In this episode of the Ideas on Stage podcast we spoke with Jeremy Connell-Waite.   Jeremy Connell-Waite is passionate about helping others to tell better stories, especially executives and future business leaders in the tech industry. He works as a Communications Designer at IBM where he builds narratives for clients around emerging technologies, write speeches for senior executives and lead a performance coaching program for consultants called Impact Storytelling.   In this episode we talked about how to tell better business stories.   What You'll Learn:
- The return on investment storytelling can offer
- How readability scores can improve your message
- The essentials of a great story from JFK's speechwriter
- The core elements that make stories memorable, including key lessons from ballet
- Insights into the future of storytelling with AI and one transformative trick to transform your storytelling skills     We hope you enjoy it! ———————
Links:
- Jeremy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremypaulwaite/ 
- BetterStories.org: https://www.betterstories.org/    Mentions:
- Ted Sorensen, John F. Kennedy's speechwriter
- David M. Axelrod, chief strategist for Barack Obama's presidential campaigns
- Yo-Yo Ma, cellist
- Neil deGrasse Tyson’s MasterClass (science communication)
- Jerry Seinfeld commencement address at Duke
- Bryan Stevenson’s TED Talk: We need to talk about an injustice
- Erica Chenoweth at TEDxBoulder (3.5% rule)
- Gunning Fog Index
- Darío Gil, Senior Vice President and Director of IBM research | Speaker
- Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence
- Ikigai: “a reason to live”   Recommended books:
- The One Thing
- The Trusted Advisor
- Narrative and Numbers
- Climate of Hope   ———————
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