Your April Speak Up Session: Best Practices for Telling Someone Else's Story
Whether you are a podcaster, performer, marketer or somewhere in between, telling someone else's story requires intention and care. This month's skill build will help you sort out the best approach.
In this Session:
How to discern if the story you want to tell “isn’t yours to tell”
Best practices for telling someone else’s story
What to do when telling someone else’s story in podcast form
“I think it’s as simple as good research, a lot of thinking, really surrounding yourself in the person’s output, and then the ability to look at a person through the prism of humanity and kindness.
I also am a big believer in taking control of a story, meaning not just yielding to the quotes someone gave me and putting them in some kind of order.
At its core, a good story is a question asked in the beginning that’s been satisfied to the end. If you find the essential question of someone’s life, you can usually determine the person’s answer over the course of an interview. That’s all I ever want out of a story.”
— Taffy Brodesser-Ackner
Welcome to the April (Substack) Speak Up Session! For those of you who have been around for a while, you might know that I hosted live virtual Speak Up Sessions since February 2021. I think many of you attended at least one of those sessions so you know the drill.
The Speak Up Sessions were community gatherings to discuss all things storytelling and speaking up. Sometimes I led everyone through a workshop. Other times clients of mine shared their stories. We did Q+A’s and on-the-spot coaching moments. At the start of every session, we listened to fun music and journaled.
While the live, virtual events have sunsetted, I want to continue the spirit and the value of those events by offering self-guided skill-building sessions once a month for paid subscribers of this newsletter.
This month’s theme: Telling Someone Else’s Story
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