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The Story of Sculpture : From prehistory to the present $13.05

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Child Stories from the Masters (Illustrated Edition) (D $15.00

A Deal With God: The Power Of One, An amazing story from a Near Death Experience $12.95

THEME FROM GREATEST STORY & OTHER RELIGIOUS HYMNS LP $6.95

Stories from the Heart 10 Movie Pack, Good DVD, Orson Welles, Laurence Olivier, $4.98

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They Always Call Us Ladies Jean Harris Stories from Prison 1988 Hardcover Book $7.95

From Sugar to Diamonds: Spanish/Mexican Baseball 1925-1969: Stories of the Greel $32.56

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A Little House Christmas – Holidays Stories from Laura Ingalls Wilder books PB $5.00

Bad Company and Other Stories The Jewess + from Russian $3.99

Told by the Northmen: Stories from the Eddas and Sagas $19.40

The Wedding Dress: Stories from the Dakota Plains by C $4.00

DELIVER US FROM EVIL: Story of Viet Nam’s Flight to Freedom by T. Dooley 1956 HC $23.95

Cinderella and Other Stories from “The Blue Fairy Book” $10.80

Knights: The Complete Story of the Age of Chivalry, from Historical Fact to Tal $5.50

MILLION DOLLAR BABY STORIES FROM THE CORNER F.X. TOOLE $3.99

Hogs in the Shadows: Combat Stories from Marine Snipers in Iraq by Milo S…. $0.99

NEW – Now You See It . . .: Stories from Cokesville, PA $14.61

School’s In! from Scholastic 6 Stories Paperback, 2001 $1.20

Spider Spins a Story: Fourteen Legends from Native America by Jill Max $6.95

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The Rifle Story: An Illustrated History from 1776 to the Present Day by John… $15.99

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Tales from the Tomb Scary Story Telling CD Holloween Frightening Fables Naration $3.99

Black Gold/Heros from Working Man’s Death/Fair Trade The Story/Amartya Sen (DVD) $29.99

Further Fenway Fiction: More Short Stories from Red Sox Nation, Adam Emerson Pac $4.99

Best of Times, Worst of Times: 365 Great Stories from Modern History (Icon 365), $4.99

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How to Escape from a Leper Colony: A Novella and Stories by Tiphanie Yanique $7.98

Ask the Bones: Scary Stories from Around the World by Howard Schwartz (2002, Pap $4.98

Someone Please Love Me: A True Story of a Dancer from t $33.00

Disney’s PRINCESS STORIES – VOLUME 1 ONE: A GIFT FROM THE HEART DVD $9.99

My Kind of Place: Travel Stories from a Woman Who’s Been Everywhere $1.00

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From Siberia to America: A Story of Survival and Succes $10.51

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Oxford Reading Tree: Stage 13: TreeTops More Stories A: The Goalie From Nowhere $4.32

How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland’s Heroic Role from $1.98

Teacher Miracles: Inspirational True Stories from the Classroom $6.45

Shedding the Light: Stories from the Bible – Hardcover $19.16

Best Little Stories from the American Revolution, 2E: More Than 100 True Storie $9.39

The Random House Book of Stories from the Ballet by Geraldine McCaughrean $7.95

Zarafa: A Giraffe’s True Story, from Deep in Africa to the Heart of Paris by Mi $2.00

STORY OF SCIENCE: From Antiquity to the Present (Ullmann Compact Knowledge) by $8.98

Stories from the Heart: Missouri’s African American Her $17.58

The Story of Hiawatha Adapted from Longfellow by Allen Chafee 1951 $0.99

Short Stories from the New Yorker 1940 $5.00

Stories from the Early Saints: Converted by the Book of Mormon byDanielPeterson $9.95

Lego NEW Buzz Lightyear Minifig from Toy Story set 7599 – Minifigure $3.90

I Swear I Wasn’t Listening!: True Stories from a Girl Chauffeur – Paperback $6.91

