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Story Telling for Speech Presentations

Story Telling for Speech Presentations. Kowloon Toastmasters Club 22 May 2013 Talis WONG, DTM. Why Stories ?. Make Audience Interested Make Audience Participate Make Audience Feel Make Audience Remember/ Action. How to Tell Stories ?. Moral of Story (WHY)

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Story Telling for Speech Presentations

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  1. Story Telling for Speech Presentations KowloonToastmasters Club 22 May 2013 Talis WONG, DTM

  2. Why Stories ? • Make Audience Interested • Make Audience Participate • Make Audience Feel • Make Audience Remember/ Action

  3. How to Tell Stories ? • Moral of Story (WHY) (Core Message, Sound Bites) • Storyboard (WHAT) • Multi-Sensory Stimulation (HOW)

  4. Storyboard • Characters (WHO) • Opening – Body – Conclusion • Twists and Turns

  5. Multi-Sensory Stimulations • Choice of Words • Gestures and Movement • Vocal Variety

  6. Choice of Words • Vivid but Simple • What you See • What you Hear • How you Feel

  7. Examples of Vivid Words …Lane Crawford is on sale now. Ladies fall over each other for their beloved pairs of shoes.

  8. Example of Vivid Words It is the World Cup on TV, all members of the family rooted to the viewing spot. They seemed to enjoy the feast of television than food.

  9. Use Simple Words …throw myself into bed … sink into the sofa, … reachout for the alarm clock … try to feelmy slippers..

  10. Use Simple Words …I swim through the delicious memory of our togetherness. Your eyes are so sparkling, your lips so inviting.. You have kidnapped my heart, you know ?

  11. Pair Up Simple Words • Fond expectation • Angel white • Sunkist Smiles • Punishing schedule • Humble paper cups • Postcard days

  12. Repeating Words Out there, It is Bumper to Bumper, Minute to Minute, Nose to Nose. In here, It is Heart to Heart. Venus & Adonis l. 799

  13. A Masterpiece The house has grown into a knowledgeable witness. It has been party to early seductions, it has watched homework being written, it has observed swaddled babies freshly arrived from hospital, it has been surprised in the middle of the night by whispered conferences in the kitchen.

  14. Let Body Speak • Energy • Eye Contact • Facial Expression • Hand Gestures

  15. Let Body Speak • Posture & Movement • Degree/Extent of Footwork • Psycho-geography • Use of Props

  16. Vocal Variety • Stress • Volume • Pace • Inflection • Tone/Colour • Pauses

  17. Stress • I can’t do that. • I can’t do that. • I can’t do that. • I can’t do that.

  18. Inflection (I) • That is all I have to say. • Are You interested ? • Oh mine ! • Sigh..

  19. Inflection (II) Student: I was late because … Teacher : Oh.. (calm acceptance) Teacher : Oh.. (questioning) Teacher : Oh.. (disbelieving) Teacher : Oh.. (very crossed) Teacher : Oh.. (amused) Teacher : Oh.. (disappointed)

  20. Tone/Colour “ I don’t want to do it. ” • Boyish • Old Man • Old Lady • Naughty

  21. Pauses • Draw Attention • Create Suspense • Emphasize a Point • Make a Transition

  22. Pauses • Create a Punch Line • Swallow an ‘eh’ • Search for the Next Word • Breathe . . .

  23. Exercise –Tell Your Story • Two in a Group • A Tells a Story • Comes with a Moral of Story • B Offers Suggestions • Change Roles

  24. TellStories in Your Presentations, and • Make Audience Interested • Make Audience Participate • Make Audience Feel • Make Audience Remember/ Action

  25. Talis WONG 9834 2112 talis.wong@gmail.com

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