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Storytelling as Organizational Leadership

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where you are going

Somebody has to lead

“The best way to get people to venture into unknown terrain is to make it desirable by taking them there in their imaginations.” -Noel Tichy, co-author, The Leadership Engine

You get people moving by telling them stories.

Storytelling can be a form of leadership. So sit back and think:

  1. Where are you trying to get your organization to go?
  2. What’s the story that shows what the world will look like when you succeed?
  3. What’s your travel story about how you will get there?

Ready? Start! “Once upon a time…”

For more about telling the story of where you are going, read http://www.trippbraden.com/2015/03/31/lead-by-telling-the-story/

MLK, Communications Expert and Pro-Choice Socialist

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Happy Martin Luther King Day to all my readers in the United States, and everywhere the legacy of nonviolent social movements is alive today.

MLK at mike

Dr. King knew how to communicate, connect

Tripp Braden writes:

“I got into a conversation with an older friend who knew Dr. King.  He asked me how different the Civil Rights movement would have been if it happened today in such a divided country.
I shared that I can only imagine how Dr. King would have leveraged today’s technologies and social media to make change happen even more quickly. After all, Dr. King knew the power of connection long before the rest of us even imagined it.”

MLK, Pro-Choice Democratic Socialist

Dr. King was much more than an effective communicator. He was even more than a civil rights leader.

1. He pushed for a government-guaranteed right to a job.

2. He was a critic of capitalism and materialism.

3. He denounced the Vietnam War.

4. He championed Planned Parenthood and reproductive rights.

 

Please read:

4 Ways Martin Luther King Was More Radical Than You Thought

The best way to celebrate King’s birthday is to rededicate ourselves to the struggle for a beloved community, a great society, and a better world.

TY Thursday: How the Donor Helped (a true story)

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Thanks in many languagesIf you work for a nonprofit organization and you’re sending out a thank-you letter that sounds like a tax receipt, stop!

Find your most memorable story. Put it in your thank-you letter.

Why? To find out, read Say “Thank You” with a Story, a guest post by me on Tripp Braden’s blog.

The key point? “People will thank you for your thank-you. They’ll remember your story. And they’ll give to you again.”

Read Say “Thank You” with a Story and rewrite your thank-you letter today!

 

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