Storytelling with Nancy Duarte: How to craft compelling presentations and tell a story that sticks

Brought to you by Microsoft Clarity—See how people actually use your product | Lenny’s Job Board—Hire the best product people. Find the best product gigs | Eppo—Run reliable, impactful experiments—Nancy Duarte is the CEO of Duarte Inc. and has helped create over 250,000 presentations for influential business leaders across the globe, including Apple, TED, the World Bank, and Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth. She’s also written six best-selling books, and her TED talk has garnered over 3 million views. She regularly contributes to HBR, MIT-Sloan, and Forbes, and her books are essential reading in leading business schools worldwide. In today’s episode, we discuss:• Why empathy is at the heart of everything Nancy does• Why you’re presenting more often than you think• Tactics for creating interesting presentations and telling better stories• The concept of a “torchbearer leader” and why it’s important• Strategies for overcoming stage fright and nerves• Tips for communicating and presenting remotely• How Nancy landed Apple as a client and what she learned—Find the transcript at: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/storytelling-with-nancy-duarte-how—Where to find Nancy Duarte:• Twitter: https://twitter.com/nancyduarte• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancyduarte/• Website: https://www.duarte.com/—Where to find Lenny:• Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com• Twitter: https://twitter.com/lennysan• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/—In this episode, we cover:(00:00) Nancy’s background(03:25) The insane number of presentations Nancy has helped create(04:52) The most memorable presentation of Nancy’s career, and what it taught her(07:04) The lasting impact of working with Al Gore(09:00) How Nancy landed Apple as a client(11:44) How working with Apple informed future presentations(16:22) 3 things to remember when creating a deck(17:33) The importance of empathy(20:29) Empathy in action(22:40) Why internal presentations are so high-pressure(23:09) Si