6. 6 WORD STORIES
Not quite. Aspiring to be quite.
Tonight he packs, tomorrow I pine.
Married the wrong girl, fixed it.
Getting old. Ringtones piss me off.
7. Think of stories as assets.
It is as much a way of life -
an organizing frame – as it is a tool.
GOAL
16. WHAT IS YOUR NATURAL FLOW?
POV
Data
Story
Story
Data
POV
Story
Data
Data
Story
17. CONTEXT MATTERS
Research Review Committee
Portfolio Review Committee
Board meetings
Town halls
Leadership retreats
1:1 manager and employee meetings
18. 2 They think stories are
boastful, self-centered
19. Remember the most effective stories blend fact and
emotion.
Sharing
Listening
TWO ROLES
20. “After I sat next to Prime Minister Gladstone I
thought he was the cleverest man in England.
But when I sat next to Disraeli I thought I was
the cleverest woman.”
- Jennie Jerome, Winston
Churchill’s mother
21. Remember the most effective stories blend fact and
emotion.
Tell me more about …
Tell me about a time when…
Why was that important…
BE CURIOUS
23. Why was Solomon recognized as the wisest man in the world?
Because he knew more stories than anyone else. Scratch the
surface in a typical boardroom and we’re all just cavemen with
briefcases, hungry for a wise person to tell us stories
ALAN KAY, VP OF THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY
29. You are part of something meanin
feel you are having an impact on
of others.
You respect your team and feel re
30. “Storytelling is at the cornerstone of
everything we do:
raising money, hiring, press”
- Chris Sacca
31. You are part of something meanin
feel you are having an impact on
of others.
You respect your team and feel re
WHY
“The company story is the company strategy.
The story must explain why you exist:
Why are we doing this?
Why does the problem need to be solved?
Why should you join the company?
Why should you invest in it?
Why should you buy a product from it?
“”
32. You are part of something meanin
feel you are having an impact on
of others.
You respect your team and feel re
“”
Starts with CEO and built inside out -- so
that employees, partners, suppliers all
know the same story.
INSIDE OUT
33. Founding principles
Point of View
UNDERSTANDING
Role
Story
CLARIFYING
Value proposition
Promise
CONNECTING
Name
Personality
IDENTITY
Design
Style
ASSETS
Letterhead
Business Cards
Collateral
Packaging
Websites
Signage
Advertising
Environments
Ephemera
TOUCHPOINTS
Defining Who We Are Expressing Who We Are
INSIDE OUT
34. 3
DESIGN FOR MOMENTS
Simple things matter.
Employees must believe the story,
be inspired by the story, and
knows their role in the story.
35. What is your role on the team, the team’s role in the
company, the company’s role in the planet?
36. Photo: Xevi V.
You have to feel authentic when you share
the story. People can tell when you aren’t.
37. Protagonists make a story relatable
Brands often feel manufactured.
People do not.
38. DESIGN CHALLENGE
Startup with no marketing budget
Approach. Spotlight authentic,
charismatic CEO vis video to
break through clutter
DOLLAR SHAVE CLUB
53. You are part of something meanin
feel you are having an impact on
of others.
You respect your team and feel re
SIGNATURE STORY
Many stories are tactical
Signature stories are strategic
They are an asset and merit active management
54. You are part of something meanin
feel you are having an impact on
of others.
You respect your team and feel re
SIGNATURE STORY
An intriguing, authentic and involving story with a
strategic message that drives growth by
enhancing the brand, organization and/or
business strategy.
56. DESIGN CHALLENGE
How to connect to teens globally,
harnessing social and digital?
Approach: 7 Prototypes; $50K each
6 failed, 1 won
Coke Happiness Machine
GROWTH STORY
57.
58. If these stories are assets they
should live in paid, owned, earned,
shared media.
These stories should have lives of
63. This inspired an entirely
new way of marketing:
Creating surprising moments
of authentic happiness.
64. You are part of something meanin
feel you are having an impact on
of others.
You respect your team and feel re
As part of growth strategy, Coke now invests 10%
of its marketing budget in co-created experiences
brand new to the world.
77. SAMEER BHATIA, 32
Grew up in Seattle
Co-Founder, roommate, best friend
Married Reena in 2006
Stanford undergrad, serial entrepreneur
Diagnosed May 2007
VINAY CHAKRAVARTHY, 28
Grew up in Fremont, CA
Doctor in Boston
Married Rashmi in 2005
Berkeley undergrad, MD from BU
Diagnosed November 2006
78. US ESTIMATES of leukemia (2009)
New cases: 44,790
Deaths: 21,870
Mortality: 49%
112. GOT ORGANIZED & FORMED
TEAMS
TEAM VINAY TEAM SAMEER
team lead
marketing
drive operations
education
regional leads
team lead
marketing
drive operations
education
regional leads
bridges
115. Blogs
Facebook
Widgets
Video
Viral Email
Pledge Lists
Fliers
Celebrities
Donor Orgs
Literature
Web Links
How to Videos
Homes
Local Events
Clubs / Lounges
Universities
Temples
Corporate Drives
TV
Public Relations
Posters
Newspapers
Magazine
Telemarketing
http://www.helpsameer.org/strategy/
Instant
Brand
Mass-Micro
Mobilization
HELP SAMEER STRATEGY
SOCIAL MEDIA EDUCATION
REGISTRATIONTRADITIONAL MEDIA
AWARENESS ACTION
STRATEGY
116. 10 Simple Steps—You Can Do It!
