Author Archives: Ruth Halpern

About Ruth Halpern

Ruth Halpern has been a business narrative consultant for over 25 years. She leads communication workshops, provides coaching, and helps to craft narratives in law firms and professional services organizations. She was also a founding partner in Anecdotal Evidence, a trial consulting firm, for three years. Her presentations weave together her expertise in organizational communication skills with her deep understanding of narrative in a business context. She helps people identify and tell their best stories.

Striking a Balance Between Narrative and Data

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Ruth Halpern

This conundrum was raised directly in my session during the Q&A period. Someone asked, “Are you saying that we can only tell stories? What if we have hard facts we need to convey?” Continue reading →

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Make Sure Your Email Tells the Right Story

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Ruth Halpern

challenges of communicating via email and texting, rather than face-to-face. Since an email doesn’t include the nonverbal signals (eye contact, vocal tone, body language) that constitute 80% of communication, we must be even more careful about how we construct our messages. Continue reading →

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Which Story Matters Most?

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Ruth Halpern

At a workshop at a financial services firm recently, a senior partner asked me a great question: When you’re at a networking event, which is more important, to tell your 30-second business story, or to listen to someone else’s? What … Continue reading →

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BizNarrative.com goes live

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Ruth Halpern

As a writer and storyteller, I find myself agonizing over exactly how to tell the story of what I do, and who I am. Continue reading →

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Crafting Your Business Narrative–A Lifelong Process

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Ruth Halpern

As a Business Narrative consultant, my job is helping people craft and tell the business stories that will help them win audiences. For both themselves and their organizations, they need stories that show: Continue reading →

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Spreading the Word: How to Collect Your Organization’s Stories

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Ruth Halpern

Want to motivate donors to give to your cause? Studies have shown that telling a story is the single most effective way to motivate donations—more effective than statistics, and even more than statistics and stories combined. Continue reading →

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The Power of Storytelling: Service Above Self

Posted on February 1, 2010 by Ruth Halpern

A memorable story can transmit and reinforce the culture and values of an entire organization. Continue reading →

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