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Marty Kloss - Story Coach & Speaker Trainer @martinkloss.com · 17h

We are the stories we tell our selves. Thank you to everyone celebrating thoses stories today and taking the “United” States of America to the streets.
#democracy #freespeech #noKings

Marty Kloss - Story Coach & Speaker Trainer @martinkloss.com · 2d

The universe is made of stories, not of atoms.
Muriel Rukeyser
(Poem/Essay (commonly quoted; exact source not specified))

Marty Kloss - Story Coach & Speaker Trainer @martinkloss.com · 3d

What if you could stop the toughest objections before they're even spoken? 🤔

There’s a psychology for that — *inoculation theory* (McGuire) and rece...

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Marty Kloss - Story Coach & Speaker Trainer @martinkloss.com · 5d

What if your hands could make your message twice as sticky — without changing a single word? 🤲✨

Nonverbal storytelling is underrated. Research (Gold...

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Marty Kloss - Story Coach & Speaker Trainer @martinkloss.com · 8d

Congratulations, María Corina Machado! The world needs more courageous people like you. Well deserved.

Marty Kloss - Story Coach & Speaker Trainer @martinkloss.com · 9d

We tell ourselves stories in order to live.
Joan Didion
(The White Album (Book, 1979))

Marty Kloss - Story Coach & Speaker Trainer @martinkloss.com · 10d

What if your audience did the remembering for you — by completing *your* story? 🤔

People don’t just absorb stories; they *generate* them. Psychology...

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Marty Kloss - Story Coach & Speaker Trainer @martinkloss.com · 12d

What if a two‑line *conversation* inside a presentation could make your audience feel the problem — and the solution — instantly? 🤔

Stories with dia...

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Marty Kloss - Story Coach & Speaker Trainer @martinkloss.com · 12d

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
Maya Angelou
(I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Book, 1969))

Marty Kloss - Story Coach & Speaker Trainer @martinkloss.com · 20d

If you are American, please listen to this episode. It may the most important and inconvenient truth you need to hear: podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/t...

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Marty Kloss - Story Coach & Speaker Trainer @martinkloss.com · 23d

Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart bigger.
Ben Okri
(Often quoted; exact source not specified)

Marty Kloss - Story Coach & Speaker Trainer @martinkloss.com · 24d

While some people are busy making up their own reality each day, we can’t escape the hard facts : www.planetaryhealthcheck.org

Planetary Boundaries

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Marty Kloss - Story Coach & Speaker Trainer @martinkloss.com · Sep 19

"Stories are the currency of human connection — they teach us who we are and who we might become."
Barack Obama
(Speech (paraphrased from various speeches on community and narrative, e.g., commencement addresses and campaign speeches, 2008–2016))

Marty Kloss - Story Coach & Speaker Trainer @martinkloss.com · Sep 12

"The human species thinks in metaphors and learns through stories."
Mary Catherine Bateson
(Composing a Life (Book, 1989))

Marty Kloss - Story Coach & Speaker Trainer @martinkloss.com · Sep 5

""The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you — your voice, your mind, your story, your vision.""
Neil Gaiman, Author
(Make Good Art (Commencement speech, University of the Arts, 2012))

Marty Kloss - Story Coach & Speaker Trainer @martinkloss.com · Aug 28

"Marketing is no longer about the stuff that you make, but about the stories you tell."
Seth Godin, Author/Entrepreneur
(Book: All Marketers Are Liars (2005))

Marty Kloss - Story Coach & Speaker Trainer @martinkloss.com · Jul 18

"The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon."
Brandon Sanderson, Author
(Interview with Writing Excuses Podcast, 2015)

Marty Kloss - Story Coach & Speaker Trainer @martinkloss.com · Jul 16

Storytelling Fakt #23

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Marty Kloss - Story Coach & Speaker Trainer @martinkloss.com · Jul 15

*Why do people remember your story's awkward silence more than your polished conclusion?*

Beca...

Your Weekly Dose of Storytelling for Jul 15, 2025 - People | Place | Story - Story Coaching & Speaker Training with Martin Kloss

*Why do people remember your story's awkward silence more than your polished conclusion?* Beca...

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Marty Kloss - Story Coach & Speaker Trainer @martinkloss.com · Jul 14

Storytelling Fact #22

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Marty Kloss - Story Coach & Speaker Trainer @martinkloss.com · Jul 11

"The human species loves a good story, and what makes storytelling so powerful is that we see ourselves in the narrative."
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist
(Interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, 2017)

Marty Kloss - Story Coach & Speaker Trainer @martinkloss.com · Jul 9

Storytelling Fakt #22

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Marty Kloss - Story Coach & Speaker Trainer @martinkloss.com · Jul 8

*What's the easiest way to lose your audience--even if your story is great?*

Telling it *witho...

Your Weekly Dose of Storytelling for Jul 8, 2025 - People | Place | Story - Story Coaching & Speaker Training with Martin Kloss

*What's the easiest way to lose your audience--even if your story is great?* Telling it *witho...

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Marty Kloss - Story Coach & Speaker Trainer @martinkloss.com · Jul 7

Storytelling Fact #21

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Marty Kloss - Story Coach & Speaker Trainer @martinkloss.com · Jul 4

"Storytelling is the most powerful tool we have to change the world."
Michelle Obama, Former First Lady and Author
(Speech at 2016 Democratic National Convention)

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