Let’s find Sameer and Vinay a match! Hosting a bone marrow registration drive at work take
some effort, but your drive can be a big success with the right planning and coordination.
This playbook is designed to make it easy as possible for you. Since each company is
organized differently, think of this as a general guide. The various steps are laid out in
sequence, and sample emails are included for you customize for your own use. Replace the
text in red with your own text.
THE DRAGONFLYEFFECT
157. COURSE OVERVIEW
In the beginning, …
We start by looking at the behavioral science revealing the power of story (day 1), and
dive into how to use both story and data (day 2), depending on the audience and
context. Next, we’ll explore how humor can be used in creating stories (day 3), and how
story can be used to lead a team and an organization (day 4).
In the second half of the class, we’ll analyze how story can be used as an accelerant to
fuel growth and innovation for your company (day 5), and build a global brand (day 6).
Then, we‘ll reveal how story, humor and improv can drive culture (day 7), and what story
looks like in an immersive virtual world (day 8).
By the end, we hope that you understand what it means to be in the story mindset and
how you can harness the power of stories to further you and your company’s goals (day
9).
The End.
158. “Great stories
happen to people
who can tell them.”
- Ira Glass
THE SCOOP | DAY 1
Why Story: In the Beginning
You!
159. Stories can be a powerful tool for
persuasion, useful in the context of
understanding customers and building
brands but also in leading teams. In this
class, we’ll focus on the role of both story
and data to build engaged and productive
teams by taking a business chemistry quiz
to help you understand the individual
differences and contexts where story vs.
data (vs. both) are differentially important.
THE SCOOP | DAY 2
How to Harness Data and Story
Naomi Bagdonas,
Deloitte
Purin Phanichphant,
IDEO
160. Naomi Bagdonas,
Deloitte
A good story takes you on a journey, one that
can make you think, cry, and laugh. Today you
will explore the role of humor in story and how
to cultivate a comedy mindset at work and life.
You will also embark on a Dish Walk with a
“Mover and Shaker” partner for a practice pitch
of your signatures story.
THE SCOOP | DAY 3
How to Cultivate Comedy Mindset
161. Effective leaders are also effective storytellers.
In this class, you’ll learn how to leverage stories
to build trust and respect from your colleagues.
The goal is to help you develop skills to
influence the key stakeholders in your
organization, advocate for your ideas, and build
your own personal story bank of experiences
from your career to clarify both your past and
future.
THE SCOOP | DAY 4
How to Harness Story to Lead
Reminder: Story Off!
Complete Chapter 4 of workbook and share
your 1 minute story
Amy Brooks,
NBA
Yvonne Cagle,
NASA
162. What is the innovation story that you want to tell?
In this class, you will be briefed on an innovation
challenge posed by our brand partner. Your team
will ideate solutions to key challenges facing your
user. Then your team will develop a “story map”—
showing how your user faces extraordinary
challenges—ultimately to achieve something quite
remarkable by means of your innovation.
THE SCOOP | DAY 5
How to Develop the Innovation Story
Your
Team
163. It takes great storytelling on at least three
levels to accelerate a digital business globally.
People need a reason to “shop your store”
when other alternatives are a click away.
Investors need to understand why your
strategy will create real shareholder value.
Internal partners need to be inspired to lean in
and provide support. We will dive into how you
reach distinct audiences with distinct goals,
and end today with an interactive session with
Nike leaders.
THE SCOOP | DAY 6
How to Tell a Global Story
Christiana Shi,
Nike
“Articulate ideas, instigate change”
164. How do you build strong cultures by harnessing
story, comedy and improv? Cultures that do so
are not only high performing, but they also tend
to be innovative, relevant and fun. Leaders from
Second City and David Hornik from August
Capital will join us to delve into these questions.
THE SCOOP | DAY 7
How to harness Story, Comedy + Improv
to Build Culture
David Hornik,
August Capital
Kelly Leonard & Anne Libera,
Second City
165. Telling stories in an immersive
environment will change the
future of storytelling in
dramatic ways.
THE SCOOP | DAY 8
Hot to Tell a Story in a Virtual World
James Buckhouse,
Sequoia
Patrick Ewing,
Firewatcher
169. BOOKS
The Story Factor
Annette Simmons
The Power of Personal
Storytelling
Jack Maguire
The Art of Storytelling:
John Walsh
The Leader’s Guide to
Storytelling
Stephen Denning
Story Juice
Julie Fuoti & Lisa Johnson
Slide:ology
Nancy Duarte
Resonate
Nancy Duarte
Storytelling as Best
Practice
Andy Goodman
The Dragonfly Effect
Jennifer Aaker and
Andy Smith
Story
Robert McKee
Made to Stick
We Feel Fine
Chip & Dan Heath
Jonathan Harris &
Sep Kamvar