The Friday Habit Storytelling for Purpose-Driven Marketing with Mark Carpenter pt. 1
Teaching and storytelling is in Mark Carpenter’s DNA. With decades of experience in corporate communications, marketing, writing, and consulting, Mark now helps people master the art of storytelling to communicate information with purpose. In his work with clients, he often hears objections to storytelling because people don’t believe they have any stories worth telling. As outlined in his book and through his insightful training techniques, Mark guides leaders in crafting extraordinarily powerful stories from seemingly ordinary experiences.
One of the most important factors in achieving masterful storytelling is clearly defining the purpose of the story. Any experience that evokes an emotional reaction holds within it a lesson. Inspired by Joseph Campbell’s archetypal Hero’s Journey, Mark breaks down story development into three sections: the current state, the conflict, and the change. When leaders use storytelling to relay information, they are transferring the wisdom of experience so that the listener doesn’t need to go through it themselves. As with any professional development skill, storytelling is like a muscle that builds strength through practice and repetition. Most people learn best through stories as they are more engaged and likely to retain the information.
Main Topics
- Teaching is in Mark’s DNA (04:10)
- Emotional reactions lead to great stories (07:00)
- Storytelling as a leadership skill (10:00)
- Developing storytelling through practice (10:46)
- How Mark strengthened his storytelling skills (14:05)
- Storytelling vs. relaying information (15:15)
- Using stories to teach, lead, sell and inspire (17:45)
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