E 178: Craft Your Compelling Story & Overcome Imposter Syndrome With Donna Griffit

Here at Speak Up with Laura Camacho, we’re all about influencing the c-suite and BECOMING the c-suite. In this episode, Laura introduces you to her colleague, Donna Griffit, a Corporate Storyteller who has worked globally for over 18 years with Fortune 500 companies and Startups. Leveraging her early days in theater, Donna developed the ability to magically spin raw data into compelling stories that captivate audiences and drive results and now she’s sharing that with us.

Donna’s book, Sticking To My Story - The Alchemy Of Storytelling For Startups, is not just for start-ups, any high performing professional needs to ace the storytelling skill set. Laura was particularly impressed with her technique of preparing presentations and for nailing the Q&A. You’ll love our discussion around why so many corporate presentations bring us to “suislide”.

Whether you’re a technical leader or not, Donna shares super helpful tips to use data to craft compelling stories.

In this lively conversation, pick up some tips to give yourself an unfair advantage at work:

- The real reason behind TMI in our presentations and what to do about it

- Where to position your recommendation to beat competing solutions

- What you want to collect that makes your presentation bullet proof

- How technical presentations can leverage emotional connection to persuade

- The questions you need to answer before creating the first slide

- Make your presentation a conversation, not a tsunami of facts

- Specifically word your question to the audience for the best result

- The underlying role of slides in supporting your presentation

This episode brought to you by The Practical Guide to Effective Communication: Get Recognized for the Value You Already Contribute by Laura Camacho, PhD.