Igniting Change through Speeches, Stories, Ceremonies and Symbols with Nancy Duarte

The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Srinivas Rao

Society & Culture

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2016

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Nancy Duarte joins us to talk about how to ignite change through speeches, stories, ceremonies and symbols.

Highlights

How a failure sparked an entire body of work
Overcoming emotional wounds from parents
The decision to focus on being the best in the world at one thing
Moments in time that test our hearts and our grit
Going from college drop out to speaker at the same university
Turning every Obstacle into an Opportunity
Resolving our need for parental approval
Bringing focus to your work by saying no
How hobbies can create careers
Lessons from working with Al Gore
Using speeches, stories, ceremonies, and symbols

Quotes

I’ve become the antithesis of what my destiny would dictate I’d become

Creating a movement is the long game

If you wake up everyday, and do what brings you peace and passion you’ll end up in the right place.

We were in business 20 years before my first book was written.

I think you are hardwired and made with a destiny.

Part of transformation at scale and creating a movement is letting go of the past and embracing the future

Links

Illuminate: Ignite Change Through Speeches, Stories, Ceremonies and Symbols

Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences

Slideology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations

Nancy Duarte is a communication expert who has been featured in Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, Wired, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The Economist, LA Times and on CNN. Her firm, Duarte, Inc., is the global leader behind some of the most influential visual messages in business and culture. The largest design agency in the Silicon Valley, and 5th largest woman-owned employer, Duarte, Inc. is estimated to have created more than a quarter of a million presentations.

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0:00.0	It's about planning the long game. Creating a movement doesn't happen, which is just doing one talk.
0:06.0	Creating a movement is a whole series of stories, ceremonies, symbols, and speeches, and over and over over it's the long game and for me it's been the long game
0:17.2	I'm going to stay committed to this.
0:19.4	You know presenting well is like my cause and it's just been so fun to see the transformation in
0:23.7	space.
0:26.5	I'm Sreni Rao and this is the unmistakable creative podcast where you get a window into the stories and insights
0:34.7	of the most innovative and creative minds who
0:36.7	started movements, built thriving businesses,
0:39.4	written best-selling books,
0:40.6	and created insanely interesting art.
0:42.4	For more, check out our 500 episode archive. selling books and created insanely interesting art.
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