Recent Articles in Storytelling
July 28, 2022
Finding a place for stories in your next presentation
Storytelling , Presentation Tips , Public Speaking , Three Things
Want to bring more storytelling to your presentations? Here are three places it's easy to start...
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February 28, 2022
Personal Experience: The Mother Lode for Speakers
Public Speaking , Storytelling , Strictly Speaking
Your personal experience can bring emotion and authenticity to presentations. Our founder holds forth on choosing the right material and delivering it to delight your audience.
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November 18, 2020
Questionable Presentation Advice: Always Tell a Story
Public Speaking , Storytelling , Presentation Tips
Stories are considered by many to be an essential element in every presentation. So why might this standard advice inspire us to think of a cautionary tale?
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October 21, 2019
Crafting a Great Story: Show Don’t Tell
How To , Storytelling , Public Speaking , Instruction
How does one man's tale of shopping for shoes with his wife become a powerful, potentially funny presentation story? It's all in the details...
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June 10, 2019
Public Speaking & Storytelling: Stories to Teach
Resources , Public Speaking , Business Communication , Presentation Tips , Storytelling
Can a story help at-risk teens learn to make better choices? One former L.A. gang member thinks so. Here's how our Buckley coach helped him use his stories to teach and how the same ideas can work for your presentations...
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August 10, 2018
Better Stories for Your Next Presentation
Resources , Public Speaking , Three Things , Instruction , Presentation Tips , Storytelling
Personal stories can bring a presentation to life. Apply these easy-to-use writing workshop tips to bring more life to your stories...
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November 2, 2017
Books for Speakers: Made to Stick
Speaker's Bookshelf , Instruction , Seen|Read|Heard , Storytelling
Can we recommend a book on speaking? A frequent question--and yes, we can. Quite a few...
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October 25, 2017
Storytelling Tips via Camden's Most Famous Ghost
Welcome to Camden , The Buckley Experience , Just For Fun , Presentation Tips , Storytelling
Like any good ghost story, this one gets at least some of its staying power from techniques that you can use, too.
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October 10, 2017
Astronaut's POV: Images, Stories from Space
Alumni , Public Speaking , Travel , Storytelling
When you have dozens of out of this world stories to tell, how do you choose? That's the challenge for Astronaut Terry Virts...
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May 16, 2017
Graduation Speeches, Humor & Personal Experience
Public Speaking , Seen|Read|Heard , Presentation Tips , Storytelling
Brave souls continue to accept the challenge of delivering commencement addresses. See how two secrets to their success can help you with any speaking assignment.
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April 24, 2017
What a Puppet Show Can Teach You About Presenting
Faculty , Just For Fun , Presentation Tips , Storytelling
They took a chance on entering a puppet slam: Here's what Buckley coaches Alejandro Garcia and Jenny Maxwell learned that can help your presentations.
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