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Louisville Students Reinterpret Jon Baptiste's Music

Appreciative Inquiry

Appreciate Inquiry – The Art of Acknowledging and Echoing What You Heard

In a nutshell, Appreciative inquiry is the process of hearing and acknowledging another person and the facts and emotions they expressed. However theory is great but here’s a musical prompt to help us appreciate the this theory. Listen as The Louisville Leopard Percussionists model this practice into action as they play Jon Baptiste’s “I need You” at their recent concert.

Julienne Ryan June 16, 2022

My view gave me a place to have a view and gain perspective.

business storytelling

Story Share Your Way to a Fresh Perspective and Maybe a New View.

Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to get a fresh perspective. I know this far too well because I’m short. I’ve experienced a lifetime of shortness, and as a result, I’ve spent considerable amounts of time trying to see what others could view so easily. That’s one of the reasons I enjoy teaching the art of story sharing because it allows the participants to gain a fresh perspective about themselves and others.

Julienne Ryan June 2, 2022

How can we learn how to dialogue with others?

business storytelling

How do you create dialogue in a polarized environment?

How do you create dialogue in a polarized environment? Seems like it’s impossible to have a conversation that at some point will not devolve into a series of opinions that culminate in someone (or more people) leaving in a huff. What are your strategies for listening in such a world?
Consider Socratic Dialogue and follow Sira Abenoza’s work with the Institute for Socratic Dialogue and as a professor at Esade law and business schools in Spain.

Julienne Ryan May 4, 2022

business storytelling

The Art of Dialogue with Sira Abenoza

Our latest STORYTALKS by Narativ is up with Sira Abenoza the founder of the Socratic Dialogue Institute. She talks with Jerome Deroy and Julienne B.

Julienne Ryan April 13, 2022

Sometimes we need to reach out for help when we are having communication challenges reserver

business storytelling

Having a Communication Challenge? Sometimes we just need to contact a trained professional.

When we encounter communication challenges, sometimes we just have to woman or man up and ask a trained professional for help.
Websites, apps, and technology enable us to function as self-sufficient beings. Being an independent professional forces you to be your own IT support. This role requires us to read many vender-generated pdfs, endure bot-driven chats, and scroll through countless Q & A’s, all in Quixote-like searches for a solution. One that you often do not find.

Julienne Ryan March 24, 2022

being authentic

Good Communications Begins With Deep Listening

STORYTALKS by Narativ. Inc. Podcast

Julienne Ryan March 7, 2022

business storytelling

What Escape Rooms Can Teach Us About Conducting Effective Meetings

Escape rooms can teach us about conducting effective meetings as we begin to conduct more in person meetings.

Julienne Ryan February 23, 2022

Christopher Walken

“Get Schmeary” – What we can learn about the art of conversation from Christopher Walken

In this post humorist Julienne B. Ryan explains what she learned about the art of conversation from a David Marchese’s interview with Christopher Walken

Julienne Ryan February 16, 2022

being authentic

Have you had your Hollywood moment?

Have you had your Hollywood moment? You know, the moment when you pitch your start up in front of an

Julienne Ryan January 25, 2022

communications

T’was the Night Before Xmas – A Digital One!

Good Communications Santa Claus dropped in to bring a bag full of helpful communication tips and coaching tools for next year!

Julienne Ryan December 15, 2021

listening skills

Appreciate Inquiry – The Art of Acknowledging and Echoing What You Heard

Story Share Your Way to a Fresh Perspective and Maybe a New View.

How do you create dialogue in a polarized environment?

Having a Communication Challenge? Sometimes we just need to contact a trained professional.

Good Communications Begins With Deep Listening

What Escape Rooms Can Teach Us About Conducting Effective Meetings

“Get Schmeary” – What we can learn about the art of conversation from Christopher Walken

Have you had your Hollywood moment?

T’was the Night Before Xmas – A Digital One!

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