Sep 27, 2020 | Advanced Public Speaking Skills, Business Presentations, Inspiration Speeches, Make Your Point, Marketing, Negotiation and Persuasion, Persuasion, Public Speaking Tips, Sell with a Story, Speaking Tip, Storytelling, Tell a Story, Make your Point
Why Most Stories Don’t Connect An important aspect of stories is the goal of the main character. What does this individual want to achieve? Too often, speakers present this ‘finish line’ in vague terms: – A financial advisor tells the story of a couple who want...
Sep 17, 2020 | Advanced Public Speaking Skills, Business Presentations, Connect with Every Audience, Develop a Dynamic Delivery, Public Speaking Tips, Sell with a Story, Speaking Tip, Storytelling, Tell a Story, Make your Point
Story is Everywhere Every day, it feels like people are doling out advice on why you should tell stories and how to do it. As a result, many people are now telling their stories in professional presentations and networking events. And they’re not getting the results...
Jul 6, 2020 | Business Presentations, Connect with Every Audience, Marketing, Professional Speaking, Public Speaking Tips, Sell with a Story, Speaking Tip, Speech Writing, Storytelling, Tell a Story, Make your Point, Uncategorized
3 Keys to Crafting Stories People WANT To Hear Maybe it’s because of the work I do — presentation skills and storytelling coaching — but it feels like everywhere I look, someone is promoting storytelling. Organizations like TED and TEDx are built upon the power of...
Feb 16, 2020 | Business Presentations, Sell with a Story, Stand OUT! Speaking Tip, Tell a Story, Make your Point, Uncategorized
STORYTELLING IS EVERYWHERE It seems like every time you turn around, someone new is extolling the virtues of storytelling. And this inspires the question, “Is storytelling really that important?” It is, and there’s plenty of research to back this fact. For example,...
May 6, 2019 | Develop a Dynamic Delivery, Overcome Fear of Speaking, Professional Speaking, Public Speaking Tips, Sell with a Story, Speaking Mistakes, Speaking Tip, Stand OUT! Speaking Tip, Tell a Story, Make Your Point
A Common Presentation Rehearsal Mistake Imagine you’re practicing a presentation. Five minutes into your rehearsal, you get interrupted. After dealing with the interruption, you go back to your talk. Where do you restart your practice? If you’re like most people,... Oct 7, 2018 | Connect with Every Audience, Professional Speaking, Public Speaking Tips, Sell with a Story, Stand OUT! Speaking Tip, Tell a Story, Make Your Point
Why Speakers and Storytellers Need to Ignore This Common Myth Ron and I were chatting over breakfast. He said, “I was recently told that speakers should never talk about themselves on stage.” This was the fourth time in a month someone had said that to me about...