{"id":1263,"date":"2022-12-13T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stephenfbrown.com\/?p=1263"},"modified":"2022-12-13T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T13:00:00","slug":"how-to-engage-your-audience-with-storytelling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephenbrownsblog.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/13\/how-to-engage-your-audience-with-storytelling\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Engage Your Audience With Storytelling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/stephenfbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/unicorn-4766547_1280-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"engage your audience with storytelling\" class=\"wp-image-1264 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenfbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/unicorn-4766547_1280-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"engage your audience with storytelling\" class=\"wp-image-1264 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenbrownsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/unicorn-4766547_1280-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stephenbrownsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/unicorn-4766547_1280-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephenbrownsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/unicorn-4766547_1280-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stephenbrownsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/unicorn-4766547_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Engage Your Audience With Storytelling<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Being able to foster a relationship and a dynamic with your audience while telling a story is going to make you a much better storyteller and allow you to really impact your audience more than if you just talked at them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the easiest things you can do is to passively include the audience. This doesn\u2019t require direct interaction with them, but you can do a few different things to make the audience feel more included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, you can change up some of your uses of \u201cI\u201d to \u201cus\u201d or \u201cwe.\u201d Instead of saying, \u201cI know a lot of people that have struggled financially,\u201d you can say, \u201cMany of us have struggled or know people who have struggled financially.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What this does is it includes the audience in the story you\u2019re telling without them even saying anything. When they feel included and you say something relatable, it\u2019s going to hit home for them and make them really connect with what you\u2019re saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are more active ways of including your audience as well, though this needs to be done correctly. If an audience is responsive and you can interact with them directly, it can really complete your storytelling event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If your audience seems to be low energy or generally awkward, you shouldn\u2019t try to force any interaction out of them. This tends to fail and ruin the mood of the whole rest of the event, so you need to be careful with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One way you can interact with your audience is to take questions from them and answer in depth. This can help clear up small confusions, and can even give you information about topics you need to clarify in future stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the audience is really responsive you can even get them to partake by having them speak up when calling on them to share their experiences. This might be dependent on the setup of the stage or auditorium you\u2019re in, though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Getting viewers to partake and share their own experiences can help you better connect with the audience and vice versa, as when they talk about their experiences you can share your own similar ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Involving yourself with your audience is what moves you from being another generic speaker to someone that they\u2019ll remember. You can make a greater difference in their lives if you\u2019re able to connect personally with them and make them feel included.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Engage Your Audience With Storytelling Being able to foster a relationship and a dynamic with your audience while telling a story is going to make you a much better storyteller and allow you to really impact your audience more than if you just talked at them. 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