Communications expert Andy Goodman has a great quote that I like to repeat when I want to drive home the power of storytelling in presentations or marketing (as opposed to merely presenting data).
Numbers numb, jargon jars, and nobody ever marched on Washington because of a pie chart. If you want to connect with your audience, tell them a story.
Note: Two years ago, the folks at branding firm Quietroom came up with something so ingenious that it deserves to be re-shared, year after year, during the holiday season — just like that “Yes, Virginia” letter or the incessant re-runs of those Christmas Vacation or A Christmas Story movies.
I’m doing my part to keep the spirit alive in an era of crass commercialism by republishing a post that originally ran on this blog in December 2013. It’s also a cheap and easy way to repurpose content.
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Andy writes! 