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Shift in storytelling: from telling to listening, a dialogue in the making

Rasha Mansour, Owner of Marketing Minds Consulting, shares why storytelling should be shaped by the voices of the people, the feedback of the audience and the dynamic flow of information.

Rasha Mansour,  Managing Partner, Oda Concepts on artRasha Mansour,  Managing Partner, Oda Concepts

When I began my career in 2003 as a brand manager at Jumeirah, storytelling in Dubai’s communications industry was all about projection. Brands had a message, and they told it loud and clear through print ads, press releases, and brochures.
The emphasis was on delivering a polished narrative, carefully crafted to shape the perception of the audience. It was a world of “telling” where the audience passively received information, and the conversation ended there.
However, the landscape of storytelling in Dubai’s communications industry has changed dramatically over the past two decades. The rise of digital media and social platforms has transformed how stories are told, shifting from a o


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the authorAnup Oommen
Anup Oommen is the Editor of Campaign Middle East at Motivate Media Group, a well-reputed moderator, and a multiple award-winning journalist with more than 15 years of experience at some of the most reputable and credible global news organisations, including Reuters, CNN, and Motivate Media Group. As the Editor of Campaign Middle East, Anup heads market-leading coverage of advertising, media, marketing, PR, events and experiential, digital, the wider creative industries, and more, through the brand’s digital, print, events, directories, podcast and video verticals. As such he’s a key stakeholder in the Campaign Global brand, the world’s leading authority for the advertising, marketing and media industries, which was first published in the UK in 1968.