Are you sitting comfortably?
Last week Chi-Chi was very fortunate to chat to Michael Margolis, founder of Get Storied.com and chief orchestrator of the Reinvention Summit – a virtual summit on the future of storytelling – taking place in November. Michael is an expert in the field of story-telling. He doesn’t write novels or scripts, however; no, he prefers instead to craft intelligent narratives for charities, companies and organizations through several more complex media to engage the audience. So, naturally, Chi-Chi asked him what he thought of our story.
“Your effort is most inspiring. I love the boldness and grandness of your vision. You do a great job of telling the initial back story, and articulating the goal. What’s missing from the story is WHY? What is motivating you to put this together? Why is supporting such an endeavor important? Why the 7 new wonders of the world? Why 7 charities and why the ones you picked?
That’s the story that people want and need to buy-into. Help make sense and meaning. If they agree with the WHY story, the WHAT and the HOW sort of takes care of itself. They’ll want to help you turn your story into reality. So consider your own deepest heart’s intention, and how this can be communicated more clearly. Intention is what empowers a story with energy and connective tissue.”
So, as a way of correcting that very valid point, we want to ask of you, if we may, WHY you are following 7 Wonders in 7 Days.
Are you inspired by our cause? Are you excited by our challenge? Are you a supporter of one of our sponsored charities? Have you found our updates useful and insightful?
Let us know!
Contact us by leaving a comment below or by tweeting us @7Wondersin7Days or by commenting on our Facebook page.
Over the coming week, we’ll be sharing more of Chi-Chi’s fascinating interview with Michael as they dissect the impact of story-telling for online not-for-profit organizations.
There is still the opportunity, remember, to do more than contribute your ideas. If you are up for the 7 Wonders in 7 Days challenge yourself, you can become a part of the team and join us in Brazil for 3 days in July as part of our fundraising!
To join us, and raise money for seven charities, simply enter our competition by retweeting this message on Twitter:
Click Here
That’s all you have to do!
The deadline for entries is this Friday, so get tweeting!
Image Credit: Milgilounge.com
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