Terry Starbucker

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The Empathy Architect: Nancy Duarte Connects The Power of Storytelling To Great Leadership

Terry Starbucker

I first heard Nancy talk about the power of storytelling, her unique way of finding common patterns in great speeches, and graphically presenting the “shape” of those speeches last summer, at the World Domination Summit here in Portland. The importance of the “Hero’s Journey” in great storytelling.

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Snap Out of It! How To Own The Terms Of Your Success

Terry Starbucker

The value of storytelling and our mutual admiration society for Nancy Duarte and her book, “Resonate” My continuing thanks to Todd and the team at Pagatim in Portland for a great recording session at their studio, and for the upload services. Here’s a link to the podcast if you can’t see or use the embed below).

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10 Sticky Note Reminders For The Busy Leader (Plus One from the Heart)

Terry Starbucker

Be A Storyteller & Paint The Big Picture. I suppose so, but I’m of the opinion that there’s nothing more effective than looking at your own handwriting, rather than Times Roman font. What are these 10 reminders? Here they are: Learn From History (So You Don’t Repeat It). Listen (Much) More Than You Talk.

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The Business Value Of Joy (And Just Getting Things Done)

Terry Starbucker

On the latest More Human Podcast, my guest is Richard Sheridan , CEO and “Chief Storyteller” of Menlo Innovations, a software company in Ann Arbor, MI, and the author of a great book called “ Joy Inc – How we Built a Workplace People Love “ It’s a book about what Richard has created at Menlo, a company focused on the “business value of joy”, (..)

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A Love Song In 1,000 Verses: My Ode To Leadership….And Life

Terry Starbucker

Writing over 500,000 words, creating what I call this “ode to leadership and life in 1,000 verses”, has allowed me to distill all that rambling, listing, teaching, storytelling, and preaching into something pretty darn simple – let’s call it my ultimate secret of leadership, and of life.

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The Power of Story: 12 Inspiring Lessons from 12 Entrepreneurs

Terry Starbucker

Mike Richardson, Dark Horse Comics : “I’m a storyteller. Elizabeth Bauer, Roguewood Furnitur e : “ I t (employee empowerment) is like putting floaties on a company instead of tossing them into the deep end.” ” 5) Life is precious, don’t screw it up.

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Would You Buy a Membership From This Man? 3 Big Lessons From One Big Pitch

Terry Starbucker

Oregon residency is not a requirement by any means – you just have to love and support entrepreneurial storytelling. Judge for yourself if I hit my marks and made a good case for magazine membership. And if I did, Can you click here and do it ? Hey, I had to ask – after all, it was a pitch .

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