GRIT Talks: Johanne Pelletier

On this week's episode, Kurt talks with Johanne Pelletier. Joanne lives in Montreal, Canada, where she works in communications at Concordia University. She uses storytelling to help academics, researchers and startups, better share their ideas in presentations and pitches. 

She started telling stories as a way to better understand what could help improve the way complex ideas are communicated - she has been sharing her work at storytelling shows in English and French since 2017. What started as a one time 'give it a try' thing at a show in 2017 has become an important part of being a communicator - continually trying to better share our stories to reach an audience.

(She is also a certified boxing judge!)

2:40- How long have you been telling stories?

5:00- What kind of advice would you give to someone getting started?

7:45- How did you learn so quickly?

11:30- Any advice for writers?

13:30- How was story changed your writing?

20:30- Were beat writers/poets an influence on you?

23:15- Are these ‘short stories told out loud’ a sign of the times?

35:00: What’s inside of you that makes all of this sustainable?

38:00- How does the world change if more people become storytellers?

38:15- Any favorite tellers?

42:00- What’s the story with boxing?

Contact Kurt: [email protected]

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