Jack gets up to give a presentation only for words to fail him. Standing there in front of his class, he could only wish for the ground to open and swallow him up. The fear of public speaking drives Jack to avoid any opportunity to run away from his true calling. During a chance meeting with The Storyteller, she offers to coach him on public speaking.
Meeting with her in the office, Jack learns to see public speaking as an opportunity and not an obligation. She explains to him the benefit of seeing public speaking as an opportunity to showcase your work, educate or influence others. She asks Jack to explain the concept of GDP to her and uses this to show him how to take advantage of opportunities. He enjoys teaching her as he had more expertise in this than The Storyteller.
Jack desires to know why he is afraid of the stage. The Storyteller explains that when he gets on the stage, he suffers from shakism which can be caused by the presence of real or imagined experts in the audience. She explains to him that one of the ways to overcome this is to have allies within the audience, who will be like cheerleaders. She reminds him of her reaction when he talked about GDP. She continues to describe to him that there are different types of speakers and offers him a quick test to ascertain his primary speaker type.
To Jack’s amazement, he realized his primary style to be storytelling. The Storyteller encouraged him to build a rapport with some people among the audience even before going up to speak. She also explained to him the value of being introduced by an MC as that builds up his credibility. Also by mingling with the crowd, the speaker is able to evaluate people’s knowledge on the topic as well as estimating the audience size. This info will help in the speech delivery.
By telling him a fairy tale, The Storyteller describes the structure of a story. A good presentation begins with a bang as you connect with the audience, set the scene and still give the audience something to jolt their curiosity. The twist in a story is the part where you make the presentation memorable and help people relate to the characters and their emotions. This culminates with building up suspense in the audience. As her story ends with Iroegbu losing out due to his greed, she explains the role of your presentation ending in a flourish.
Jack gets an opportunity to give a prepared speech during her Story Nights and he successfully gives a speech about the making of coffee. Following up on the speech, The Storyteller explains to him about putting emotions into his voice while speaking to ensure that his words are congruent with his body language. She informs him that his body language speaks louder than his words and explains how to stand on the stage.
Introducing another fairy tale about planting and harvesting, The Storyteller tells Jack that she decided to coach him because she saw potential in him to replace her someday. She uses this opportunity to offer him a job in her organization, to which Jack simply replies – ‘when can I start?’

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