new story may be told. It's the story of an emerging element in our society: a wisdom culture.
- Telling Stories at Home and In Business - Storytelling Tips that Work
[Communications] When you hear, "tell me a story," does your mind suddenly go blank? Don't panic. Do you know that the best corporate leaders liven a business presentation with a story, but you don't know how? Don't worry. The good news is you're already a natural storyteller! Surprised? You shouldn't be. It's built right into our genetic code. This article has ten storytelling tips for people who want to tell stories but don't think they can.
- Story Time, Dream Time - A Journey Into the Outback of Aboriginal Australia
[Travel-and-Leisure:Adventure-Travel] Some of the oldest storytellers on the planet are Aboriginal Australians, whose stories go back thousands and thousands of years. The people themselves trace their ancestry to the Seven Sisters of the Pleiades, who came down to Earth long before humans appeared in what is called the Dreamtime.
- Magic, Change and Transformation - Using Ritual to Celebrate a New Story
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] In many traditional African languages the word for "change" is the same as the word for "magic." It's no wonder. For true change to occur, there must be a transformation - a movement from an old form to a new form, from old thinking and patterns of behavior to new ones. And transformation is always magical.
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