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Testimonials for Doug's
Workshops, WEBinars & Other Events
“First
about the workshop. It was SUPER! I've
told lots of folks about you and it.
Specifically, the "formula" for the nine
parts of the story is soooo clear and
easy to use. I was doing an "executive
seminar" the evening of our class. I
had only about 30 minutes to collect my
thoughts between the story workshop and
my seminar. The workshop had made me
aware that one of my "best" stories for
that topic was totally inside out. So,
I decided that even without proper
scripting and practice, it would still
come out better if I told it according
to your formula. So, in about 20
minutes, I re-organized the story
totally. Made a quick pages of notes as
bullet points, ran through it in my head
once. Off to the seminar! It was about
ten times better than the old form, just
using the nine steps. I've since used
that outline to write a script and
practice. It's beginning to get really
good! So, I wanted to thank you for all
the great material you delivered and to
let you know that it had an immediate
payback for me!”
Linda Ford, Ph.D. - Austin,
Texas One-Day Workshop
“Doug 'spun me.' It was so refreshing to
work with a professional who was willing
to share his expertise and the benefit
of his many years of experience. A great
value. Don't miss the opportunity to
work with Doug.”
Betty Jo Summers
“Dear Doug,
I had the
pleasure of attending your Story Theater
workshop in Ft. Lauderdale last summer,
and I loved it. I recently had a chance
to perform my story for a very tough
audience - about 500 inner-city high
school students from the local vo-tech
school, half of them with serious
discipline problems. These kids have
seen it all, let me tell you, so I
pretty much expected to bomb. Why in the
world they would respond to me, an old
white lady, telling a sailing story to
teach them how to set goals?
Well, those kids were hanging off their
seats, waiting breathlessly for the next
line, laughing at every point where I
expected them to laugh, and even calling
out the Phrase that Pays at the right
places. Since I had practiced the whole
performance so often, I could really
relax and focus on the delivery. You can
imagine how much I enjoyed myself, and
it got even better when half the
audience came up to me afterwards
saying, "I want to be like YOU!" What a
great experience!
“Just
thought you'd like to know that I got my
money's worth (and then some) from
working with you.”
Ellen Bristol, Bristol Strategy
Group – Miami, Florida
One-Day
Workshop
" Doug was
easygoing, yet right on target and very
helpful. He helped me bring out more
funny stuff and I got farther along with
the story than I thought I would."
Claudia Machell
“To anyone
debating whether to 'invest' in this
workshop for the construction of your
first few speeches or not, I speak from
'hindsight'- now that I've taken it in
saying that I highly recommend that you
take this course because it is
phenomenal!... I got 1000% ROI, 'Return
on Investment'. It's packed and
overflowing with so many practical steps
and tips, that I couldn't
think of
anything else to ask for--- other than
time to write my first perfect speech.
Thanks, Doug!”
Anita Hermesch - Charlotte,
North Carolina One-Day Workshop
“Doug,
“You are
remarkable..wonderful...AWESOME! You
not only changed the way I think and
feel about training, you've transformed
me and impacted my business!
“I attended the Story
Theater training in Tempe on Tuesday.
It was great fun and tremendously
helpful. It laid the foundation for
using story telling in business
training. You may remember me, at the
end of class I mentioned that I have
difficulty speaking in front of a group,
because with all of my
uncontrolled anxiety--my mind becomes a
blank slate. You gave me a couple of
pointers.
“So, I purchased the
6-pack, started reading Never
Be Boring Again, and listened to
the teleseminar yesterday-- I GOT
IT!!!!! They provided the framework I
needed to create a DYNAMIC presentation
and solidified what I learned on
Tuesday. Today, I am a new woman! Can
you sense the excitement?
“I woke up this morning
and wrote 2 incredible stories and a
complete outline for a training I'm
giving in November! I was in a state of
flow! And I can't believe the
transformation. For years, I've been
uncomfortable presenting my own material
because I didn't think it was good
enough. I didn't like presenting other
peoples material because it wasn't
memorable enough...OK I can be a
perfectionists. That flaw aside...I GET
IT NOW! Tell stories about myself...(I
didn't think I had many stories...but,
now I know I'm full of -----them) ...My
stories are memorable...they're
fresh...and using your story theater
techniques, they will be
EXCITING!
“Now, I know
my training material is GREAT! Comedy
is funergy. I am FUNNY. Thanks to
you...for bringing it out!”
Carole Thomas – Tempe, AZ
One-Day Workshop
“Thank you
on behalf of our members in general and
me in particular for a spectacular,
breathtaking presentation, last night.
The fun and education you brought to the
meeting with your own brand of humor and
presentation techniques gave a world of
benefit to the members attending. You
could no doubt recognize as the evening
went on that you owned the audience,
your storytelling and coaching was of
immense value. The two members of the
audience you worked with were thrilled
to have the opportunity to enhance their
own particular story with your guidance,
and the telling of their story in
the future will give greater pleasure to
their audiences, as a result. Once
again thank you for a spectacular
presentation.”
