How to Tell Stories That Stick with Kindra Hall

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🗓️ 11 August 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Stories are one of the most important tools for any speaker. So how do you tell stories that stick long after you've finished speaking? Our guest has the answer. Kindra Hall is a renowned speaker and author who is here to talk all things storytelling.

On today's episode of The Speaker Lab, Kindra and I talk about storytelling for speakers, whether to use first person or third person and how to ensure your stories are built around your audience.

There's so much great content on this show so be sure to join us and hear it all on the 302nd edition of The Speaker Lab!

THE FINER DETAILS OF THIS SHOW:

How do you recognize when you're in the middle of a story?
What are the three reasons stories are so valuable to a speaker?
What parts of your speech should be illustrated with stories?
Is there a right balance of stories to include in your speech?
Does every story need to have an action item?
How do you use a bystander story effectively?
What makes a timeless story versus a time-sensitive story?
How to use social media to develop a story.
And so much more!

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0:00.0	Hey, friend, are you looking for ways to book more paid speaking gigs?
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0:51.3	Hey, what's up, friends? Graham Baldwin here. Welcome back to the speaker lab podcast. Good to have you here with us today. Hope you're having a great day. Today we have a repeat return guest. We had a Kendra Hall with us back on episode 279. Had a lot of people who sent emails and messages just saying how helpful that that episode was. If you haven't listened to that, make sure you go back and listen to it. She walks through in detail exactly how she got her start within the past couple years as a speaker. So I think sometimes we, I know we talked to people on the show before who, you know, they've been at it for 20, 30, 40 years, maybe longer than perhaps you've been alive. And just like, yeah, it just seems like such a long thing. But Kendra literally started her speaking career within the past few years and has really seen
1:30.6	substantial growth as we dig into that back in episode 279. So make sure you listen to that.
1:35.5	In today's episode, we talk all about her book, Stories That Stick. We talk about storytelling
1:40.9	for speakers, whether to use first person or third person stories, how to make sure that stories are built around the audience, how do you capture stories, how do you
1:48.3	process stories?
1:49.2	So just all types of ideas related to storytelling.
1:52.8	So a lot of good stuff here.
1:54.5	Before we get to the conversation with Kendra, let me remind you, if you haven't already,
1:58.8	definitely pick up your copy of the successful speaker,
2:01.6	five steps for booking gigs, getting paid, building your platform.
2:04.9	If you are serious about finding and booking gigs, this is the book, the playbook, the guide,
2:10.2	the manual that you need for building and growing your speaking business.
2:13.5	So again, go pick up the successful speaker on Amazon Bonchanable, where we get your books.
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