TED Talks Storytelling: 23 Storytelling Techniques From the Best TED Talks by Akash Karia

Author:Akash Karia
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 1507503008
Publisher: AkashKaria.com
Published: 2014-07-17T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

PROVIDE SPECIFIC DETAILS

When crafting your personal story, it’s important to keep in mind that you need to provide as many specific details as possible. In order to turn your story into a mental movie for your audience, provide audience members with as many specific details as possible. For example, instead of saying, “The man was tall,” say “He was about 6 foot 5 inches.” Instead of saying, “I was speaking to a large group of people,” say “I was speaking to a group of 500 CEOs.”

Do you see how the specific details help in seeing the scene? Non-specific statements such as “the man was tall” don’t help your audience members picture the characters and the scene in their mind. Saying, “He was about 6 foot 5, with ripped muscles” provides enough detail for your audience to be able to see the characters and the scene.

Also, according to research that I highlight in my book, How to Deliver a Great TED Talk, adding very specific details to your talk increases the internal credibility of your presentation.

For example, consider the following section from Leslie Morgan Steiner’s speech:

“Conor used my anger as an excuse to put both of his hands around my neck and to squeeze so tightly that I could not breathe or scream, and he used the chokehold to hit my head repeatedly against the wall. Five days later, the ten bruises on my neck had just faded...”

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