While driving this morning I listened to @Topgold’s Audioboo entitled “To Share”, where he asked a group of people to record their thoughts about sharing and Christmas.  You can listen to it below.

As I listened to the Audioboo, I noticed that quite a  few of the people were reluctant to share or speak their thoughts.  Certainly there were some who spoke up, but there were others that sounded uncertain and even a little fearful. This got me thinking about Chris Brogan’s Sound Cloud recording (below) from a while ago, where he encouraged people to simply Press Record.   For some reason, that particular recording has stuck in my mind –  likely because it was a simple, yet effective message.

I also thought of the recent conversation that took place between @Omaniblog and @ChrisBrogan for The Human Business Way podcast.  In the podcast, Paul and Chris discussed what it takes for people to share their stories and why sometimes people are reluctant to do so.  They talked about the challenges that people face and what enables them to push forward, despite fears they may have.  Paul wrote about that discussion on his company blog here.

I even thought about @julien’s book entitled The Flinch.  It is a powerful, life changing book that outlines why pushing through fear matters.  I have previously written about it here.

So as I listened to @Topgold’s Audioboo this morning, all of that was swirling around in my mind plus a bunch more.

• I wondered what it takes for people to find their voice and to tell their story?
• I contemplated why some people can and other simply never will.
• I questioned if technology is an enabler or if it actually hinders storytelling?

I recorded some of those thoughts in an Audioboo here:

So…what do you think?  What does it take for you to share your own voice and story? Does technology help or hinder you?