How often do you run across misunderstanding, rejection, resistance when you need to explain any complicated topic? How to build emotional and lively communication with the participants of the meeting? How can we send the participants the main idea we want to explain and do it softly?

Storytelling will help with this – a way to convey information through a story. The story captivates the participants, charges them with emotions, gives a simple and understandable example for them.

Not so long ago I faced the fact that I did not have enough arguments, explaining once again the topic of the necessity of decomposition of large tasks to my Scrum-team. I took some time to think, what else can I do for it? At that moment, I remembered how I was preparing for my first meetup, where I had to tell and captivate the participants with my story – how I became a Scrum Master.

The plot of the story should contain the stages: prologue, plot, development, climax, denouement and epilogue. It sounds complicated, but if you think for a while, then the whole story is built according to this rule. Yes, the rules can be changed a little, depending on the situation

Storytelling is a skill and an ability. If initially there is no such ability, then by training you can get it in the form of a skill. It won’t be easy, but it’s possible.

I decided to work on this skill because I feel that it is very necessary for me both at work and in life.

I have already taken the second step in this direction. The first step was in December 2022, when I attended an English-language workshop on Storytelling at Think Agile, hosted by Pavel Dobritsky. And the second step – I have read the book by Artem Mushin-Makedonsky “Narrative Leadership”.

I think that I will re-read this book, because I did not remember everything at once. At the moment, an algorithm is emerging in my head on how to prepare the desired story, but it is not clear yet. I have to figure this out. And soon, I hope, I will have something else to share with you.

Storytelling is an amazing tool to help promote ideas, inspire without pressure, and just easily lead listeners to the conclusion you would like.

I would be glad if you share your opinion or life hacks on this topic.

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