Telling It Like It Is With Story...

Story

by Julie Allen

Speaking Freely

Key to Staying Alive's mission is being able to open up channels of comminication on a mass scale.

We believe that if people talked more - and more openly - then this epidemic that we're facing today would be a heck of a lot easier to deal with.

A great way to get people to listen to what you have to say is through story telling. Tell someone a story - and they're much more likely to remember the message than they are if you were to simply chuck a bunch of facts at them...

Spinvox are our media partners, becuase, they too, believe in the power of commuincation and speaking freely.

Spinvox essentially converts voice to text. This means that you can blog while being away from a computer (just as Kelly Rowland did on her recent trip to Africa) - recieve your annoying voicemails as text - and lots more.

In the case of this particular partnership Spinvox is allowing you to tell stories over the phone. They'll then be magically converted to text and posted on our Story page.

It's waaay easier to speak a story that to write it, so c'mon, give it a go. Remember, your story could offer help and advice to someone out there who really needs it.

To try it out - call 0207 858 5999 - and speak your story - you'll see it appear in this section of the site in text format.

Alternatively - if you're not ready to leave a whole story - call it and tell us what you think of this initiative.

(it's a UK number, and calls are charged at your standard operator rate)

That's all for now. Keep talking!