When You're Telling a Story, You Have to Say It Out Loud

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"I try to be the last person to speak in every room that I enter," he says. "If you're just sort of cognizant of the attention of your audience, you can quickly adjust the length of those stories and that can be really helpful too." He adds: "Just try to not speak until you absolutely have to...like all these ladies did want me to talking first or second or third?"

Matthew Dicks is an internationally bestselling author, columnist, blogger, podcaster, playwright, and teacher. A 53-time Moth StorySLAM champion and 7-time Moth GrandSLAM champion, Matthew teaches storytelling and public speaking to individuals, corporations, universities, entrepreneurs, religious institutions, and school districts worldwide.

We talked about why to tell stories, how to find stories, how to organize and develop stories in your Personal Knowledge Management system, how to make time for stories, and finally, how to tell better stories.

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