corporate storytelling: first lecture

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First Lecture: Personal Stories, Corporate Stories and Organizational Stories

CORPORATE STORYTELLING

sjoerd-jeroen moenandarmoenandar@gmail.com

education | storytelling | culture

o “You only get one chance for a first impression”

o To impress = to leave a lasting image

o Elevator pitch

o A mini-story of me

INTRODUCTIONS

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o How to make your mini-story enticing?

o The mini-story of me is for you

o Make you care for me• An aim

o Three parts:• Where have you been• Where are you now• Where are you going

A MINI-STORY OF ME

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o Useful for all kinds of pitches (products ideas, companies, etc.)

o E.g. IBC Card

o Or: the story behind a company (it all startedwhen…)

o Two story types: • Corporate story

• Organizational story

STORYTELLIN G

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o Express corporate identity

o Depend on context

o Official status

o Must be sustainable

o Help focus communication

o Meant to create positivecorporate image

o Meant to build trust

CORPORATE STORIES

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o Must fit the contexto Different stakeholders;

different corporate stories

o Strategic corpotatecommunication• Specific purpose• Build support

o Must be coordinatedo Succes: stakeholders

repeat the corporate story

CORPORATE STORY

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o Companies have narrativememory• Stories people tell

• Soul of the company

• Corporate culture

o Corporate stories: made

o Organizational stories:• Spontaneous

• Felt life experiences

o Overlap:• Useful for communcation

ORGANIZATIONAL STORY

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PROBLEMATIC ORGANIZATIONS

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o Listen carefully• What are they

about?

• Who tells them?

• What are theunderlying dynamics

o Beware: stories are about emotions andelicit emotions!

USING ORGANIZATIONAL STORIES

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o Formal organization(organizationalcharts)

• Corporate stories

o Informal organization

• Organizational stories

ORGANIZATIONS

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o Can be shaped – but only to a limit

o Talk about experiences

o Useful in case of organizational change

o Beware of counternarratives

ORGANIZATIONAL STORIES

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