Comments on: Confusing your audience in stories http://www.craigstrachan.com/blog/2009/07/loosng-your-audience-in-stories.html www.craigstrachan.com/blog - Keep talking! Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:58:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dr. Jim Anderson http://www.craigstrachan.com/blog/2009/07/loosng-your-audience-in-stories.html/comment-page-1#comment-5726 Dr. Jim Anderson Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:35:05 +0000 http://www.craigstrachan.com/blog/?p=377#comment-5726 Good points. One additional point should be added: not everyone is going to understand unique terms that are a part of some stories. You brought up a good point when you mentioned Rugby - popular in South Africa, but not played as much in other countries (American Football has the same issues). If your story required your audience to know about Rugby (scoring, team names, etc.), then there would be even more explaining to do... - Dr. Jim Anderson <a href="http://www.TheAccidentalCommunicator.com/" title="The Accidental Communicator Blog" rel="nofollow">The Accidental Communicator Blog</a> "Learn How To intimately connect with your audience in order to make an lasting impact in their lives." Good points. One additional point should be added: not everyone is going to understand unique terms that are a part of some stories.

You brought up a good point when you mentioned Rugby – popular in South Africa, but not played as much in other countries (American Football has the same issues). If your story required your audience to know about Rugby (scoring, team names, etc.), then there would be even more explaining to do…

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]]> By: carol http://www.craigstrachan.com/blog/2009/07/loosng-your-audience-in-stories.html/comment-page-1#comment-4645 carol Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:00:06 +0000 http://www.craigstrachan.com/blog/?p=377#comment-4645 popular anecdotes are okay but storytelling is not, in public speaking that is. popular anecdotes establish relativity or common ground and they have been proven to engage listeners. but speakers should keep in mind the average attention span of the people who are listening to your presentation. playing it too long will only make their attention stray away from you. thanks, great post! :) popular anecdotes are okay but storytelling is not, in public speaking that is.

popular anecdotes establish relativity or common ground and they have been proven to engage listeners. but speakers should keep in mind the average attention span of the people who are listening to your presentation. playing it too long will only make their attention stray away from you. thanks, great post! :)

]]> By: erich viedge http://www.craigstrachan.com/blog/2009/07/loosng-your-audience-in-stories.html/comment-page-1#comment-4574 erich viedge Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:29:12 +0000 http://www.craigstrachan.com/blog/?p=377#comment-4574 Yep -- the second example is better because it reminds us of the moment. More importantly, it tells the audience what the SPEAKER'S point is. Every person who witnessed the example has a different interpretation. A more comprehensive example gives the audience the context the SPEAKER wants to create. So very good advice. Erich Viedge Yep — the second example is better because it reminds us of the moment. More importantly, it tells the audience what the SPEAKER’S point is. Every person who witnessed the example has a different interpretation. A more comprehensive example gives the audience the context the SPEAKER wants to create.
So very good advice.
Erich Viedge

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