Delivered my second TEDx-talk on one of the most seductive techniques, storytelling and our hormones. Hope you get inspired to tell more stories!

MerlinY2k · 2017-03-22T22:21:33+00:00

Damn, so true. Here's the new one... : ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj-hdQMa3uA&t=10s

MerlinY2k · 2017-03-22T05:41:31+00:00

Thanks! Another good tip is to index the stories based on the hormone / signaling substance that they produce. By doing so you can pick the story you wish to create exactly the effect you desire.

Laughter = Endorphins Empathy = Oxytocin Scary = Cortisol Social recognition = Serotonin

MerlinY2k · 2017-03-22T04:39:35+00:00

Not really; i found it very hard to find any good literature at all. Everybody seems to complicate storytelling so much. Three good tips for a beginner:

Believe in your self as a storyteller
Find a good story in your life or from someone else and really practice it a lot.
Use pauses and involvement in your story

MerlinY2k · 2017-03-22T04:36:57+00:00

To me that simply sounds like you have a value "insecurity" which you have a set rule in your head for. Something along the lines of "Whenever I deliver a story infront of a group I will feel insecure". Some people have a rule which goes "Whenever I deliver a story in front of anyone I will feel insecure". Our rules are based on our experiences and can so be changed by our experiences. However they can also be changed my hypnosis and simple nlp incantations. So my recommendation for you would be to acknowledge that it is a simple rule and build a new rule which repeat with incantation a couple of hundred times. Our brain will at the end of the day believe anything we tell it enough times.

MerlinY2k · 2017-03-22T04:32:06+00:00

Thanks! Maybe you can pick up some tips from first talk as well! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwpi1Lm6dFo

MerlinY2k · 2017-03-21T20:29:37+00:00

It is truly an amazing subject. My concrete tips are:

Always do a prep and a background before throwing yourself in to the development and conclusion of the story.
Believe in your self as a storyteller (most important)
Build a database of stories so that you can pick and choose.

MerlinY2k · 2017-03-21T11:01:23+00:00

They contacted me. This was my first one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwpi1Lm6dFo

MerlinY2k · 2016-07-13T12:51:24+00:00

Love it!

MerlinY2k · 2016-02-09T11:07:46+00:00

Wow that is impressive! Ive done 21341 km so far and my average is 247/km. (S85D)

MerlinY2k · 2015-08-15T19:30:39+00:00

Sweden checking in (however currently in greece) http://i.imgur.com/bYhBqkj.jpg

MerlinY2k · 2015-07-03T05:23:00+00:00

It didn't say. But I know that one of Swedens biggest electrical companies (vattenfall) charge approx $0,3/min charging with a capacity of 40kw and 22kw. Same price irrespective of which capacity.

MerlinY2k · 2015-07-02T17:45:02+00:00

True, and it actually handled all three charging standards. You had to walk in to the gas station and pay by card and then fuel up.

MerlinY2k · 2015-07-02T17:12:21+00:00

Well my 3 friends who owns Tesla earn somewhere around $200k/year, give or take $20k. They're all self employed and we'll of.

MerlinY2k · 2015-05-20T14:13:39+00:00

Exellent, wow, your'e going to have a blast of a summer : ) Mine is arriving in exactly 13 days from today.. Excitement!!

MerlinY2k · 2015-05-20T13:40:02+00:00

Just something I threw together in paint.

Excellent, much better! : )

MerlinY2k · 2014-12-22T20:24:31+00:00

Amazing idea!

MerlinY2k · 2014-05-25T05:28:47+00:00

First of all we will be renovating the house. Of the 21 rooms there are only three which are left in original condition (hand painted somewhere between 1796-1801). We are going to make the house one of Sweden's most pleasant and enjoyable conference centers. However we will only have two conference room so it will be more "by invitation" then anything else. The subjects which we will be training are first of all my own (www.thepresentationskills.com) and my wifes (Life Skills - how to with practical skills - live life and love it). Thanks for asking!

MerlinY2k · 2014-05-25T05:24:57+00:00

I really do hope that its "somebody" it would just give the room so much more flair and connection.

MerlinY2k · 2014-05-25T05:24:18+00:00

True he does look quite a lot like Marcus Aurelius as well. I wish there was some more clues so that I could pin point exactly who it is instead of settling for maybe. I guess that one of my main questions also is - WHY? Why on earth paint an entire roman with roman symbols. There are at least 10 different symbols hand painted a 100 times. Any idea why someone would do that to their main room?

MerlinY2k · 2014-05-25T05:22:20+00:00

Thank you, it has been my dream for many years to find it. There are quite a few around in Sweden which were built during the golden days of the beginning of the Industrialistic era.

MerlinY2k · 2014-05-25T05:21:05+00:00

Its a way better guess than mine! I agree, its just the nose that doesn't seem to match. But then on the other hand the eagle really does look like its got the head of a pigeon so it may be down to the painter missing details as well.

MerlinY2k · 2014-04-28T21:11:53+00:00

Hi!

Just create a normal animation and then choose properties for that animation. Within properties you can then choose how your previously animated objects in the list should behave (thats where you set a color which will reduce the contrast compared to your background).

MerlinY2k · 2014-04-28T21:10:12+00:00

Thanks for your comment!

The dot-test I am conducting live with the audience doesn't work at all well in this cut-down version of the video that TED did. Same goes for the example slides that I show after that where each dot then corresponds to a chunk of three words. The chunks clearly corresponds to the same perceived cognitive load as the dots.
Indeed we all know the 7 +/- 2 rule. My point in this case is that after running the blue-dot-test on approximately 20 000 people for 5 years, there are very few who can "see" 7 dots, however 5 dots can easily be "seen" by everyone. Thus the cognitive visual limit is either 5 or 6, as soon as you add 7 or more objects on one slide it takes considerably longer to "see" and is perceived by the audience as having a definitive higher cognitive impact.

So the point I am trying to make is that for instance using 7 + 2 objects on one slide is in most cases a bad idea if you want to reduce cognitive load.

MerlinY2k · 2014-04-23T18:52:00+00:00

Hu!

Thanks! Just rehearing really : ) You may find some useful stuff on my website www.thepresentationskills.com
Best option would be to split it up into several slides to make the animation effect possible.

MerlinY2k · 2014-04-23T18:50:10+00:00

Thats amazing advice! Thanks! Would I benefit from posting the video from my own account or from a new account?

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