Use Specific Details in Your Stories to Make Presentations More Engaging
When you give your presentation, you were probably told to keep it simple and concise. However, neglecting exciting details can make your stories boring and your audience distracted.
As Business Blog Inc. points out, when you start telling a story, it’s tempting to say something general, like, “I was in this place once.” While it is brief, it also lacks anything that would interest the listener. Instead, I said something more specific, like, “Back in the heyday of the 90s grunge era, I was at a Nirvana concert.” Small details like these can paint the picture that the audience needs to get interested.
Stories seem to be taken out of context when there is no specific time for the sequence of events to begin. That’s why the first 10 seconds of every movie contain either visuals that tell you when the story is happening, or words to that effect …
Likewise, stories seem formless if there is no place where the action takes place. Again, this is why the first 10 seconds of each movie sets the starting point as well as the time.
You will also notice that changing the example does not make the story significantly longer. You don’t have to spend a lot of time painting a vivid picture of the texture of paint on the walls to tell a detailed story. Whenever possible, just replace general statements with specific ones.
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