Nov 30, 2022
As a storyteller and speaker, how you deliver your content is as important as what you write on the pages in front of you. And there are many things that can affect your delivery and enhance your story or speech and its message for your audience, regardless of the size of said audience or the method of delivery.
While...
Nov 23, 2022
In 2020, I launch Storytelling School with programs, courses, workshops, masterminds, and one-on-one training.
One of my colleagues notices that there’s something missing. She says to me, “Kymberlee, you also need a podcast.”
I’m thinking, “Do I, though? I’m so busy already, and there are a TON of...
Nov 16, 2022
A few years ago, I’m getting Morgan, a new client, ready for a high-stakes Talk. It’s a controversial one designed for a military audience. So we craft this Core Idea for his speech: The greatest epidemic of our time is one we can’t see.
Morgan tells me, “In the military, you’re thought of as weak if you speak...
Nov 9, 2022
My grandfather Joe is serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He isn’t married... yet. But he is head over heels for someone who’s there waiting for him in Seattle every single time his ship comes into port.
That someone is my grandmother Beverly, who’s just as in love with him too. She moves from Hollywood...
Nov 2, 2022
I’m at a dinner party in this cool, old house that belongs to one of my stepmom Sandy’s best friends. This castle-style home stands three stories tall and has winding staircases inside and trees surrounding it.
And I’m a fourth-grader surrounded by adults at this get-together. So despite this cool house, I...