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INSPIRED STORYTELLING
ENGAGING PEOPLE AND MOVING THEM TO ACTION
KELSEY RUGER

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EDITION
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SIMPLE IDEAS ABOUT
Stories & Storytelling

Stories drive people on a deep emotional level.
Stories move people to action better than facts.

Stories universally change the world.
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Stories drive us on a deep

EMOTIONAL LEVEL
We all have multiple personalities or personas.

We look for stories that make those personas consistent.
The song focuses on his

GENERATION’S

LACK OF ACTION
related to current world conditions
Powerless?
“Well,  I'll  just  watch  American  Idol  
because  I  know  if  I  were  engaged  in  
changing  anything  for  the  better,  or  
the  better  as  I  see  it,  it  
would  go  unnoticed  or  be  
completely  ineffective.  
A  lot  of  people  have  
that  feeling.”

WHAT ACTIONS DO OUR INTERNAL STORIES GET US TO TAKE?
THE RIGHT STORY

COULD BE THE ANSWER
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A ‘PERSONA’ NEEDS TO TAKE ACTION
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Great ideas need stories to really

CONNECT TO PERSONAs
You can have the worlds greatest idea, but if you can’t convince
enough people it won’t matter.

The question is how do we do this?
Put yourself in the audience’s shoes

AND UNDERSTAND HOW
to activate new personas & stories
Use mechanisms that help people maintain consistency.
Make sense of the world

FOR OURSELVES
+

Pass your understanding

ON TO OTHERS
Psychology goes a long way

in storytelling
Break an existing persona
Attach to an existing persona
Baby step to a new persona

Get the person to reframe a story
Anchor to a current success story
Small steps to build a story

Expose people to other people’s story
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Stories are better for moving

PEOPLE TO ACTION

than facts, figures & features
True human inspiration always

starts with feeling
People  will  forget  what  you  say.    They  will  
forget  what  you  do,  but  they  will  never  
forget  how  you  make  them  feel.

Maya Angelou

HOW DO WE DO THIS?
In order to get to feeling you have to

START WITH THE RIGHT FOCUS
http://www.slice-works.com/sliceblog/2012/08/03/leadership-inspires-loyalty/
BECOME FOCUSED ON

‘PRoving’ It

FACTS FIX
EVERYTHING

EMOTIONALLY AND ANALYTICALLY

DETACHED

TEACHING LOSES TO

SHOWING It
EMPHASIZE THE

HAVE YOU EVER KNOWN SOMETHING AND IGNORED IT?
WRONG HEROES
Facts are only the first

PART OF THE EQUATION

Everyone  has  data  and  facts.  Touching  people  
on  a  deep  level  is  about  needs.    Filter  your  
message  through  those  needs.
Needs of the PERSONALITY

Significance

Uncertainty

Richness

Connection

Certainty

Beauty

Fulfillment

Growth

Truth

Wholeness

Uniqueness

Autonomy

Needs of the Spirit

* Based on CNVC Basic Human Needs inventory
How do our stories touch us on

AN EMOTIONAL LEVel?
A  good  storyteller  understands  that    
stories  are  ultimately  a  blueprint  for  human  
behavior.  I  learned  a  lot  about  this  when  I  
studying  storytelling  and  how  it  works.  

These stories contain a lot of answers
BASIC STORY STRUCTURE
THE MYTH
+

HERO’S QUEST
Stories can universally

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CHANGE THE WORLD
HOW DO YOU

PUT THESE IDEAS

TOGETHER?
Tell your stories with

I.N.S.P.I.R.E
Connecting the pieces of the hero’s quest with the

INSPIRE FRAMEWORK
Identify with your hero to get them engaged.

Navigate your message using a universal story.
Start the journey by knowing your role as the mentor.
Produce meaning by creating a balanced message.
Initiate change by using contrast in your delivery.
Reinforce Your story with proper preparation
Encourage your audience to take action
Connecting the pieces of the hero’s quest with the

INSPIRE FRAMEWORK
The SETUP

Identify with your hero to get them engaged.

Navigate your message using a universal story.
Start the journey by knowing your role as the mentor.

The delivery

Produce meaning by creating a balanced message.
Initiate change by using contrast in your delivery.
Reinforce Your story with proper preparation

The Resolution

Encourage your audience to take action
Create commonality and identify

with the hero
Most  of  the  time  we  are  good  at  knowing  what  we  
want  in  in  the  message,  but  we  are  not  good  at  

understanding  how  to  link  our  message  to  real  need.
To guide your hero on their quest

UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY NEED
CONFIDENCE that the
path you are taking them
on can succeed.

TRAINING and critical lessons
to make the path easier.

KNOW YOUR GOAL

GUIDANCE through an
unfamiliar world.

ADVICE and guidance
on choices by providing
contrast.

INSIGHTS to things they
may not be aware of.

TRUST that you are indeed
the right guide.
To strengthen your stories

build your hero’s

WORLD VIEW
WHAT’S THE ITCH?

Call To Adventure

WHERE DO THEY STAND?

Cross the Threshold

What’s the driving force behind why your content
is critical?

