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Three vital elements of story for speakers. Your Story Matters. Don't Waste it

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Bronwyn Ritchie
Bronwyn Ritchie

Your Story Matters. Don't Waste it. Learn three of the vital elements of storytelling that will make your stories engage, resonate and add power to your presentations.

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Speak Your Story.
Your Story Matters Because YOU Matter
And Your Story Matters W H Y because for centuries, millennia, we used story
to communicate, to teach, to learn our culture, our laws, our rules for survival
Absolutely vital lessons learned via story
W H Y As a species, then, we have become, out of necessity, WIRED for story
WIRED Listeners enter the Storytelling Trance Heart rates slow Resistance is lowered They enter into the Story They look for the learning
W H Y H Story creates an emotional connection
W H Y To audiences drowning in information, stories are a lifeline, a funnel, that provides focus and meaning
Your Story Matters.
Dont Waste It. Make best use of your story with, at least, these three of the vital elements of story.
1. vivid Listeners in the storytelling trance report feeling that they were in the story, living it. That happened because the storyteller described it for them . but only enough to support the point of the story. They created the rest for themselves which means they took ownership of the story. Use vivid description
2. structure Logical structure = easily followed
structure Tension Time Resolution Classic, well-known, powerful The Story Arc
3. Hero
Hero an individual, a face
because we suffer from compassion overload Source: https://www.facebook.com/DJWILLIENYC
The Mercy Corps, fundraising for humanitarian aid, sent two emails Email One: Listing famine, crop failure and drought
Email Two: Describing a child in Africa who lost her home and village to soldiers.
Email 1 => one donation for every 3000 emails Email 2 => one donation for every 142 emails
Numbers numb, jargon jar, and nobody ever marched on Washington because of a pie chart. If you want to connect with your audience, tell them a story. ~Andy Goodman
Those 3 elements vivid structure hero
Your Story Matters. Dont Waste It. Need more help with your story? Go to: http://bit.ly/VEuARk for details of workshops, online courses, free tips and V.I.P. Coaching
Your Story Matters. Dont Waste It.

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Three vital elements of story for speakers. Your Story Matters. Don't Waste it

  • 2. Your Story Matters Because YOU Matter
  • 3. And Your Story Matters W H Y because for centuries, millennia, we used story
  • 4. to communicate, to teach, to learn our culture, our laws, our rules for survival
  • 5. Absolutely vital lessons learned via story
  • 6. W H Y As a species, then, we have become, out of necessity, WIRED for story
  • 7. WIRED Listeners enter the Storytelling Trance Heart rates slow Resistance is lowered They enter into the Story They look for the learning
  • 8. W H Y H Story creates an emotional connection
  • 9. W H Y To audiences drowning in information, stories are a lifeline, a funnel, that provides focus and meaning
  • 11. Dont Waste It. Make best use of your story with, at least, these three of the vital elements of story.
  • 12. 1. vivid Listeners in the storytelling trance report feeling that they were in the story, living it. That happened because the storyteller described it for them . but only enough to support the point of the story. They created the rest for themselves which means they took ownership of the story. Use vivid description
  • 13. 2. structure Logical structure = easily followed
  • 14. structure Tension Time Resolution Classic, well-known, powerful The Story Arc
  • 16. Hero an individual, a face
  • 17. because we suffer from compassion overload Source: https://www.facebook.com/DJWILLIENYC
  • 18. The Mercy Corps, fundraising for humanitarian aid, sent two emails Email One: Listing famine, crop failure and drought
  • 19. Email Two: Describing a child in Africa who lost her home and village to soldiers.
  • 20. Email 1 => one donation for every 3000 emails Email 2 => one donation for every 142 emails
  • 21. Numbers numb, jargon jar, and nobody ever marched on Washington because of a pie chart. If you want to connect with your audience, tell them a story. ~Andy Goodman
  • 22. Those 3 elements vivid structure hero
  • 23. Your Story Matters. Dont Waste It. Need more help with your story? Go to: http://bit.ly/VEuARk for details of workshops, online courses, free tips and V.I.P. Coaching
  • 24. Your Story Matters. Dont Waste It.