Aha moment : 2 powerful presentations skills learned from Craig Valentine

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Need some powerful presentations skills ? Ask Craig Valentine ! Craig who ? C’mon ! I don’t believe you never heard of Craig Valentine ? No dearest friends, I’m not talking about the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street Dr. Craig Valentine, I’m talking about Craig Valentine, the award-winning speaker, (World Champion of Public Speaking 1999), trainer, and facilitator. He presents programs on Change, Communication, Customer Service, Performance, Leadership, and Motivation. Craig Valentine now holds programs in the United States, England, Canada, Jamaica, and Taiwan. And last but not least, he is the author of a book entitled, « The Nuts and Bolts of Public Speaking: Practical Tools for Powerful Presentations! »

As communications expert Jim Lukaszewski says, « A picture may be worth a thousand words, but a good story is worth 10,000 pictures. » The 2 powerful presentations skills I have learned from this Craig Valentine’s video are first tell a story and make a point.

1° tell a story and 2° make a point : you don’t want to turn off a business audience by telling pointless stories right ? So make sure that your story have a reason ( a lesson, moral, goal) that will be obvious to the audience. It’s can be a personal story, a sucess story, a parable, a humorous story, whatever, as long as the story helps you to make a point. Because as Craig Valentine’s says : you wanna be remembered, you wanna be repeated and you’ll get hired. If the audience remember your story, they’ll get straight to the point too. So the speaker also suggests, when your story can make multiple points, to choose only point that is relevant to the audience, because that way, you don’t confuse them, since as Valentine says « a confuse mind says no but a clear minds says go.

This video has really being a AHA moment for me, yesterday march 20 was the World Storytelling Day and I needed to share it with you. You turn dear readers, both ways, share the last story that made you say yes to a sell, a appointment or whatever ? On the other hand, let me know about your storytelling presentation situation today,

 

36 commentaires sur “Aha moment : 2 powerful presentations skills learned from Craig Valentine”

  1. Thanks, Grace I really liked the suggestions in this article…great job…but where is Craig Valentine video ?

  2. Could it be that easy Grace tell a story and make a point ? Please give us the link to the video I want to see this speaker in action.

    1. Yes you have the link now Alphonsyne. Well simple yes and no, practise and practise are the best way to get it, but also finding out the good story that fit the audience you’re talking to.

  3. This is very good for beginners, it’s a start. It’s not because you know the alphabet that you will spell every word correctly.

    J.L

    1. Absolutely coach, thanks for the metaphore. Any others suggestions for the next part of this topic ?

  4. Love this quote Grace « A picture may be worth a thousand words, but a good story is worth 10,000 pictures. » Very helpful article, Grace. Thank you, I could never be a speaker. Will be back to the video

    1. Never say never Isobel ! Yes Lukaszewski quote is a classic, didn’t knew before that topic, that the copyright was his….A lot of people use it here in France like a proverb or something.

  5. Handsome champion a friend of mine from Toronto know about the woman who teachs him. Thank you for sharing this Grace

    1. Wow Lucky him or her Dominique….He’s very impressive, I’ll definitely love to see him live. Thanks for the feedback !

  7. Good point and good show man. This is the american style Grace, I don’t buy it totally I prefer the french touch.

    1. Ah ah ! Why not Xavier, give me an example of french touch and a link to a speaker, I’m curious to know.

  8. I need to have a translation Grace, this man is very good, I like the natural of his talk. Great discovery for me.

    1. Yes Riccardo, this short video is a little fast if you’re a beginner in English, will send you a translation soon.

  9. I was never a good in sale, just like the first vendor Craig talk about. Are you going to vote today Grace ? I did.

    1. Oooo I don’t believe you Michel, have you changed that much ? I saw you selling without selling and you were terrific….

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