Public Speaking: Storytelling Techniques for Great Presentations - How to Bring Your Stories Alive

Stories To LifeTHE SECRET TO BRINGING YOUR

Mike Rowe is the host of the series “Dirty Jobs” on Discovery Channel.

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job where he has to castrate sheep.


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Examine the following portion of his speech:


“In the space of about two seconds, Albert had the knife between the

cartilage of the tail, right next to the butt of the lamb, and very quickly

the tail was gone and in the bucket that I was holding.”


“A second later, with a big thumb and a well calloused

forefinger, he had the scrotum firmly in his grasp.


“And he pulled it toward him, like so, and he took the knife

and he put it on the tip.


“He snips it, throws the tip over his shoulder, and then grabs the scrotum and pushes it upward, and then his head dips down, obscuring my view, but what I hear

is a slurping sound, and a noise that sounds like Velcro being yanked off a

sticky wall…”


Did you feel grossed out by the description?


Did you perhaps scrunch up your face in disgust, as I did when I heard that portion of

the speech?


Did that scene play out mentally in your head like a

movie?


Why did that scene affect you so powerfully?


Great Stories Target Your Senses


The reason that the scene affects you so much is because

it contains a lot of sensory information that brings the scene alive in your mind.


Because it contains so many vivid details, you can’t help but watch the scene playing out in

your head.


The secret to turning your stories into mental movies for your

audience is to make sure your scene is rich insensory inputs.


There are four senses that you need to cover: Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic and Smell (VAKS) –

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Let’s examine each of the VAKS in Rowe’s speech:


VISUAL

1


You could see the knife and you could see the man firmly holding the sheep’s scrotum with his “big

thumb and well-calloused forefinger.”


Auditory

2


What could you hear?


You could hear the slurping sound, “like Velcro being yanked off a

sticky wall.”


Kinesthetic

3


What could you feel?


You could probably feel Albert firmly holding the scrotum in

hand.


You might even have been able to feel the sheep’s pain (even though that isn’t

specifically mentioned in the scene).


Smell

4


Turning Your Stories into Mental Movies

If you want to turn your stories into mental movies for your audience, make sure you cover the VAKS.


As this example shows, you don’t have to give details about all four sensory inputs, but it is recommended that you do cover at least three out of the four VAKS in order to fully transport your audience into your story.


Also, as this example shows, the descriptions of your

scenes don’t need to be very long.


You’re telling a story, not writing a novel!


In fact, the shorter your descriptions, the faster your story will move along

and the more impactful it will be.


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