Comments on: What I’d like to see in PowerPoint slide design in 2009 http://speakfearlessly.net/192/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:25:21 +0000 hourly 1 By: terrygault http://speakfearlessly.net/192/comment-page-1/#comment-368 terrygault Sun, 18 Jan 2009 01:06:07 +0000 http://speakfearlessly.net/?p=192#comment-368 Thanks for the comment and the kind words ("avid fan"), Kare. Can you tell us more about what you mean by "anchor stories"? BTW, I would like to connect with you on LinkedIn. Profile is <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/0/53b/901" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Thanks for the comment and the kind words ("avid fan"), Kare.

Can you tell us more about what you mean by "anchor stories"?

BTW, I would like to connect with you on LinkedIn. Profile is here.

]]> By: kare Anderson http://speakfearlessly.net/192/comment-page-1/#comment-367 kare Anderson Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:01:59 +0000 http://speakfearlessly.net/?p=192#comment-367 The sniff test is aided by using anchor stories that interest the audience - obvious as it seems - that customization does not happen as often as it could. Plus distill the story to a single moment, phrase or event word that embodies the meaning of it + add a gesture, body movement, facial expression that reinforces the message. The specific detail proves the general conclusion, not vice versa. - a once phobially shy stutterer and another avid fan of speaking fearlessly who found you via Bert D & Ian G. The sniff test is aided by using anchor stories that interest the audience – obvious as it seems – that customization does not happen as often as it could.
Plus distill the story to a single moment, phrase or event word that embodies the meaning of it
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add a gesture, body movement, facial expression that reinforces the message.
The specific detail proves the general conclusion, not vice versa.

– a once phobially shy stutterer
and another avid fan of speaking fearlessly
who found you via Bert D & Ian G.

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