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What Children Teach Us About Storytelling An Educator Turned Entrepreneur’s Eight Takeaways by Penina Rybak MA/CCC-SLP, CEO Socially Speaking LLC Director: The NICE Initiative for Female Entrepreneurship Website: www.niceinitiative.com Twitter: @PopGoesPenina YouTube Channels: storytellergal, peninaslp

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Watch children telling stories. What do you see, hear, feel, and learn? Here's what I learned.....An Educator Turned Entrepreneur's Eight Takeaways, by Penina Rybak MA/CCC-SLP, CEO Socially Speaking LLC, Author: The NICE Reboot-How to Become a Better Female Entrepreneur.

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Page 1: What Children Teach Us About Storytelling

What Children Teach Us About Storytelling

An Educator Turned Entrepreneur’s Eight Takeaways

by Penina Rybak MA/CCC-SLP, CEO Socially Speaking LLCDirector: The NICE Initiative for Female Entrepreneurship

Website: www.niceinitiative.comTwitter: @PopGoesPenina

YouTube Channels: storytellergal, peninaslp

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Watch Children Telling Stories....

What do you see?What do you hear?What do you feel?What do you learn?

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What I Learned....

✰ Children throw themselves body & soul into telling tales

✰ Children pay attention & listen to stories about people/places they identify with

✰ Children appreciate learning lessons of what to do/not do in the future when faced with a similar situation

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“Storytelling is about two things; it's about character and plot.”- George Lucas

Insert yourself into the Story....Tell of your own journeyPace Your Timing: Sequence the steps of the Story, clearly showing beginning/middle/end

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“It is our choices that show what we truly are,far more than our abilities.”- JK Rowling

Who do we root for? Showcase the Hero & Villain: problem & solutionStoke the Fire: Provide pauses so that listener can ask questions

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“The art challenges the technology and the technology inspires the art.”- John Lasseter

Paint a picture using visual imagery to dramatize the StoryTap into the listener’s memory banks varying intonation...Use sound effects/musical soundtracks

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“I could fall in love with a sumo wrestler if he told stories and made me laugh.”- Maya Angelou

Use body language to evoke physical humor (Rachel Dratch as SNL’s Debbie Downer, Mr. Bean, Steven Wright)Use play on words to evoke linguistic humor (Paula Poundstone, Steve Harvey, Robin Williams)

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The NICE Reboot: How To Become a Better Female Entrepreneur-How to Balance Your Craving for Humanity and Technology in Today’s Startup Culture

✰ Publisher: Maven House Press (January 2014)

✰ Coming to Amazon and iBooks too!

✰ Book Trailer: https://vimeo.com/79903774

Connect the Dots....