<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Speaking on Afroleft</title><link>https://afroleft.com/tag/speaking/</link><description>Recent content in Speaking on Afroleft</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-gb</language><lastBuildDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2015 08:17:20 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://afroleft.com/tag/speaking/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Saying Something Memorable</title><link>https://afroleft.com/saying-something-memorable/</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2015 17:58:19 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://afroleft.com/saying-something-memorable/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;It should come as no surprise: The best way to make a point, teach something or sell a product is to tell stories. Here’s one of my favourite storytellers:&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ob_GX50Za6c" width="480"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;When I start preparing for a talk, I often struggle to think of stories that help explain the ‘thing’ I want to talk about.&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;After hearing &lt;a href="http://www.thereluctantspeakersclub.com/why-us/eamonn-obrien-bio/"&gt;Eamonn O’Brien’s&lt;/a&gt; brilliant talk at Sage in Newcastle the other day, I think I know where I’ve been going wrong.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>