FS 263: Branden Silva on Better Storytelling for Freelancers

Tweet this Episode Branden Silva is the Executive Director of his agency Ambition. He helps his clients tell stories.    This episode dives into how to create a story around you and your business. Freelancers can use the tool of storytelling to impact culture and business. Branden guides the listener through shaping a story, the elements of the story, and how to connect with your audience. Some of the areas we dig deep on in this episode are:

• Honing in your clients' stories and how to be a facilitator of the story
• How to uniquely position yourself  and your process and inject them into their story.
• The structure of a good story. The form, the tension, the obstacles, etc.
• and much much more...

  Links:

•  The 100 Most Trusted People in America

Picks: Curtis:

• Has the Smartphone Destroyed a Generation?

Philip:

• Ira Glass Interview

Branden:

• Pixar Storytelling on Khan Academy
• His website
• His podcast (coming soon)