How to find and tell your story

"I’ve been running the St. John’s Haunted Hike ghost tour and working as a professional storyteller since 1997, and along the way, I have trained many other storytellers, guides, museum workers and interpreters, volunteers, and docents about telling stories in museums, historic sites, and parks. I was recently asked for a list of things I have learning in a cultural tourism context."

Read the full article to find out more about Dale's seven storytelling tips:

1. People want to hear good stories, well told
2. Tourists want to feel like they are in on something local, or something secret
3. Tell real stories about real people
4. Tell a story you love, and your audience will love it too
5. Don’t be afraid of difficult stories
6. Stories are a living thing
7. Be mindful of whose stories you are telling, and whose stories are not being told

"Brandon is an entrepreneur and photographer, but most of all he’s an expert at using words and images to capture what it means to be human. He started Human of New York after losing his job and moving to New York with the dream of photographing 10,000 people on the street and plotting them on a map of the city. During this arduous process, he started gathering quotes from the people he photographed and using these words to caption his photos.

Since its beginnings in 2010, HONY has gained 12 million followers on Facebook and 2 million on Instagram, partnered with the UN on a world tour, raised more than $1 million for a school in the Bronx, interviewed President Obama, and published a best-selling book. So this guy must be on to something."

Read the full article to find out more about these five storytelling lessons from HONY:

1. Be consistent
2. Work hard
3. Don't wait for perfect
4. Be authentic
5. Keep it brief, but make it meaningful