Jeff Rogers, a fairly new member of the National Speakers Association, is the winner of NSA's LAST STORY STANDING storytelling competition. He and Mike Davis…one of his coaches…chat with Mark and Darren about his intent, his process, and the lessons he learned on his journey to the first-place trophy.

SNIPPETS:

• Seek to build relationships first

• Enter contests to learn

• Work with a coach to sharpen your story

• Step away from your ego

• Don't just tell the story; enact it

• Show your characters' perspective

• Don't be the hero of your own story

• Your story's hero can be a CONCEPT

• Stay in your style; don't let anyone coach you out of it

• Go down with YOUR message

• Practice, then go play