How to More Effectively Convey Feelings and Emotions (60-Second Storytelling Tip #96)
Channel: Speaking CPR
Date: 2021-10-01

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Here's a new idea that I just picked up from my buddy, my mentor, Darren LaCroix. He and Mark Brown, and I were watching some of the World Championship speeches, specifically that of Verity Price, the New World Champion of Public Speaking. 

In her story Verity is recreating a scene where she runs into a friend at the grocery store, Her friend is doing very well at this point in her life and Verity is struggling. What Verity does so brilliantly is recreate reaching back as if she's opening a freezer door to get a carton of milk or something like that. 

Her friend is telling her how well she's doing, but Verity recreates it from her side of the dialogue. Her expressions tell us how she's feeling. She says something like, "Oh, you've got a new house. Oh, you've got a husband. You've got two beautiful children." And her face conveys her true feelings.
She does a terrific job of showing us her emotion without saying a word in between the points that she's making to her friend. 

Darren calls this reaction dialogue. It is a fantastic way of expressing emotion to the audience without filling the space with words. The congruity of your face and body with your message says much more than words alone. 

Here’s a link to Verity’s World Championship speech, a masterfully delivered story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k24vGzEjePo&t=220s

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To watch Verity Price's 2021 World Championship speech, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k24vGzEjePo&t=220s