At the core of every insightful presentation is a story. Human beings naturally seek out a narrative.
But the process of becoming a storyteller doesn't start with writing and rehearsing the presentation; it begins in observations of everyday life.
At the core of every insightful presentation is a story. Human beings naturally seek out a narrative.
But the process of becoming a storyteller doesn't start with writing and rehearsing the presentation; it begins in observations of everyday life.
We live in a world of immediate gratification, constant engagement and the never-ending pursuit of comfort. From our abiding attachment to the smartphones we collectively check nearly 8 billion times a day to the streaming music and video services that provide us 24/7 access to the media we love on demand, effective presentation skills rely on pulling people's focus from these distractions and getting them to actively listen. If it is a topic built around data knowledge and subject matter expertise, this can be a significant challenge.
Coming soon, PowerSpeaking will be releasing its latest eBook "Narrative Evidence: Bringing Your Data to Life with Storytelling." The eBook is designed to act as an introduction for subject-matter experts to the importance of constructing a compelling, engaging narrative to aid in presentations. In anticipation of the eBook's release, we wanted to explore one of the central concepts of both the eBook and our HighTechSpeaking® program: the value of narrative evidence to support the value of anecdotal evidence to provide greater understanding and meaning of dense data.
