Dec 27, 2023
I’m working with a new client who is getting ready for a huge keynote speech. He tells me that he felt like his last speech completely fell flat and the audience felt disengaged. So I ask him:
“Did you use storytelling in any way in your last speech?”
“No, of course not,” he responds. In his view,...
Dec 20, 2023
In a small village, a young shepherd boy is given the task of guarding the sheep. He’s the type of boy who wants entertainment and perhaps even attention. So he suddenly cries out, “Wolf!”
Hearing this, all the villagers come rushing to his aid. When they arrive, there’s no wolf to be seen. So they get back to...
Dec 13, 2023
It’s 1990. Five days after my moped accident with a cement truck, I wake up in my hospital room. The doctor comes in and says, “Kymberlee, you’re going to have headaches for likely the rest of your life. You’ll probably have trouble with balance too. You’ll need plastic surgery on your face. And you may have...
Dec 6, 2023
I almost don’t do it.
Normally, a Storytelling School Podcast episode lasts around 30 minutes with a special guest (or myself) delivering mic drop moments and storytelling nuggets of pure gold. Yet, for the 100th episode, I do something special; I collect these moments and golden nuggets from the first 99 episodes and...
Nov 29, 2023
I’m sitting in the living room at eight years old when my mom walks in and says, “Kymberlee, I have a surprise.” It’s not a holiday or my birthday, so there's nothing particularly special about this night… yet.
So what’s the big surprise? “Tonight is going to be movie night.”
Now there’s one...