In this episode, you will get to meet one of my speaking mentors, Darren LaCroix. Apart from being the 2001 World Champion of Public Speaking, Darren is an inspiration to me because he continues to hone his craft and to help other speakers do the same. If he can become a comedian without a funny…
In this episode, you will hear a conversation I had with Patricia Fripp, a superstar in the world of professional speakers and speaking coaches. Fripp is known for her focus on precise language and for her coaching of executives and sales professionals. Here her focus is on her work helping scientists and engineers tell their…
This episode is the continuation of a two-part conversation with master storyteller and coach Keith Bailey. If you have not already listened to “Keith Bailey and the Bottomless Story Well,” I urge you to find that episode and listen to how he drew out of me a story I had never told before that moment.…
This episode is the first of a two-part interview with Keith Bailey, former fitness coach and master salesperson turned speaking coach for business. Learn about the techniques Keith uses to help business speakers develop their stories. (Scientists can use it, too!) Hear him use it to draw a new story from me, unrehearsed. You can…
Today you’re going to hear a Q and A episode in which I answer some of the questions I have been asked about topics that come up in my workshops, most notably the one titled “The A.R.T. of Connecting.” In my answers, you will gain deeper insights into storytelling, scientific rigor, and the development…
Join a fascinating conversation with internationally-renowned speaker Rich Hopkins. Rich understands the universality of story, even as that universality unfolds in the particulars of the events a specific character lives out. And is Rich ever a character! Prepare to be moved by the story of how he learned to give something up—and win anyway.
In this episode, you’ll hear a conversation with scientist and storyteller Ray Mohr. You’ll hear how Ray has used story to convey challenging scientific ideas to a wide range of audiences, both technical and non-technical. And not only that, but he also understands the entertainment and cultural value of storytelling. And the relationship between telling…
In this episode, you’ll hear a conversation with former NASA engineer Maureen Zappala. Now a professional speaker, Maureen learned to overcome her own impostor syndrome and now teaches other high performers how to do the same thing. Hear what Maureen has to say about the power of story as a communication tool even in the…
In this episode, you’ll get into the nuts and bolts of story as a rhetorical device. First, the practical elements of what purposes a story should accomplish for you as a speaker, and, second, a couple of easy-to-use formulas that will help you with the question of how to put together a story that achieves…