Storytelling Strategies, Part 5: The Missing Ingredient

This is part 5 of our new Sound Judgment quick-hit series on six storytelling strategies for hooking your audience and keeping them with you. This one can mean the difference between ho-hum content and stories that your audiences will talk about. And I’m betting that you give it hardly any thought, if you think about it at all. What is it? Stick around to find out.  Part 5 features Michael Osborne and Amit Kapoor of the podcast Famous & Gravy, New Hampshire Public Radio senior podcast editor Katie Colaneri, and Sarah Gibson, a New Hampshire Public Radio reporter who produced the segment "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Quorum" for This American Life.  Apply the six storytelling strategies for creating unforgettable content to your own work!   Sign up for our interactive, virtual Hook Your Audience & Keep Them Coming Back workshop Thursday, March 14, 2024 By developing skills from story structure to scene-making, suspense to specifics, you'll learn to create or improve the show, story, article or speech that expresses what you want to express, captivates the people you want to reach, and achieves quality and depth you can be proud of. You'll move from likes and follows to building trusted, engaged relationships with your audience.  These practices work separately and together to ratchet up both the substance and the "wow factor" of your content, no matter the platform. Did you miss Part 1 on Sound Vision? Listen here.  Be sure to follow Sound Judgment so you don't miss the next bite-sized episodes on:  Part 3: Scenes Part 4: Surprise Part 5: Suspense Part 6: Specifics All of these segments — each around 10 minutes or less — will come together soon for a full episode on How to Hook Your Audience and Keep Them Coming Back.  You won't miss a thing if you sign up for my Sound Judgment newsletter, which includes the popular hands-on segment "Try This in Your Studio," kudos to creators who are lifting up the art and business of audio storytelling, news about the show, and useful resources.  "Six S" Storytelling Resources Shows and storytellers mentioned in this series:  Bone Valley Cohosts: Gilbert King and Kelsey Decker Marketplace John Barth, Creative Media LLC The 13th Step, an award-winning documentary series on sexual misconduct in the addiction treatment  Reporter: Lauren Chooljian Story Editor: Alison Macadam New Hampshire Public Radio Daily Creative  Host: Todd Henry Producer: Joshua Gott Famous & Gravy Cohosts: Amit Kapoor & Michael Osborne The Rich Roll Podcast Host: Rich Roll Guest: Charles Duhigg Book: Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg Crime Show "Paging Dr. Barnes" Host & Executive Producer: Emma Courtland Katie Colaneri Senior Podcast Editor New Hampshire Public Radio Kelly Corrigan Wonders Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan "Bryan Stevenson" "Samantha Power"  Host: Kelly Corrigan This American Life "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Quorum" Reporter: Sarah Gibson Chameleon: Wild Boys Host: Sam Mullins Full Sound Judgment episodes featuring these storytellers Bone Valley: How to Make a True Crime Podcast That Makes a Difference (Gilbert King, Kelsey Decker) The Host Defines the Brand with John Barth How to Make Serious Topics Fun with the Hosts of Famous & Gravy (Amit Kapoor, Michael Osborne) Cinematic Storytelling with Crime Show's Emma Courtland How to Pitch an Audio Documentary and the Unusual Origin of a This American Life Story (Katie Colaneri) The Art of True Curiosity with Kelly Corrigan of Kelly Corrigan Wonders How to Make Listeners Breathless for More with Wild Boys' Sam Mullins        Improve your storytelling Check out our popular workshops on interviewing, story editing, story structure, longform narrative, audience engagement, guesting, scriptwriting and more.  Hire Elaine to speak at your conference or company. Subjects include: Effective Storytelling; Communicating for Leaders; Communicating about Change; Mastering the Art of the Interview; Success in Guesting, and much more.  Discover our strategic communication services and coaching for thought leaders using storytelling tools to make the world a better place. Serving writers, podcasters, public speakers, and others in journalism & public media, climate change, health care, policy, and higher education. Visit us at www.podcastallies.com.   Subscribe to Sound Judgment, the Newsletter, our twice-monthly newsletter about creative choices in audio storytelling.  Connect: Facebook | LinkedIn | Instagram ✉️ Email Elaine at allies@podcastallies.com 💜 Leave a review on Apple Podcasts 🟢 Leave a rating on Spotify  🗣️ Share the show by word of mouth and on your socials Help us find and celebrate today’s best hosts Who’s your Sound Judgment dream guest? Email me: allies@podcastallies.com. 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