Story Telling for Speech Presentations Kowloon Toastmasters Club

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) (Core Message, Sound Bites) • Storyboard (WHAT) • Multi-Sensory Stimulation (HOW)

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

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

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

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

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.

Use Simple Words …throw myself into bed … sink into the sofa, … reach out for the alarm clock … try to feel my slippers. .

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 ?

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

Repeating Words Out there, It is Bumper to Bumper, Minute to Minute, Nose to Nose. In here, It is Heart to Heart.

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.

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

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

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

Stress • I can’t do that.

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

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)

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

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

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

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

Tell Stories in Your Presentations, and • Make Audience Interested • Make Audience Participate • Make Audience Feel • Make Audience Remember/ Action

Talis WONG 9834 2112 talis. wong@gmail. com