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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative Sharing Ideas in San Diego

November 7, 2017/in Entrepreneurs, Storytelling, Workshop /by Mark Lovett

Whenever I get an email from the San Diego Diplomacy Council, I know something interesting is afoot. In this case, it was a group of entrepreneurs with the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative coming to San Diego, and they wanted to know if I could develop a storytelling workshop for them. How could I […]

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Creating a Storytelling Workshop for African Entrepreneurs

August 7, 2017/in Brand Storytelling, Entrepreneurs, Humanity, Storytelling, Workshop /by Mark Lovett

I get requests to conduct storytelling workshops from a variety of sources, from business networks to startups and professional organizations. But I was recently asked to craft a storytelling workshop for a group of amazing African entrepreneurs who were coming to American as part of the Mandela Washington Fellowship program. At first I assumed they […]

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Speaker Adventure – June 2017

June 7, 2017/in Speaker Adventure, Speaker Coaching, Storytelling /by Mark Lovett

Was this the coolest and craziest Speaker Adventure ever? Well, that’s certainly what it felt like at the conclusion of June’s retreat held on the 3rd and 4th. With Sonia taking us on a journey to aboriginal rain forests of Peru, making her case that indigenous peoples are the keepers of 80% of the earth’s […]

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Idea to Published Book Bootcamp

April 7, 2017/in Fabricate, Storytelling, Writing /by Mark Lovett

Seems everyone has a book in them, which is not surprising when you think of how quickly we’re able to assimilate information, learn new skills, and travel the world at a whim. We’re both smarter than ever, and at the same time, hungrier for knowledge than at any time in history. But how to get […]

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Lisa Hisha’s Journey from Speaker Adventure to TEDxNewBedford

January 7, 2017/in Speaker Adventure, Speaker Coaching, Storytelling, TEDx /by Mark Lovett

Some people come to Speaker Adventure in order to develop their skills in hopes of one day being on a TEDx stage. They’re not currently a public speaker, but have the desire to share their wisdom with others and know that crafting a compelling story takes a lot of effort. Other participants are accomplished speakers […]

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Simon Sinek Speaks at CreativeMornings San Diego – October 2016

November 25, 2016/in Creative Mornings, Storytelling, TED, TEDx /by Mark Lovett

Storytelling encompasses a variety of styles, from the personal, to the historical and investigative. There’s another style that I’m calling analytical, in which a situation or paradigm is broken down and examined in order to find the underlying truth. This is not an easy fete to pull off, but Simon Sinek has become a master […]

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Exploring the Mehrabian Myth

August 14, 2016/in Speaker Coaching, Storytelling /by Mark Lovett

Every profession as its own set of rules, instructions and standards. As you might expect, these guidelines will vary, sometimes widely, as every individual has their own take on what works best, but in general, they adhere to generally accepted guidelines. On occasion, however, a convention will appear that is egregious false, yet becomes something […]

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Marwa Al-Sabouni at TEDSummit 2016

July 5, 2016/in Architecture, Humanity, Storytelling, TED, Trauma /by Mark Lovett

How Syria’s architecture laid the foundation for brutal war While some stories are meant to be a factual record of what has happened, delving deeper into the why it happened, and what we should do, involves a collection of subjective assumptions, individual conclusions, and personal hypothesis. In this talk from the TEDSummit 2016 conference, delivered […]

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The Craft of TEDx Speaker Coaching

June 20, 2016/in Public Speaking, Speaker Coaching, Storytelling, TED, TEDx /by Mark Lovett

As the TEDxSanDiego organizer for 6 years, organizer for TEDxMonumento258, and having attended 85+ TED/TEDx events since 2010, I’ve experienced a wide variety of stories and accompanying narrative styles. Like a fingerprint, each story is unique, as is each storyteller, and part of that uniqueness is related to the speaker coaching that happens behind the scenes, […]

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Storytelling Defined

April 20, 2016/in Art, History, Humanity, Storytelling /by Mark Lovett

What image comes to mind when you hear that word? Maybe you envision someone speaking from a stage, or an actor delivering dialogue in a movie. Maybe your mind ventures far back in time to a campfire that’s surrounded by American cowboys, or maybe African tribesmen. In any case, you’re visualizing the art of spoken […]

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