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Nonlinear presentations.

Posted 08.19.10 by Adrian Ho

A lot of strategy is about storytelling; the knitting together of different facts, observations, insights into a coherent framework that allows you to envision a path to success. But, if you buy my argument from yesterday (this one isn’t for you ;)) then perhaps we need to think about breaking apart the form of our strategy presentations into something a lit less linear?

I had a go at this a few years ago:

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But I think the real point would be to turn the presentation from a storytelling device which is designed to convince you of my point-of-view, into a collaboration device which is designed to help presenter and viewer create something new together. Anyone seen anything like that anywhere?

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  • http://www.getstoried.com/ Michael Margolis

    Hey Zeus, John Gerzema told me to look you up. Dig your story as strategy ruminations! To answer your question, you might dig my storytelling manifesto for change-makers, which you can download here – http://www.getstoried.com. It explores the premise of telling a story that others can identify as their own, and in the process, the need to convince, persuade, or sell people on anything disappears.

    We’re playing with some co-creative models at the moment, especially with the design of the Reinvention Summit, a virtual conference on the future of storytelling, we’re producing Nov 11-22, and John is part of the featured lineup.

    Would love to connect our worlds, and perhaps even talk story sometime.

  • http://www.getstoried.com/ Michael Margolis

    Hey Zeus, John Gerzema told me to look you up. Dig your story as strategy ruminations! To answer your question, you might dig my storytelling manifesto for change-makers, which you can download here – http://www.getstoried.com. It explores the premise of telling a story that others can identify as their own, and in the process, the need to convince, persuade, or sell people on anything disappears.

    We’re playing with some co-creative models at the moment, especially with the design of the Reinvention Summit, a virtual conference on the future of storytelling, we’re producing Nov 11-22, and John is part of the featured lineup.

    Would love to connect our worlds, and perhaps even talk story sometime.

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