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How and where can you find stories to support your messages?
These stories are not the ones you tell to entertain your friends. These are stories to help you reinforce a point.
Tell your stories in conversations, meetings and presentations to be more effective in conveying your messages. You might wonder, “Where can I find my stories?”
The short answer is “All around you.”
Have you noticed that the best presenters tell captivating stories? Did you know that you can improve the power of your presentations and conversations by telling more stories?
Do you need encouragement to use stories more often when you speak.
Three reasons why you should tell more stories…
How to Become more Influential Influence has a lot to do with emotional intelligence, which is essentially having the awareness that emotions can drive our behaviour, which in turn has an impact on the people around us, whether it is positive or negative.
The opening to your presentation is critical to your success. You shouldn’t be surprised that poor speakers have poor openings. When you speak, you can recover from many mistakes during your presentations – but a weak opening isn’t one of them. Be sure to start your presentation strong.
Do you want to own the room when you speak? A successful presentation starts when you own the room. When you own the room, you will be a more powerful and confident presenter. That leads to more successful presentations.
Use rhetorical questions during your presentation to better engage your audience. This technique is simple yet powerful.
Enjoy these video interviews with George Torok, presentations skills expert. You’ll hear practical presentation tips. You’ll discover more about George’s style of speaking and training.
Emphasize your key points so your audience hears, remembers and acts on them.
Perhaps the most ridicules and annoying question a presenter can say is “How are we doing for time?”
When you use the word “but” while pretending to agree – you send the message that you disagree.
