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Kindra Hall

Kindra Hall is an author and speaker focused on storytelling in business, leadership, and personal growth. She wrote Stories That Stick, The Story Edge, and Choose Your Story, Change Your Life. Stories That Stick reached No. 2 on the Wall Street Journal bestseller list and has been translated into 12 languages. ((https://www.kindrahall.com/books))

Biography & Author's Journey

Kindra Hall’s development as a storyteller began, by her own telling, in the spring of 1992, when a fifth-grade language arts assignment led her to set aside a book and narrate the story directly to a room of restless third-graders. The response revealed the persuasive power of live narrative and became the defining early turning point in her career. Hall later graduated from Concordia College in 2003, where she was active in forensics, and earned a master’s degree in communications and media studies from New Mexico State University, conducting research on storytelling’s role in organizational socialization. ((https://www.kindrahall.com/about))

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Quotes

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The connection we make when we tell a story is a powerful tool for building and re-establishing trust
-A Story For Trust
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Sometimes the best stories are told on the fly and in a personal setting
-The Story They Want to Hear
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We’re all incredible storytellers
-The Dark Side of Storytelling
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These are the moments that every success story is made of
-Behind Every Success Story
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The “About Us” page is one of the most important digital communication moments that exists
-Story-ing Your About Us Page
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Emotion is a critical component in any story, but tears rolling down your cheeks while you’re telling it is a huge problem
-The Story You Should Never Tell
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When you share a story with someone, they begin to see you as a person, not just another face in the crowd
-The Storytelling Game
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One that, when behind the right idea, can be your billion dollar story
-The Billion Dollar Story
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Believe in your stories. Tell your stories
-Kindra Hall Teaches Us How to Connect Through Storytelling
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I think you have all the stories you need that are real, that you've lived, that actually happened
-Backstage Pass Podcast, Ep. 66

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Community Voices

"In Stories That Stick, Kindra Hall beautifully weaves the argument for story"

Mel Robbins ((

"Kindra Hall is one of the best storytellers in the world"

Josh Ellis ((

"In her book, Kindra Hall makes storytelling accessible to anyone"

Charles Duhigg ((

"Kindra Hall takes the power of storytelling to a whole new place -- inside our own minds"

Dave Hollis ((

"Kindra Hall is a master storyteller"

Mel Robbins ((

"Not many people know how to teach story skills... except Kindra Hall"

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