Oct 12, 2022 | Persuasion, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Tips, Sell with a Story, Speaking Tip, Stand OUT! Speaking Tip, Storytelling, Tell a Story, Make Your Point
In this fourth and final tip for creating a memorable foundational phrase, do your best to create rhythm and alliteration. Alliteration, like with my phrase Sell more with Stories, includes repetition of the same sound — in this case “S.” Rhythm comes from shorter...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...