


Story Insight #9: Share The Results And You’ll Get Their Attention
Oct 7, 2022 | Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Tips, Sell with a Story, Speaking Tip, Stand OUT! Speaking Tip, Storytelling, Tell a Story, Make Your Point
In the last tip, you read about including action in your foundational phrase. If you missed the last tip, Click Here. Today’s insight is a slightly different twist. Ensure your phrase is results oriented. In my program, Sell More With Stories, there’s a clear...
Story Insight #8 – How To Give Energy And Inspire Action With Your Foundational Phrase
Oct 3, 2022 | Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Tips, Sell with a Story, Speaking Tip, Storytelling, Tell a Story, Make Your Point, Uncategorized
Now that you have the first version of your foundational phrase, let’s work on making it action oriented. (If you missed the last video on the first step in crafting your Foundational Phrase, click here) The best phrases trigger an emotional or action-oriented...
Story Insight #7 – The First Step To Create Your Memorable Foundational Phrase
Oct 2, 2022 | Connect with Every Audience, Public Speaking Tips, Sell with a Story, Speaking Tip, Speech Writing, Stand OUT! Speaking Tip, Storytelling, Tell a Story, Make Your Point, Write a Meaningful & Memorable Message
Remember this phrase, “A message is a mess with age.” When starting to create your foundational phrase, don’t attempt to make it perfect in the beginning. Get ideas out of your head and on to paper (or a spreadsheet). A good starting point for creating your...
The Most Important Phrase To Develop For An Influential Story
Sep 29, 2022 | Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Tips, Sell with a Story, Speaking Tip, Storytelling, Tell a Story, Make Your Point
One of the most important elements of your story is the Foundational Phrase. This is one sentence that sums up the meaning of the entire story. Ideally, a month, a year, or five years after hearing your story, people will remember the purpose of your story when they...
How To Save Time And Reduce Stress When Writing Your Speeches
Aug 22, 2022 | Sell with a Story, Storytelling, Tell a Story, Make Your Point, Uncategorized
Would you like access to a library of stories that you can use to support any point in your presentations? Create a story file. This is a file you create on your desktop, your iPad, your phone, or even just a sheet of paper. It’s a list of all the stories that are...Our conference was elevated to a new level of professionalism. Michael will be retained to help make our trainers become better communicators, both visually and verbally and to assist us with next year’s conference. We highly recommend him and Speaking CPR to assist with your next event."
Robert Gerbus, President, Trans Ash, Inc.
Robert Gerbus, President, Trans Ash, Inc.
Michael Davis exceeded every expectation and was one of the best coaches I ever worked with. His quiet professionalism, and unsurpassed knowledge of storytelling helped make my Ted X Cincinnati talk extremely powerful.
I would recommend Michael, as a story and speaking coach to anyone with a high stakes talk to give. Michael will help you take your speech from good to great!”
LTC (Ret.) Scott Mann, Green Beret, Storyteller, Trainer, Coach, Author
LTC (Ret.) Scott Mann, Green Beret, Storyteller, Trainer, Coach, Author
He truly has a gift in connecting with the heart of each person he works with and helping them to unleash their story into their talk. All of the speakers raved about his work with them. Each of them has had broad experience in speaking, but they all felt that working with Michael raised the bar on their ability to speak. You can listen to all of his speakers, Anthony Munoz, Richard Bernstein and Graeme Joffe, at http://www.tedxcincinnati.com/talks/.”

Allison Wonders Gars
Speaker Coach Manager, TED x Cincinnati
Allison Wonders Gars
Speaker Coach Manager, TED x Cincinnati

“Investing in Michael is one of the best investments I have ever made. I speak on the subject of diversity in the workplace, which can at times be a difficult topic to discuss.
Michael taught me a repeatable process that allows me to create a foundational concept, a logical structure, an opening that grabs the audience’s attention, and a conclusion that encourages my audience to take action that will save them time and money.
I found Michael easy to work with, flexible with his schedule, and a wealth of information about the art of speaking. If you need to improve your presentation or speech, I highly recommend you consider hiring Michael. It is one of the best investments you can make in your own growth.”

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Founder, QUEST Diversity
Natalie Holder
Founder, QUEST Diversity

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