#152. 2024 Wrapped: A Year-in-Review of Stories Beyond the Slides

Like any good end-of-year episode, this is our 2024 “Wrapped”.  Mikey and Molly share the common themes that emerged this year in their journey with Presentation Thinking and what’s in store for 2025.  Some foot-notes: Pitchin’ Ain’t Easy: We took a deep dive into the, ahem, “Shark Tank” of the startup/venture capital world and learned about pitching.  Delivery Matters! We talked to a vocal coach about tone, inflection and stage presence. AND got more practical in how to practice presenting. Personal narrative can go a long way. From personal experiences to narrative design, implementing narrative in a natural way can impact your project or presentation.  Our diversity of guests presented new insights into age-old truths about storytelling—presentations can still be found everywhere and they’re not going anywhere.  This is an episode for: presenters, speakers and anyone just starting out with the PrezThinking pod!  What’s in the Spice Cabinet?  Our most-listened to episode this year: 105 - TED Talkin’ Yara Shahidi wants you to prioritize curiosity  Our top episode EVER: 79 - Amy Cuddy’s “Power Poses” and the Impact of Body Language  2024 Episodes to revisit for VC/STARTUP: 120 - Pitch (Deck) Perfect: A Conversation with VC Expert, Tom Fowler 125 - Mac Conwell on perfecting your personal story and pitch 2024 Episodes to revisit for DELIVERY: 130 - Leveraging your voice as presentation power with Voice Coach Michelle Siracusa  2024 Episodes to revisit for PERSONAL NARRATIVE: 108 - Harvey Lee on Leveraging Personal Experiences for Professional Growth  111 - Marcus Andrews on Crafting a New Category through Narrative Design  Walkout song of 2024? Defying Gravity from Wicked - too cliche??