​Storytelling is an important skill for business consultants to have as it allows them to effectively communicate their ideas and recommendations to their clients. By using stories, consultants can make complex concepts more relatable and easier to understand, and they can also help to engage and persuade their audience.
There are several elements that go into effective storytelling for business consultants:

1. Identifying the key message: A business consultant should be able to clearly articulate the main point they want to get across to their audience.
   
2. Structuring the story: A well-structured story has a clear beginning, middle, and end, and it is important for a business consultant to be able to organize their ideas in a logical and coherent manner.
   
3. Using engaging language: A business consultant should use language that is easy to understand and that captures the attention of their audience.
   
4. Using examples and anecdotes: Including examples and anecdotes in a story can help to make it more relatable and engaging for the audience.
   
5. Incorporating visuals: Using visual aids such as slides, charts, and diagrams can help to illustrate key points and make the story more impactful.
   

By honing their storytelling skills, business consultants can effectively communicate their ideas and recommendations to their clients and help drive business success.

Microsoft Visio and Lucidchart are both diagramming and visual representation tools that allow users to create a wide range of diagrams, such as flowcharts, wireframes, and network diagrams. Here are some key differences between the two tools:

• Price: Visio is a paid tool, while Lucidchart offers both a free and a paid version.
• Platforms: Visio is only available for Windows, while Lucidchart is available for Windows, Mac, and as a web-based application.
• Collaboration: Both Visio and Lucidchart offer collaboration features, but Lucidchart has more robust collaboration tools, including real-time collaboration, version history, and the ability to leave comments on specific parts of a diagram.
• Diagramming features: Both Visio and Lucidchart offer a wide range of diagramming features, including shapes, connectors, and formatting options. However, Lucidchart has a larger library of pre-designed shapes and templates, as well as more advanced formatting options.
• Integration with other tools: Both Visio and Lucidchart can integrate with a variety of other tools, such as project management software and productivity suites. However, Lucidchart has a wider range of integrations available.

Ultimately, the choice between Visio and Lucidchart will depend on your specific needs and budget. If you need a more advanced and feature-rich tool with robust collaboration capabilities, Lucidchart may be the better choice. If you are working on a Windows platform and are willing to pay for a more established tool, Visio may be a good option.

For a full practical demonstration of Excel Add In Visio Data Visualiser Click Here: ​https://youtube.com/watch?v=L1TEFo2iXgU&feature=shares

Step 1: Prepare your Visio Diagram.
Step 2: Upload your Visio Diagram to One Drive (Skip this step if you have prepared your diagram utilising Visio Online)
Step 3: Open file in Visio Online
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Visio App has got a BPMN stencil under the flow chart category since Visio 2013.
Seqeunce flows BPMN are default flows and conditional flows. This video explains to you the usage of the sequence flow in a BPMN model through a Visio Practical

Few Points to Remember about BPMN

1. BPMN is the popular and most extensive notation set to model business processes
2. BPMN elements are Flow Objects, Connecting Objects, Data, SwimaLand and Artefacta
3. BPMN was pioneered by BPMI now BPMN is an OMG (Object Management Group ) Standard
4. Pega, IBM Modeller, Bizagi Modeller , Oracle BPM Suite are popular and specialist and powerful BPM Softwares
5. Visio which is a general purpose modelling software is used by many Business Analyst to prepare BPMN models.

To insert a new page in Microsoft Visio, go to Insert ribbon, Pages Group and  “New Page” as shown in  Picture 1, shown below

Now click on the New Page icon. If you click on the New Page Icon a new blank page ( Visio foreground page) will be inserted.
How ever if you click on the small black triangle present in the bottom right corner it will ask you to Insert either  a

1. A Blank Page
2. A Background Page
3. Duplicate Page (Duplicate of currently selected Page will be inserted)

Shapes in a Visio drawing can be placed over one another. The relative position (z-order) of shapes  stacked over one another can be changed by utilizing Bring to Front / Bring Forward and Send to Back / Send Backward features.  There may be problems while editing if a shape that is being covered by another; thus this Visio feature Bring to Front and Send to Back ease out the issue of editing of overlapping shapes. 
This feature is available at “Home” Tab in “Arrange” group. See Picture 1 of Visio Ribbon, Shown below
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​Bring to front
This feature brings the selected shape on the top of the stack. The feature is available on the Home tab in the Arrange group. Select the shape, click on  (In picture 2 we selected the green triangle, on the left)  Bring to Front. After clicking on Bring to Front the Green Triangle shape comes on the top. See Picture 2 below.

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Bring Forward ​
Bring Forward Feature Brings the selected shape one step closer to the front: This feature is available on the On the Home tab in the Arrange group, Select the shape (we selected Green Triangle shape as shown below) click the arrow next to or under Bring to Front, and then click Bring Forward.
You can notice that the selected Green Triangle shape which was at the bottom of the shape stack, came over the 

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Send to Back
Sends the selected Shape to the  bottom  of the stack:  This feature is available On the Home tab in the Arrange group. Select the shape , click on Send to Back. icon​. Here we selected Blue triangle shape and clicked on send to Back. See picture 4 below
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Send Backward
Send a shape one level below on the stacking order: Here we selected the blue ellipse and clicked on Send to Back . You can see in Picture 5, shown below that the blue ellipse shape went behind the green triangle shape after the operation was performed

​Let’s find change shape feature in Microsoft Visio?
Microsoft Visio introduced “Change Shape” feature in Visio 2013 edition which allows you to change the selected shape in the drawing to another related shape. It is available in the “Editing” group of “Home” ribbon as shown in the image shown

​Key Benefit:
Prior to the availability of change shape feature, in the drawing to change the shape you need to delete the existing shape and insert the new shape. But post availability of change shape feature you can change the shape on just single click and no need to waste your time in deleting the shape and inserting the new shape.

​How to use change shape feature in Microsoft Visio Templates?
Follow the below steps to use change shape feature in your working visio template:
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