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Here's a list/rant about all the crappy advice I've heard from "presentation gurus" over th 
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It's 50 years since King gave that speech. Gary Younge finds out how it made history (and how it nearly fell flat)
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Let these TED Talk heavy hitters show you how it's done.
Ricard Lloria's insight:
What a great post! Yes, yes, yes -- adding dialogue to any story, talk, or presentation you give adds to its engagement, memorability, and power.
The 3 ways offered here really work and I use them all the time, depending on the story and the situation.
Try just one of these and experience the difference it makes. Play with all three. You'll be glad you did.
This review was written by Karen Dietz for her curated content on business storytelling at www.scoop.it/t/just-story-it. Follow her on Twitter @kdietz
Randy Bauer's curator insight,
March 11, 2016 2:37 PM
What a great post! Yes, yes, yes -- adding dialogue to any story, talk, or presentation you give adds to its engagement, memorability, and power.
The 3 ways offered here really work and I use them all the time, depending on the story and the situation.
Try just one of these and experience the difference it makes. Play with all three. You'll be glad you did.
This review was written by Karen Dietz for her curated content on business storytelling at www.scoop.it/t/just-story-it. Follow her on Twitter @kdietz
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Just as an image can say a thousand words, hand talkers are communicating far more than they know. After studying famous TED talks, consultant Vanessa Van Edwards discovered that the ones that went viral featured speakers who used their hands the most. Indeed, an average of 272 hand gestures were used in the least-watched TED talks as compared to the average of 465 hand gestures in the top-ranked ones during the same length of time. "When really charismatic leaders use hand gestures, the brain is super happy," Edwards recently told the Washington Post. "Because it's getting two explanations in one, and the brain loves that." So while talking with your hands is a good thing, it's also important that they're saying the right thing. Here are 11 rules of thumb to follow when using your hands during a presentation: Via The Learning Factor
The Learning Factor's curator insight,
November 19, 2015 8:35 PM
Hand talkers have a leg up with these public speaking tricks.
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The purpose of this presentation is to list 5 typical mistakes people make when sharing stories in business settings.
massimo scalzo's curator insight,
July 27, 2014 8:34 AM
Thank You Karen ! It's very very interesting !!! 
Alain Theriault MBA's curator insight,
July 29, 2014 12:22 PM
the more information overload out there, the more it becomes important to be able to tell a memorable story! 
Martin (Marty) Smith's curator insight,
August 6, 2014 4:09 PM
Funny was just thinking about how everything starts with a story now. Didn't think about these five "mistakes" though. Great post. |
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Giving a powerful presentation is both an art and a science. Here's a look at the science.
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Image via Diego Sevilla Ruiz
Ricard Lloria's insight:
Every time I'm getting a story ready to tell, or every time I give a storied talk, I storyboard my presentation on a set of 3x5 cards (1 image/trigger word per card), than go for a walk. Why? Because it embeds the story into my body and becomes much more of a whole brain/body experience. That way it's a lot easier to tell when I'm on the stage. Or if I know I have a talk coming up, but I'm not sure about what I'm going to say, I go on a walk. Presto magic, while on the walk I figure it all out. This is when I take my cell phone with me that's got the Evernote app on it. I open up a new note in Evernote and can record my thoughts and the talk right into the note while walking. By the time I get back to the office, my thoughts/outline/story are already on my computer waiting for storyboarding and polishing. Easy peasy! Now researchers at Stanford Univ. have confirmed how powerful walking is in stimulating creativity. Since storytelling is a creative act, it's no wonder how walking can work so well with them. You'll enjoy this post, along with the 13:45 minute interview with Mary Oppezzo, one of the 2 Stanford walking researchers featured. Story on! This review was written by Karen Dietz for her curated content on business storytelling at www.scoop.it/t/just-story-it. Follow her on Twitter @kdietz
Katie Anderson's curator insight,
March 1, 2016 8:32 AM
Every time I'm getting a story ready to tell, or every time I give a storied talk, I storyboard my presentation on a set of 3x5 cards (1 image/trigger word per card), than go for a walk. Why? Because it embeds the story into my body and becomes much more of a whole brain/body experience. That way it's a lot easier to tell when I'm on the stage. Or if I know I have a talk coming up, but I'm not sure about what I'm going to say, I go on a walk. Presto magic, while on the walk I figure it all out. This is when I take my cell phone with me that's got the Evernote app on it. I open up a new note in Evernote and can record my thoughts and the talk right into the note while walking. By the time I get back to the office, my thoughts/outline/story are already on my computer waiting for storyboarding and polishing. Easy peasy! Now researchers at Stanford Univ. have confirmed how powerful walking is in stimulating creativity. Since storytelling is a creative act, it's no wonder how walking can work so well with them. You'll enjoy this post, along with the 13:45 minute interview with Mary Oppezzo, one of the 2 Stanford walking researchers featured. Story on! This review was written by Karen Dietz for her curated content on business storytelling at www.scoop.it/t/just-story-it. Follow her on Twitter @kdietz 
Kevin Watson's curator insight,
March 7, 2016 7:20 AM
Every time I'm getting a story ready to tell, or every time I give a storied talk, I storyboard my presentation on a set of 3x5 cards (1 image/trigger word per card), than go for a walk. Why? Because it embeds the story into my body and becomes much more of a whole brain/body experience. That way it's a lot easier to tell when I'm on the stage. Or if I know I have a talk coming up, but I'm not sure about what I'm going to say, I go on a walk. Presto magic, while on the walk I figure it all out. This is when I take my cell phone with me that's got the Evernote app on it. I open up a new note in Evernote and can record my thoughts and the talk right into the note while walking. By the time I get back to the office, my thoughts/outline/story are already on my computer waiting for storyboarding and polishing. Easy peasy! Now researchers at Stanford Univ. have confirmed how powerful walking is in stimulating creativity. Since storytelling is a creative act, it's no wonder how walking can work so well with them. You'll enjoy this post, along with the 13:45 minute interview with Mary Oppezzo, one of the 2 Stanford walking researchers featured. Story on! This review was written by Karen Dietz for her curated content on business storytelling at www.scoop.it/t/just-story-it. Follow her on Twitter @kdietz 
Ian Berry's curator insight,
March 12, 2016 9:53 PM
Every time I'm getting a story ready to tell, or every time I give a storied talk, I storyboard my presentation on a set of 3x5 cards (1 image/trigger word per card), than go for a walk. Why? Because it embeds the story into my body and becomes much more of a whole brain/body experience. That way it's a lot easier to tell when I'm on the stage. Or if I know I have a talk coming up, but I'm not sure about what I'm going to say, I go on a walk. Presto magic, while on the walk I figure it all out. This is when I take my cell phone with me that's got the Evernote app on it. I open up a new note in Evernote and can record my thoughts and the talk right into the note while walking. By the time I get back to the office, my thoughts/outline/story are already on my computer waiting for storyboarding and polishing. Easy peasy! Now researchers at Stanford Univ. have confirmed how powerful walking is in stimulating creativity. Since storytelling is a creative act, it's no wonder how walking can work so well with them. You'll enjoy this post, along with the 13:45 minute interview with Mary Oppezzo, one of the 2 Stanford walking researchers featured. Story on! This review was written by Karen Dietz for her curated content on business storytelling at www.scoop.it/t/just-story-it. Follow her on Twitter @kdietz
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-*+Too often, people try to make the case for business storytelling, by pointing to examples of "who's doing it". I think we all need bigger frameworks for appreciating the business implications of storytelling.
Vesticor Advisors's curator insight,
March 30, 2015 10:53 PM
Key question ... What do you offer that nobody else does? |
