📖 Business Storytelling

Books on harnessing narrative to persuade, lead, and sell—because data informs but stories move people. These guides teach professionals to craft messages that actually stick.

Straight Talk About Public Relations, Revised and Updated

by Robert Wynne • 2019

Press releases still beat viral dreams. A PR veteran explains why, and what actually earns coverage.

4.00

📢 Public Relations 📰 Earned Media 🤝 Media Relations 🚨 Crisis Communications ✍️ Content Marketing

Straight Talk About Public Relations, Revised and Updated

Press releases still beat viral dreams. A PR veteran explains why, and what actually earns coverage.

by Robert Wynne 2019

4.00

3 ratings

📢 Public Relations 📰 Earned Media 🤝 Media Relations 🚨 Crisis Communications ✍️ Content Marketing

Convence y vencerás

by Antonio Fabregat • 2017

Public speaking is learnable. A system for structuring talks, reading rooms, and beating nerves.

3.55

🎤 Public Speaking 🧠 Persuasion Techniques 👁️ Body Language 🏛️ Aristotelian Rhetoric 🧱 Argument Construction

Convence y vencerás

Public speaking is learnable. A system for structuring talks, reading rooms, and beating nerves.

by Antonio Fabregat 2017

3.55

31 ratings

🎤 Public Speaking 🧠 Persuasion Techniques 👁️ Body Language 🏛️ Aristotelian Rhetoric 🧱 Argument Construction

No Fear Speaking

by Joe Yazbeck • 2014

End the nerves. A speaking coach's system for building talks that captivate and convert.

4.67

🎤 Public Speaking 🎭 Stage Presence 🧲 Influence And Persuasion ✍️ Speechwriting 😰 Speaking Anxiety

No Fear Speaking

End the nerves. A speaking coach's system for building talks that captivate and convert.

by Joe Yazbeck 2014

4.67

9 ratings

🎤 Public Speaking 🎭 Stage Presence 🧲 Influence And Persuasion ✍️ Speechwriting 😰 Speaking Anxiety

A Story is a Deal

by Will Storr • 2025

Identity is the real currency. Learn the science of making offers that change minds.

3.77

194

🧠 Persuasion Science 🏆 Social Status 📖 Narrative Structure 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🗣️ Leadership Communication

A Story is a Deal

Identity is the real currency. Learn the science of making offers that change minds.

by Will Storr 2025

3.77

194 ratings

🧠 Persuasion Science 🏆 Social Status 📖 Narrative Structure 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🗣️ Leadership Communication

Putting Stories to Work

by Shawn Callahan • 2016

Sixty-five percent of office talk is already story. A system to make your stories stick.

3.96

186

🗣️ Oral Storytelling 💼 Workplace Stories 🔄 Habit Formation 🎯 Deliberate Practice 🧠 Persuasion Skills

Putting Stories to Work

Sixty-five percent of office talk is already story. A system to make your stories stick.

by Shawn Callahan 2016

3.96

186 ratings

🗣️ Oral Storytelling 💼 Workplace Stories 🔄 Habit Formation 🎯 Deliberate Practice 🧠 Persuasion Skills

Social Media Marketing

by Emi E Moriuchi • 2016

Consumers now run your marketing. A cross-cultural guide for leveraging what they create.

4.5

📱 Social Media Marketing 📝 Content Marketing 👥 User-Generated Content 🤝 Consumer Trust 🗣️ Word-Of-Mouth Marketing

Social Media Marketing

Consumers now run your marketing. A cross-cultural guide for leveraging what they create.

by Emi E Moriuchi 2016

4.5

2 ratings

📱 Social Media Marketing 📝 Content Marketing 👥 User-Generated Content 🤝 Consumer Trust 🗣️ Word-Of-Mouth Marketing

Show and Tell

by Dan Roam • 2014

Six drawings, four story shapes, one rule for truth. A system for presentations that actually land.

4.15

766

📊 Presentation Skills 👁️ Visual Storytelling 🎙️ Public Speaking 🖼️ Slide Design ✏️ Visual Thinking

Show and Tell

Six drawings, four story shapes, one rule for truth. A system for presentations that actually land.

by Dan Roam 2014

4.15

766 ratings

📊 Presentation Skills 👁️ Visual Storytelling 🎙️ Public Speaking 🖼️ Slide Design ✏️ Visual Thinking

Convence y vencerás

by Antonio Fabregat Marianini • 2017

Most presentations fail before the first slide. A preparation system that wins the room.

4.20

🎤 Public Speaking 🧠 Persuasion Techniques 💼 Business Communication 📊 Presentation Skills 🦵 Body Language

Convence y vencerás

Most presentations fail before the first slide. A preparation system that wins the room.

by Antonio Fabregat Marianini 2017

4.20

10 ratings

🎤 Public Speaking 🧠 Persuasion Techniques 💼 Business Communication 📊 Presentation Skills 🦵 Body Language

Stories at Work

by Indranil Chakraborty • 2018

Dry facts are forgotten. A retrieval system and four patterns that make ideas stick and spread.

4.04

383

📚 Story Structure 🧠 Narrative Neuroscience 🔁 Change Communication 🤝 Rapport Building 📊 Data Storytelling

Stories at Work

Dry facts are forgotten. A retrieval system and four patterns that make ideas stick and spread.

by Indranil Chakraborty 2018

4.04

383 ratings

📚 Story Structure 🧠 Narrative Neuroscience 🔁 Change Communication 🤝 Rapport Building 📊 Data Storytelling

The Springboard

by Stephen Denning • 2000

The 29-word story that outperformed the corporate deck: how oral storytelling drives change.

3.29

🔄 Change Management 🧠 Knowledge Management 👥 Communities Of Practice 🗣️ Oral Storytelling 🤝 Co-Creation

The Springboard

The 29-word story that outperformed the corporate deck: how oral storytelling drives change.

by Stephen Denning 2000

3.29

72 ratings

🔄 Change Management 🧠 Knowledge Management 👥 Communities Of Practice 🗣️ Oral Storytelling 🤝 Co-Creation

The 3-Minute Rule

by Brant Pinvidic • 2019

A three-minute pitch formula that earns the yes before you ever ask for it.

4.15

🎤 Pitching And Presenting ✂️ Concise Communication 📐 Information Design 👁️ Attention Design 🧠 Persuasion

The 3-Minute Rule

A three-minute pitch formula that earns the yes before you ever ask for it.

by Brant Pinvidic 2019

4.15

39 ratings

🎤 Pitching And Presenting ✂️ Concise Communication 📐 Information Design 👁️ Attention Design 🧠 Persuasion

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