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The podcast about Effective Communication in Business
Better communication skills will advance your career and business. Are you ready to enhance your understanding and results from better communication? Listen and learn how to deliver Your Intended Message.
Are you willing to cross-examine communication from various perspectives? Would you like to deliver your intended message more effectively?
Listen to Your Intended Message to gain a powerful advantage in your ability to convey your message to your audience, team, clients or marketplace.
Learn from the mistakes and success of communication experts from around the world from different scenarios.
The better communicator has the competitive advantage.
Imagine what that means to you when you improve the success of your next conversation, presentation or message.
Your Host - George Torok
https://yourintendedmessage.com/
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Saturday Jan 31, 2026
Saturday Jan 31, 2026
Why Facts Don’t Persuade: Stories Do
How to Tell Business Stories That Create Emotion and Action
Episode 290 (Michael is based in California) Repeat of episode #34
In this conversation with Michael Hague we explore:
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why stories persuade more effectively than facts and data
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how emotional connection drives audience engagement and action
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the role of empathy in powerful storytelling
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why conflict is essential to creating emotional impact
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how everyday experiences make the best business stories
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the difference between narration and storytelling
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the importance of a visible, clearly defined goal
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how transformation makes stories memorable
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the six-step story structure used in Hollywood films
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how business leaders can apply storytelling without exaggeration
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About our Guest:
Michael Hauge is a renowned Hollywood script consultant and story expert. He helps Hollywood tell more powerful stories. Imagine how you might use your stories to be more persuasive.
To learn more about his storytelling services, visit the website https://storymastery.com/
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Key Lessons from this conversation:
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stories persuade because they create an emotional experience, not because they present information
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audiences identify with the hero of a story and experience the journey emotionally
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effective stories require a clear hero, a visible goal, and meaningful conflict
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emotion is generated through obstacles, not through desire alone
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powerful stories show transformation, not just events
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everyday people and ordinary experiences make the most relatable stories
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business stories work best when the audience subconsciously becomes the hero
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narration alone is not storytelling
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structure matters more than style when telling stories
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the aftermath of a story shows why the journey mattered
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Your Intended Message is the podcast about how you can boost your career and business success by honing your communication skills. We’ll examine the aspects of how we communicate one-to-one, one to few and one to many – plus that important conversation, one to self.
In these interviews we will explore presentation skills, public speaking, conversation, persuasion, negotiation, sales conversations, marketing, team meetings, social media, branding, self talk and more.
Your host is George Torok
George is a specialist in communication skills. Especially presentation. He’s fascinated by the links between communication and influencing behaviors. He delivers training and coaching programs to help leaders and promising professionals deliver the intended message for greater success.
Connect with George
www.SpeechCoachforExecutives.com
https://superiorpresentations.net/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgetorokpresentations/
https://www.youtube.com/user/presentationskills
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