Storytelling techniques for speakers
What do I mean by ‘story’? The word ‘story’ gets used in different ways, in different media. If we take it right back to a dictionary definition it can be:…
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What do I mean by ‘story’? The word ‘story’ gets used in different ways, in different media. If we take it right back to a dictionary definition it can be:…
Richard Rodger, from Voxgig, interviewed me on his podcast for speakers. We cover story, structure, iterative approaches to speaking and more! Listen on Apple podcasts
3 Reasons to watch this talk: Ishmael Beah Humour is threaded beautifully through this talk, via the speaker’s real-world observations. Sometimes speakers reach for anecdotes, tropes and clichés to make…
In Amanda Palmer’s beautifully crafted TED talk, ‘The Art of Asking’ she uses multiple storytelling techniques to connect to us, her audience. 1) She uses props brilliantly. Yes, props can…
1) Sugata Mitri starts his TED talk with a question ‘What is going to be the future of learning?’ He immediately cues us that he is going to address this…