40. The Power of Using Stories To Inspire Participation

Hidden Potential: A Guide For Ministry Leadership

Big thought: It’s common to read even passages of scripture that are powerful yet feel like your audience isn’t connecting to it. Oftentimes it’s not as much as what we are talking about as it is how we are talking about it. As leaders and communicators, we have to learn how to better develop our storytelling abilities so that we can help people to visualize what the passage is saying.

In today’s episode, we’re going to learn how to utilize moments and stories in a way that is memorable and meaningful. We’re going to learn how to connect people's emotions to the story by building value through context. And we’re going to unpack ways to make these different stories relatable to calls to action.

The reason that this topic is so important is because we are able to make substantially more impact through our stories across the board. Whether it’s recruiting volunteers, getting people to sign-up or inspiring people to donate, meaningful and connected stories have been proven to bring about greater participation. And on top of that, if there was any chance of increasing the odds of somebody choosing Christ from your dialogue, wouldn’t you want to take it?

1. Ways to utilize a story.

2. Tips to tell a captivating story.

3. Connect a call to action to the story.

Take away:

1. Make a personalized list of 1-3 call to action moments you could use a story for.

2. Choose a story and derive a method of sharing it with a call to action at the end of it.

3. Practice your story and call to action with somebody.

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