On Monday the 21st, Michael spoke to the CT chapter of the NSA (National Speaker's Association) about how to use stories in your presentations. He was brilliant, even if he is brain damaged. That is right he had a traumatic birth leaving him brain damaged resulting in severe learning disabilities and dyslexia. With determination and love from his parents he has overcome all this and has had a very successful career as an orator for the past 30 years.
His signature story is full of emotion (happy, sad, fear, joy, triumph). Including emotion is key to connecting with your audience which is why personal stories are powerful. Emotions are where the real power of a story is. Most people get hung up on the fact that they need sad stories to make an impact but that is just wrong. Any emotion is what is needed and the more different emotions, think roller coaster, the more memorable the message will be.
He also reminded us that even well known stories that by some standards have been overused by speakers may in fact still be new to many in the audience. You can never assume everyone in the audience is familiar with the story especially with the diversity in most audiences. More on this later.
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Brilliant presenter... great program. More need to hear it.
I was honored to do this program and hope I can do more. This program has brought a lot of professional speakers to me for personal coaching! :)
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