Storytelling is a powerful tool for emotionally engaging your speech at almost any level and for any purpose. Telling a story as a pitch kickoff for investors? Great. Storytelling as a team building tool during team meetings? Builds credibility. Storytelling elements in a project report? Makes it and you more memorable.
It is great for IT conferences and any technical topic from simple to complex. Especially if your audience isn't as knowledgeable about the topic you're talking about.
Sometimes it's not so easy to figure out how to take a story and make it coherent, interesting and deep. It might seem like an intricate art, a sea of talent and practice. And to some extent, that's true.
But in reality, a story follows clear rules: the rules of plot, empathy, contrast, and character. Understanding these rules empowers anyone to tell fantastic stories! That's why we've created this template to help you prepare and refine your own story.
So we created a page in our Handbook and a template to guide you through 4 simple steps in developing your narrative:
Discover the essence of your story by sketching out major events, barriers, and thrilling plot twists. Get to the heart of the main conflict right away!
Bring your protagonist to life by exploring their goals, motivations, and vibrant surroundings. Dive into the depths of their character and unveil the challenges they'll face.
Formulate the core idea of your story and consider its impact on the audience.
Bring it all together visually: note events, emotions, and follow the story's arc and contrast.
If you're interested, check out our open and free Handbook, where you can find the page dedicated to storytelling, the template and also the examples of cool speeches we gathered for you. Hope you like it!
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