What are some good resources if I want to improve my storytelling abilities?

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Can't make a resource recommendation, but I can tell you what helped me.

I started looking at business news or stockholder calls, compiled highlights onto a narrative and tried to bring it up with people that I thought would be interested. Those conversations really helped me guage a) if my logical structuring was tight enough and b) if I made the story relarable enough to keep their interest. an unintended side effect is that my peers and client came to think of me as a source of expertise on a variety of subjects, which really helped me market myself and the firm.

It takes a lot of upfront work though, so it may not be for everyone.

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Tinder. Get some first date reps in and you’ll be a top notch story teller in no time.

I have heard good thinks about “toastmasters” and also improv?

Improv. The classes do get deep into the mechanics of what makes a good story, and it’s fun.

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