Connecting the Dots Through Story:  How to Find and Develop Stories to Make Your Training Stick 

As a trainer, you know that stories connect you and your content to your learners.  You know that stories can create legends, inspire action, and change the way people think, act and feel.  You even have your three favorite stories that you tell all the time.  But in this ever-changing landscape, you need new stories to keep your material relevant.  How can you develop more stories?  How do you craft those stories so that they connect with your learners and your content?  During this session, you’ll create your own story file, learn techniques for molding stories for greater impact, and walk away with a tool to help you create and find more stories in the future.  Stories help connect the dots between training goals and learners.  So get out your markers and get ready to connect the dots.  

Presented by Kelly Vandever, Founder and President of Speaking Practically.  In an attention-deficient, entertain-me-now, wait-while-I-post-that-on-my-Facebook-page kind of world, the typical business presentation is lame.  Professional speaker, trainer, coach, tweeter and blogger Kelly Vandever is on a mission to eliminate boring business presentations from the face of the earth.  An award winning speaker herself, Kelly helps organizations crank up their content and create killer audience interaction using old school and hi-tech techniques, all while annihilating bullet points and making this a better world for business audiences everywhere.  Find out more about Kelly at http://SpeakingPractically.com or tweet her @KellyVandever.