In 2015, I was working on creating a strategy to “jazz” up our corporate presentations and conferences. In the course of doing a bit of research, I discovered that everything I had learned (and enjoyed) about creative writing was applicable to creating compelling presentations. This brief video employs many of those story-telling techniques to demonstrate how to tell a story and why it’s important.

For a deeper dive check out the resources below.

Recommended Resources

Video

• TED TALK – Andrew Stanton: The clues to a great story Feb. 2012

Books

• TED Talks Storytelling Techniques by Akash Karia
• TED Talks Official by Chris Anderson

• Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World’s Top Minds – by Carmine Gallo

Audible

• The Great Courses Writing Great Fiction: Storytelling Tips and Techniques Audible – Original recording by Professor James Hynes