What do they know? What do they still needed to
know? What are the gaps?

WHAT’S THE IMPACT

What the impact of the gap? What’s the impact
of filling the gap?

WHAT’s THEIR FATE?

What are the possible outcomes of following the
guidance or choosing another path.
BEHAVIOR HABITS

B.J. FOGG
Researcher, Stanford
FOGG BEHAVIOR MODEL
Tiny Habits project
WHY WOULD I
DO THIS?

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PLEASURE

PAIN

x

HOPE

FEAR

ACCEPTANCE

x

REJECTION

Motivation Ability must be in sync to work

ability
DO I HAVE THE
SKILLS TO DO
THIS?

Timing

trigger
WHAT GETS ME TO
TAKE ACTION?

RESOURCES
Time
Money

Physical Effort
Brain Cycles

Social Deviance
Non-Routine

opportunity windows

SPARKS = Trigger + Motivation + Ability
FACILITATOR = Trigger + High Motivation - Ability
SIGNAL = Trigger + Balanced Ability Motivation

TRUST SHOULD BE PRESENT

motivation
OPPORTUNITY
WINDOWS OPEN

AND CLOSE
in a good mood
worldview no longer makes sense
action can be taken immediately

Sync these with the
behavior you are trying
to Encourage

Feel indebted because of favor
immediately after a mistake
immediately after denying a request

THERE ARE ALWAYS WINDOWS
WHERE PERSUASION WILL BE
MORE EFFECTIVE.
Time / Place / Context
Navigate your message using

universal stories
UNIVERSAL TRUTH
A universal story is one that communicates widely
understood values, beliefs or situations that are
understand regardless of race, religion or gender.
They work because they are universal & the most
common way humans communicate.

Think of these as universal dramatic patterns.
DRAMATIC PATTERN
is better for communication
THAN SIMPLE NARRATIVE

Narratives have a place, but not for our purposes.
NOTE:    Every  story  
can  be  different  

but  they  are  rooted  
in  plot  patterns.

They  are  so  much  a  part  of  us  that  you  could  call  
them  “instinct”.  They  are  primal  behaviors.  Every  
plot  is  different  but  each  has  its  root  in  pattern.  By  
building  patterns  you  construct  a  framework  for  your  
presentation.  
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No hero’s quest can work without

A WIZARD or MENTOR
Hint: You know your wizard better than anyone else.
MENTORS

GUIDES

WIZARDS
Have true passion.
Understand the hero’s struggle.
Exhibit vulnerability.
Exhibit humility.
Understand the source of wisdom.
Start with Why.
Produce meaning by using

A balanced message
BRAIN SCIENCE AT WORK
WHAT MAKES US TICK

REPTILIAN BRAIN
Controls instinctual action

I WANT FOOD!
Feed ME!

LIMBIC BRAIN
Controls EMOTION

I feel like I know
why I want Food

NEOCORTEX
Controls logic and ration

I’ll give you 10
reasons why I WANT
Food.
PRODUCE
MEANING FOR THE HERO
BY CREATING A BALANCED MESSAGE

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ETHOS
An appeal to the
authority of honesty
of the speaker. It is
how well the speaker
convinces the
audience that he or
she is qualified to
speak of the
particular subject.

Pathos
An appeal the
audience’s emotion
audience. It can be in
the form of
metaphor, conflict, a
passionate delivery, an
evocative slide or
even a claim that a
matter in unjust.

Logos
A logical appeal or
the simulation of it. It
is normally used to
describe facts and
figures that support
the speakers topic.
Use message contrast to

initiate change
WE TRY TO&USE TO SEEK AN ANSWER TOFIGHT
LOGIC TO OUR NEEDS
OUR NATURAL TENDENCY INSTINCT
We make basic decisions in order to

FULFILL NEEDS
Do  you  understand  
my  narrative?

SELFACTUALIZATION
morality, creativity, spontaneity,
acceptance, experience,
purpose, learning and inner
potential

SELF-ESTEEM
confidence, achievement, respect of others the
need to be a unique individual

LOVE & BELONGING
friendship, family, intimacy, connection

SECURITY
health, employment, family, social stability

PHYSIOLOGICAL
breathing, food, water, shelter, clothing, sleep
To  solve  

To  bring  

problems

closure

WHY DO PEOPLE

MAKE
DECISIONS

To  get  
things  done

To  resolve
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What Will
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Man  vs.  Man

Man  vs.  Nature

Man  vs.  Society

Man  vs.  Machine

Man  vs.  God/

F
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Man  vs.  Himself
Use stories to create a deep

EMOTIONAL CONNECTION
Choose stories over facts to

MOVE PEOPLE TO ACTION
Use universal stories to help

CHANGE THE WORLD
Connecting with people through the

INSPIRE FRAMEWORK
Identify with your hero to get them engaged.

Navigate your message using a universal story.
Start the journey by knowing your role as the mentor.
Produce meaning by creating a balanced message.
Initiate change by using contrast in your delivery.
Reinforce Your story with proper preparation
Encourage your audience to take action
THANK YOU!
QUESTIONS?

KELSEY RUGER
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