Kevin J Hartley, President, NW
Chapter, PSA, Manchester, UK
“I just
returned from a conference where I did 3
presentations to the same crowd. After
taking your Story Theater One Day
Workshop, I re-scripted every story so
this was the test run. WOW! I have had
several revelations as a result of the
process:
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I really
enjoyed re-writing and practicing
the stories because I was able to
re-live those experiences and
continue to repeat and relearn the
lessons for myself.
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The
material (or surfboard as Doug
called it) was far more enjoyable to
practice as it was a closer tie to
my emotions (the wave).
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The
presentations were a blast. They
always are but this was different.
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I felt
more congruent, alive and energetic
performing rather than narrating the
stories. The flow was easier and
smoother.
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There
was much more emotion in the crowd
than before. More tears, more
laughter, more energy.
“I received
very positive comments in person and on
Participant Satisfaction Reports about
really touching people, hitting some
personal tough spots, providing tools
for hope, being inspirational, and about
the fun.
“I feel that
the quality of my presentations have
jumped forward for the best. And I thank
you for sharing your guidance, wisdom
and expertise. You have changed my life,
which affects every life that I speak
to. Keep tossing pebbles in the pond my
friend!”
Dan Ohler, Thinkin’Outside the
Barn - Calgary
One-Day Workshop
"Doug's
WEBinar on How To Write A Dynamite
Speech had an immediate impact on my
speech success rate. I won "Best
Speaker" at my Toastmasters meeting the
next day having incorporated some of the
tips I learned the night before. I am
new to the speech world and a new member
of Toastmasters and learned some useful
new techniques. I already knew the way
to connect with an audience was to
connect with their emotions - Doug just
taught me HOW to do that. My confidence
in speech-writing is growing now that I
know the methods I need to use to make
any kind of content interesting and
powerful. I look forward to the Story
Theater One-Day Workshop in Tempe, AZ -
should be fun."
Paige Donnelly, Arizona
"Every time
I come in contact with Doug Stevenson
(his book, lectures, webinar) I get
motivated to do something more with my
speaking and desire to speak. He's like
a healthy shot in the arm. I'm writing
again, planning and looking at all my
options to get out there with my
message! I can't thank you enough!"
Jennifer Wilde, Colorado
“Dear Doug,
“I'm not
sure you'll remember me or not but I was
at the NSA-NC chapter meeting last
weekend. I was one of the volunteers you
coached for 15 minutes. I did the story
about weight loss.
“I wanted to take a moment to say that
I'm putting into action much of what I
learned (give me time and more will be
in) and how much you touched me. In
addition, although (in all modesty) my
Weight Watchers meetings are usually
strong and I get a great reaction, I
have reached new heights in my meetings
this week. I am usually animated and
open but something inside me clicked
this week and I am (quite frankly)
surprised about how strong I have
become. It's because of what you showed
me about me.
“You have a gift. I think you know it.
I still felt it was important to let
you know how much you touched me. I
look forward to our paths crossing
again. (I am on your mailing list now
and hope to attend a story theater
workshop later.)
“My very
best to you. And thank you again.”
Scott "Q" Marcus,
THINspirational Speaker –
Charlotte,
North Carolina
“I attended
your breakout session at the NSA Winter
Workshop this morning in Norfolk (I'm
writing this from my laptop in my
room). Your session was THE best I've
ever attended at ANY conference, not
just NSA!! Thank you so much for
sharing your brilliance, your techniques
and most of all your obvious
enthusiasm. You are a gifted
storyteller and clearly a wonderful
actor.
“I've always
been rated pretty high but you can bet
after attending your session today, I'll
be making many ongoing changes that will
hopefully make me irresistible. You
gave me some great ideas!
“Thanks for
generosity and commitment to help your
fellow speakers. From now on, every
time I see an NSA program, I'll look for
your name. I could see you over and
over and over. Wow!”
Marilynn Mobley, The Acorn Group
- Marietta, GA
“Your talk,
Doug, had a huge impact on my speaking.
Before I left I could see the huge
potential in adopting your ideas and
although I have only worked my way
through a little of the Story Theatre
set, I have been busy since. Your point
about telling your learning points in
story seemed so powerful I had a
conference to do last week and I
re-wrote all my notes before then to use
stories to illustrate all my points. It
was very well received, which was
amazing given the short time it took to
re-write everything. But there was also
a huge benefit to me because I
instinctively knew all the material as
they were my stories, so there was no
material to learn. I just looked at the
list of stories and I knew where I was
in the material. So that was an instant
success!”
Bob Ferguson - London, UK
“Doug, thank
you for an informative, educational,
inspiring WEBinar. You provided tools to
help my speeches reach a higher level of
success. I look forward to implementing
many of the techniques you presented to
provide a more effective presentation
for the individuals I am striving to
help. Thank you!”
Terry Lubotsky
“Doug pulled
off the near-impossible - he channeled
his in-person energy and appeal to the
challenging venue of live Web training.
From now on, in my own web presentations
I will shamelessly emulate his
techniques and ratchet up my voice
energy.”
David Fink, Director of
Training, Fujitsu General
America, Inc.
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