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Nancy Duarte is author of six best-selling books and CEO of Duarte, Inc. For over 30 years, Duarte, Inc. has consulted and trained the highest performing brands and executives in the world. Duarte is a communication expert who has been featured in Fortune, Time Magazine, Forbes, Fast Company, Wired, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Cosmopolitan, LA Times, and on CNN. Her TED talk has had over 3 million views. She has won several awards for communications, entrepreneurship, and her success as a female executive. She’s ranked #67 on the list of top 250 Women in Leadership and is the #1 Global Communication Guru. She lectures at Stanford University and her course Resonate is taught in the Stanford School of Business. As a persuasion expert, she cracked the code for effectively incorporating story patterns into business communications. Her favorite role is “Grandma” to two grandsons and grand-dogger.

–Nancy Duarte
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Inspire Change Through Speeches, Stories, Ceremonies, and Symbols
As a leader, you have the same potential not only to anticipate the future, but also inspire those around you to support and execute your vision. Duarte lays out a model to help you lead people through the five stages of transformation using speeches, stories, ceremonies, and symbols. She will feature organizations who have mobilized people to embrace bold changes. By harnessing the power of persuasive communication, you, too, can turn your idea into a movement.
That Resonates With Me: Using Story Patterns to Influence Others
This groundbreaking presentation details a persuasive way of structuring a talk that connects deeply with an audience. After years of researching literature and cinema, Duarte discovered a hidden story structure inherent in the speeches of the greatest communicators. Her visualizations help you see how to connect empathetically by mapping out the audience’s journey and using the story arc to create a human connection.
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