A great Story:

• Great stories are personal. Our audience loves to connect with our speakers. We want to know you, raw, vulnerable, funny, not so funny. Your history is why we want to listen.

• Great stories start with a great hook

  “I found myself clinging to 5 or 7 leashes all strung together while dangling off the side of a mountain” “I never believed in ghosts until the day one saved my life.

• Use vivid details to set the scene but not too many. With 5-7 minutes every word counts.

• A great story is told with