The Russian Story Book: Containing Tales from the Song- $26.58

The Russian Story Book: Containing Tales from the Song- $42.86

The Universe Story : From the Primordial Flaring Forth $1.20

Classic Stories: Exciting & Timeless Tales from Outdoor Life’s Greatest… $1.90

The Story of Hiawatha Adapted from Longfellow by Allen Chafee 1951 $0.99

Stories from Switzerland NEW by Malan Csar $19.12

Stories from Switzerland NEW by Malan Csar $33.44

NEW The Easter Story: Drawn Directly from the Bible $5.99

A Walk in the Park: From a Love Story to Divorce Court – Paperback $10.11

The New Smithsonian Book of Comic Book Stories: From Crumb to Clowes, Bob Callah $10.00

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Story-Telling Basics – 7 Powerful Steps to Telling Great Stories!

Throughout time, the greatest orators and teachers have illuminated their lessons by telling powerful stories. Story-telling is a great way to engage your audience and show them how your topic, point or lesson relates to them specifically. Unfortunately, not everyone is born a great story-teller, and some stories are better than others. Follow these 7 steps to deliver great stories every time!

1. Know your audience and make sure your story is appropriate

When telling stories it is really important to know who you are telling them to and have an idea of how they might react to them. Age group, professional level and culture are extremely important factors; make sure your story is appropriate for your audience. Even when you are telling a “tried and true” story, what might be appropriate and funny for one group, could be distasteful and unacceptable for another. Take care when choosing the topic of your story and the language you use to deliver it.

2. Make your story easy to relate to

The topics of stories should be broad enough that anyone can relate to them. This tactic is also used in stand-up comedy. The funniest comedians take every-day situations that everyone experiences and make light of them. This is what a good story does. It has a plot that everyone can relate to, a subject that is simple, straight-forward and illustrative of the lesson. If you’ve chosen the right story and delivered it correctly, you will actually see the light bulbs going off above your listeners’ heads. If you have to say, “I guess you had to be there,” you have not told a clear and effective story!

3. Write out your story when presenting for the first time – and cut it in half

I have seen way too many speakers go on and on about things where I just want to stand up and yell, “Can you make this long story short?” When you plan to tell a story for the first time, write it out the way you want to present it – and then cut it in half. Remember the KISS philosophy: Keep it Short and Simple. Give us the nuts and bolts and nothing else. Sometimes story-tellers get wrapped up in the details, usually because they experienced the situation and find those details relevant. But usually the details of what you were wearing at the time and where you bought that outfit are not adding to the lesson or plot of the story.

4. Have a clear link between your story and your lesson

A story is only worth telling if it has an obvious link to the subject being taught. We all know from common conversation how annoying it is to listen to someone’s long-winded story just to wonder at the end of it why it was shared. Effective speakers have a very clear link between the moral of their stories and the topic at hand. If this link is missing, the story is useless, and your listeners are left wondering what it was for.

5. Engage your listener by engaging the senses

A good story-teller engages all of our senses. We might listen to you tell a funny story about ice cream, and that will be enjoyable, but what if you could make us taste that ice cream, feel its creamy consistency on our tongues, visualize the mess that’s made all over your face as a child, and so on. That’s what will make your story great and memorable.

6. Be aware of audience cues when telling your story

As a speaker you should always be aware of audience response. The attentive speaker will always know when the audience is losing interest and make appropriate changes to the delivery of the story, the language being used, the topic or even the final moral or punch-line. Different audiences won’t always react to the same story the same way. No matter how well you do your homework, you can still run into problems. Be flexible and have a back-up plan if your story isn’t going as well as planned.

7. Deliver your story with some feeling!

The key to an amazing story is in its delivery. A passionate story teller will get a much more enthusiastic response from the listeners than a boring one! Use variations in pitch, volume and intonation to make the story interesting to listen to. Be sure to pause at the right times for dramatic effect, and pull the audience in with mystique and excitement.

About the Author

Heather Hansen, founder of Singapore-based Hansen Speech & Language Training, is an executive speech and language coach, writer and trainer. Become a star speaker! Visit her website www.hansenslt.com now for free information on how to speak clearly, correctly and confidently! Join her mailing list to receive your free special report, and as a special bonus you’ll also receive her monthly newsletter, Speak like a Star!

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