Carol's Corner

“We learn best and change from hearing stories that strike a chord within us.” John Kotter I do love listening to and telling stories. I have the opportunity to tell lots of stories when I speak at children’s Bible camps in the summer. Often things happen that spark another story to be used at another […]

If making your presentations come alive, capturing the attention and imagination of the audience and helping people remember the main point or message of your speech is done by adding stories to the mix, then how do you find stories? By definition stories are a narrative either true or fictitious in prose or in verse, […]

Last week I had the opportunity to attend a webinar called, “How to Use Stories to Create Unforgettable speeches, Presentations and Sermons” taught by Wole Ososami and Andrew Osayemi. www.woleososami.com Wole and Andrew covered topics such as How to structure stories for greater impact, how to turn personal stories into audience impacting stories and how […]

“We all have a life story and a message that can inspire others to live a better life or run a better business. Why not use that story and message to serve others and grow a better business?” Brendon Burchard We do all have a story and a message that can help others learn, grow […]

Story touches our hearts. We can relate to the characters in the story. Today I will share one example of a story I use when I teach public speaking workshops. These workshops often involve people who are terrified to get up and do a presentation in front of co workers or their peers. At one […]

“Be unpredictable, be real, be interesting. Tell a good story. ” James Dashner. Stories have certain elements that help them engage the audience’s attention. You need characters for all stories have characters. You can be one of the characters, this makes the story easy for you to remember since it is personal experience. A good […]

Using a good, well placed story can change a boring and mundane presentation into one that captivates the audience and leaves them with a memory to attach to the point. Jay H Lehr says, “Failure to spend the presentation time wisely. Failure to educate, entertain elucidate, enlighten and most of all failure to maintain attention […]

What do you think of when you hear the word storytelling? Our thoughts may drift to bedtime stories, told to children or scary stories whispered around a campfire late at night. We may even think of our favourite book, movie or storyteller in our lives. After all a good book, a well plotted storyline in […]

“Challenge is the pathway to engagement and progress in our lives.” Brendan Burchard I do like to learn. I believe and often mentor others that life long learning keeps us growing. Sometimes it becomes harder to take my own advice. I forget how important it is to take on new challenges. The safe zone I […]

Amee helping to promote the book Amee’s Story at an event and a table of books, along with a newspaper article about the book at a book fair. “Writing a book without promoting it is like waving to someone in a dark room. You know what you have done, but nobody else does.” Madi Preda […]