13th May 2008

Tell Your Own Stories

posted in Learning to Speak |

Our VPEd, David, gave an educational speech on creating powerful openings. He followed one of the Toastmasters standard speech outlines, modifying it ad-hoc in a very David way.

One comment stood out – “If you’re going to tell stories, make them your own,” he said. “Don’t tell other people’s anecdotes. ‘Goes down like a lead balloon. Relate them to yourself.”

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  1. 1 On May 30th, 2008, Terry Gault said:

    Thanks for the post.

    Telling other people’s antidotes and stories is a HUGE mistake. Using someone else’s materials without acknowledging them is not only bad form, it is unethical. This is a form of verbal plagiarism.

    Using stories is definitely a great way to make a good presentation, but why not just use the story and say where it came from?

    Terry

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  4. 4 On October 17th, 2009, Conor Neill said:

    Telling other people's stories is better than boring an audience to death with context-free lists of information and reasons. Telling your own stories is better… but the best is when the audience feels like you are not just telling but "re-living" the experience again with them. Thanks for the post.

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