Reena Kansal is a Story Facilitator and Chief Operating Officer at Leadership StoryLab, a training company that helps business professionals connect with their audience. Have you ever sat through a boring presentation? Or worse, have you ever given one where you could tell the audience was barely staying awake? If so, Reena can help.
Mentioned in this Episode:
- Leadership Story Lab
- Let the Story do the Work by Esther Choy
- Reen Kansal on LinkedIn
- Smart Brevity by Jim VandeHei
- Good Charts by Scott Berinato
- The TableTopics Game
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
- Start with Why by Simon Sinek
- Metaphor: As Simple As a Piece of Velcro
- The Secret to Clarifying Complex Ideas
Time Codes:
(1:13) - What is Leadership Story Lab and what kind of work do you do?
(2:20) - What was the catalyst that made storytelling sexy?
(3:10) - How do you define Storytelling?
(4:11) - What are the elements of Story that cause people to take action?
(5:32) - What are the misconceptions that people have about Storytelling?
(7:36) - What’s a better example you’ve seen of someone introducing themselves through a story?
(9:59) - How should people think about Story length?
(13:43) - What are the other important elements of a Story?
(15:54) - What type of language should we be using in Story?
(19:44) - Are there any other techniques to storytelling that listeners can add to their toolbox?
(24:48) - How do you coach clients on word choice?
(30:50) - How do we start practicing Storytelling?
(38:14) - What surprises people the most as they begin this work?
(39:52) - Do you see people overdoing it in the beginning?
(42:05) - Do you have any exercises to help build metaphors and analogies?
(42:57) - What are you sick of talking about?
(43:26) - What do you get most excited about in your work?
(47:17) - Where can people find and engage with you?
