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Are you a Swiss cheese storyteller?
Swiss cheese cheese is delicious and has featured in many hilarious cartoon sketches involving clever mice and mouse traps. How do I know it was Swiss cheese in those cartoons? Simple, all the holes. Unfortunately, many speakers are Swiss cheese storytellers. That is, they produce Swiss cheese stories and speeches—not because they are rich or delicious or attract mice—but because they are just so full of holes — plot holes.
Character development in Storytelling! 3 Techniques to make your story WAY more interesting
What do you remember the most from your favourite movies? Is it what happened, or who it happened to? I'll bet it is a little bit of both. Every story—novel, movie, cartoon or speech—needs characters. And these characters are not interesting if they are not developed well…
Are Your Presentations Boring? 3 Tips to keep your audience interested in what you have to say
Have you ever found yourself talking on the phone enthusiastically only to realize that your connection was lost minutes ago? Well, in public speaking, connection with the audience is lost even more often. And what do most speakers do?
Are you starting your story right? Scene-setting secrets all storytellers must know
Have you ever been a victim of a badly told story? It is more likely the problem was not with the story, but with the telling of the story…