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See this original post on SpeakerHub's blog: https://speakerhub.com/blog/7-storytelling-techniques-used-most-inspiring-ted-presenters
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In an article published by Visme, writer Nayomi Chibana dives into some of the most impactful storytelling by TED speakers, and explores what makes their storytelling techniques so effective.
We’ve summarized the article visually to give you the highlights.
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Why do we tell stories?
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Examples How did it happen? How did someone do something?
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light and dark, shades and hues,
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real bottle, and on its cap was a revolving figure of a grinning
boy holding a hamburger aloft.
--Joyce Carol Oates, “Where are you Going, Where have you Been?”
12. Smell
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13. ...I remembered clearest of all...how the bedroom smelled of
the lumber it was made of and of the wet woods whose scent
entered through the screen. --E.B. White, “Once More to the Lake”
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Gustatory, detecting flavor--related to smell
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--Robert Frost, “A Record Stride”
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watch makes when enveloped
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of the old man's heart.
--Edgar Allan Poe, “The Tell Tale Heart”
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emotion (tension, reactions)
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And look up small from the forest's feet.
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