148: Clarify Your Own Thinking with Dan Roam

Dan Roam is a creative director, visual storyteller and bestselling author who helps businesses tell their best stories, solve complex problems, and navigate change through visual storytelling. We discuss the power of visual storytelling, how to clarify your own thinking, and ways to tell a story with ten emotional turns. 

 

Time Stamps

[00:40] Dan's entrepreneurial journey

[04:16] The power of visualizing concepts

[06:12] Why visual storytelling is better than narrative storytelling

[10:15] How to draw pictures that describe your strategic ideas

[13:02] What is the visual decoder?

[18:47] How to draw a "When" picture

[20:30] Dan's book: The Pop-Up Pitch and what it's all about

[23:33] The history of the hero's journey 

[27:21] The type of pitch that is guaranteed to work

[29:21] Telling your story with 10 emotional turns

[33:24] What makes storytelling so effective?

[35:55] Parting thoughts 

 

Links and Resources

Steve and Greg Cleary's Book: Pinnacle: Five Principles that Take Your Business to the Top of the Mountain

Work with Steve - Stevepreda.com

Dan's LinkedIn

Danroam.com

Napkinacademy.com

The Back of the Napkin (Expanded Edition): Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures by Dan Roam 

The Pop-up Pitch: The Two-Hour Creative Sprint to the Most Persuasive Presentation of Your Life by Dan Roam