Here is a touching, powerful story about a dad. It has lots of story elements and figures of speech that improve the impact. King's (his story) Better Tomorrow Message™, "Cherish…
How much do you self-reflect? As an organization and as an individual? At The Chief Storyteller®, we firmly believe both are necessary for growth and success. What can we do…
I’m often asked, "When it comes to deciding what story to tell, where do I start?” Powerful stories are those that touch people, that touch people with a personal experience…
Let me introduce you to Polysyndeton, a Reinforcing Figure of Speech. It is part of a series on figures of speech and story elements. I share them as the English…
When faced with the choice between waiting in line or leaving, here’s a tip that works most of the time, to start an email conversation with the conference speaker. The…
I attended a conference today. And the executive introducing the keynote speaker repeated his name and title, not 30 seconds after he was just introduced. This reduced his communication effectiveness…
Anxious is a word all too often misused. You’ll hear people, whether in the workplace or socializing, saying, “I’m anxious to meet Julie.” Or “I’m anxious to tell you about…
Recently, I shared my favorite presentation and public speaking exercise, "1-2-5-10 ™" to one of my newer clients, Carl. He is the CEO of a rapidly growing tech company. We…
Are you a Terp? Live in the Wash, DC area? Interesting in networking with fellow Terps and building your storytelling and public speaking skills? I am excited to be partnering…
A few days ago, Jeff Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn appeared on CNBC to share the major findings from LinkedIn's recent Skills Gap Analytics initiative. He tweeted and posted on LinkedIn…