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How to Communicate: Stories, Focus and Listening

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The Potentiality’s Cartoonist in Residence, Phil Skipper, has an interesting take on communication. Here is how Phil captured our personal and collective definitions of communication: “Communicating means speaking and writing with simplicity, clarity and influence. This is the most sought-after skill on Earth because we talk and write to people every day. You will use this competency to present awesome ideas.”

Because by listening, focusing and telling stories great communicators articulate the importance of what your community is doing and how it’s being done.

Enjoy!

John Says:

“Human beings love stories. So, find your heroes, find your villains, know your setting, identify tropes, design a great plot, rehearse your delivery, and engage your audience with a captivating narrative that they’ll never forget.”

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Kurt Says:

“Never forget that a laser-like focus is one of the defining characteristics of some of the most accomplished communicators in our society.”

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Mike Says:

“With compassion, curiosity, and intent, listen to others, to the world around you, and to yourself. It’s the most important aspect of communication, and the only way to develop meaningful insight.”

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1 COMMENTS

  1. It is beautiful that this is done in 3 words. The word focus is not as comprehensive as I’d like, but it contains flavours of these four: relevance, commonality, simplicity and succinct.

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John Horn is the Founder and Principal of Potentiality Consulting. Over the past 25 years, John has helped leaders reach their community-building potential, bringing a unique professional, intelligent and edutaining style to his seminars, presentations and essays. John applies his talents as a senior people and culture leader, coach (from youth athletes to executives), DIGITAL Canada Advisor, and as an advocate for career development, rare diseases (EPP), and building healthy communities. John lives in Victoria with his wife (who is her own person) and two kids - he loves exploring neighbourhoods via bicycle and making friends through basketball, boardgames, and conversations over coffee.