Welcome to the Online Press Room for Ronda Del Boccio, the Story Lady
Ronda Del Boccio’s Bio
Ronda Del Boccio is a #1 bestselling author, speaker, mentor and storyteller. She turns visionaries, entrepreneurs and business owners worldwide into instant VIP authors. She has brought numerous people to bestselling author status with much less time and effort than they thought possible.
Ronda is grateful for the technology of this age that allows her as an “illegally sighted” (mostly blind) person to use the computer and work with her global audience. She co-hosts an international radio show for entrepreneurs, mentors clients, writes books and makes magic happen.
Because of her focus on storytelling as a means of connecting, she is known globally as The Story Lady. Connect with Ronda and unleash your inner storyteller as you write your book and share your message!
Downloadable Press Kit
You can get a downloadable version of Ronda’s media kit right here.
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Business History
Ronda Del Boccio learned that people considered her different in a bad way when she was about six years old. She does not see the same way others do, and in the world of children, this is cause for bullying and harassment. Yet Ronda took what she now calls a “Jonathan Livingston Seagull” attitude, because fitting in was not of great importance to her.
Ronda may not see well, but she has a strong vision that guides her life. She uses the power that comes from her blindness to empower her and inspire others. She believes Persistence,tenacity, humor, intuition and ingenuity are traits that serve her well now as an entrepreneur author.
She has turned her love for storytelling, mythology, symbology and folklore into tools and teachings that help people better understand themselves and more easily connect with everyone. Like Kathie Lee Gifford, she KNOWS “Everyone has a story” and she helps them tell it with ease and style.
One day, Ronda was reading a writers’ magazine. She became so disgusted with a story that told writers to get used to being broke all the time that she threw the magazine across the room and made her bold declaration to become a profitable author. Thus began her entrepreneurial adventure. As someone with no business background, she learned marketing and built a successful business around her books.
She also discovered an acumen for business strategy and for arranging joint ventures. Now, she works with authors, entrepreneurs and business owners worldwide to help them write books, tell their story and grow a profitable business.
Questions
(Please select the questions that best suit your audience, and know that I LOVE “winging it,” so you do not need to stick to what’s here.)
You say in your bio that people come to you and tell you their story. How does that happen?
Why do stories get people’s attention?
Most people think of storytelling as something to do with children before bed, around a campfire or at Halloween, but you teach storytelling for adults. Is listening to or reading a story just as compelling for adults as it is for children?
What was it about the work of Joseph Campbell that captured your attention?
What is the Hero’s Journey?
Do we only see the Hero’s Journey in things like myths and Bible stories?
Can you give an example of the Hero’s Journey in a movie?
Do everyday people go through a hero’s journey, or is that only for movies, literature and scriptures?
How would someone recognize a call to adventure?
Do people ever say “no” to that call to adventure?
Are there certain kinds of people you meet along the way, or is who we meet random?
You talk about the Road of Trials. Why can’t life be easier?
What happens to the hero when the quest is done?
Is everyone a hero?
You say that everyone is wired for stories, so I’m wondering something. Why are so few people good at telling stories?
What are the elements that make a good story?
Can anyone learn how to tell a good story?
Why is emotion so important?
What are Storytelling Templates and how do you use them?
Do people tell themselves stories?
Can someone change the stories they’re telling themselves?
How can someone create a story for their future and start living it?
Tell me about your books.
How can someone start working with you so they can tell better, more empowering stories?
I understand you have a gift for everyone. What is it and how do they get it?
Media Mentions
Radio
Radio appearances include:
Ronda Del Boccio is co-host of the international radio show Relationship marketing 101.
Her show is a Host Pick on “In Touch with Carl Jung”
Featured show: “Networking with the Blindguy: Are You a Tire Kicker or a Destiny Driver?”
Television Appearance
Ronda Del Boccio and Bonnie Tesh, co-authors of I’ll Push You Steer on Springfield, Missouri morning television
Book Trailer Videos
Book trailer: I’ll Push You Steer by Ronda Del Boccio & Bonnie Tesh
Print Media
Ronda has numerous stories, poems and articles in print.
She is the “Home Front” and “The Inbox” columnist for Dialogue Magazine, an international news magazine produced by Blindskills, Inc., for people who are blind and visually impaired. (These articles are not currently online.)
Ronda has numerous print publications to her credit, including “Molly Meets the Ozarks” in Ozark Mountaineer Magazine.
Online Media
Book Writing Made Easy Joins Heart and Marketing
If only we’d known early on how book writing made easy can join with heart marketing to create a joyful experience of both self-expression and selling and marketing.
But no… instead…The other day we found the first document we wrote together (an advice doc about relationship problems that we advertised in the National Enquirer in 1987…shhhhh)
Fortunately we sold only one of them and promptly put ourselves out of that ‘Mail-order” business idea -
AND thank goodness! The writing was horrible! Truly a mish-mash with no organization, no focus – quite a mess!
Now we later went on to become the authors of 5 best-sellers – 4 books about romantic relationships and our latest – The Heart of Marketing – Love Your Customers and They Will Love You Back (Morgan James)
BUT – oh what we would have given for someone with the right expertise to guide us through the book writing process to make it easier and faster. And if only there had been someone who could have guided us through the process of discovering the soul-felt service of heart marketing our books -
But there was no one…
Now we know that the real fact is, writing a book is easy when you have a step-by-step roadmap to guide you from start to publish – and beyond – and The Story Lady Ronda Del Boccio’s program helps you plan for your larger future with your book – even before you start writing.
In fact, here’s the link for her special program where you even get personal time with her to get her input on your book project!
And while your call with Ronda will be live, her program can be used at any time.
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Ronda’s Books
ROnda’s books are available everywhere!
I’ll Push You Steer: The Definitive Guide to Stumbling through Life with Blinders On November 2006, AWOC Books
The Peace Seed: Personal and GLobal Transformation through Storytelling: May, 2010
The Instant VIP: Insider Secrets to Fame, Freedom and Fulfillment as an Expert AUTHOR!: August 2010 AWOC Books
When Assassins and Allies Conspire: Visionary Tales, VOl. 1 September, 2010, CreateSpace
News Releases
Press Release: Authors, Entrepreneurs Cooperate to Define Economic Stimulus: Living Trusts, Marriage Compatibility
