Skills

Episode 28 : You Can’t Make Someone Tell Their Story

14 December 2010

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How to help someone talk about things they don’t want to It’s an oft asked question. How do I get someone to talk and reveal something that they just refuse to talk about? This is not just for us and our desire for the stories of someone’s life but it’s also the same for finding [...]

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6 Ways to Relate to Others

8 September 2010

Update – This was 5, but is now the 6 ways to relate to others due to a new understanding. How we relate to others is paramount for us to achieve what we desire as an outcome especially as we are when we are recording a Life Story. I avoid the term ‘Interview’, as it [...]

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Episode 13 : Audio Editing of a Life Story

10 August 2010

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The Recording is completed, now to make it a listening pleasure! Click to share on Twitter You have the audio recorded so now tt’s time to look how you will edit your Life Story and what style we use. To date you’ve been concerned with everything you need to generate the audio recording. The emotional, physical [...]

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Episode 12 : Recording Technique

3 August 2010

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Just before and after you press Record! Click to share on Twitter In Episode Twelve of Create Your Life Story we look at what we are going to do in the actual recording process We have everything ready and it’s time to actually start recording. You have: Prepared the person for the recording by telling [...]

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Episode 10 : Conversational Interview Technique – Let’s Have a Chat

21 July 2010

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Directed Conversations – What we do when we’re interested in others. Click to share on Twitter It’s easy when we’re fascinated with what they have to say. Are you prepared with all the questions that you’re going to ask and do you have a good expectation of what answers you’re going to get? Are you [...]

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Episode 9 : Storytelling Skills and Technique

13 July 2010

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Telling Your Story – Authentic, Laconic and Captivating Click to share on Twitter You’re Telling Your Story Storytelling is the art of taking a story, your story or another’s and retelling that story. Creating entertainment utilising all the skills of theatre to modifying your style to suit and engage with the audience, drawing them into [...]

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Episode 6 : Start Recording a Life Story

22 June 2010

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Start Small, Just Record Click to share on Twitter With any new project, like recording a Your Life Story, it’s important to start! Filling your life with the preparation is often a form of procrastination. For that reason it’s important to get underway and seeing results as quickly as possible and here is a simply way [...]

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Episode 4 : What do you Want to Achieve with an Audio Life Story?

8 June 2010

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What would you like to see from producing an audio Life Story? – What is your minimum and maximum effort? Click to share on Twitter When I started producing Your Story I considered using my iPod nano with a microphone. Everyone said it was just that easy but I soon realised that I wanted [...]