Lu Ann Cahn, Award-Winning Journalist: Storytelling and Interview Preparation

In this episode of Speaking to Influence, Lu Ann Cahn shares how to use storytelling to connect with your audience while being interviewed. During this conversation, Laura and Lu Ann discuss why stories matter, giving your message credibility, and the difference between explaining point and inspiring understanding. You’ll also learn Lu Ann’s best advice for speaking to large audience and how she pulls stories from others in conversation. Lu Ann Cahn is an 8-time Emmy award-winning journalist, author, and Director of Career Services for Temple University’s Klein College of Media and Communication. Cahn is the author of the inspirational memoir I Dare Me, which grew out of a blog called Year of Firsts, chronicling this veteran journalist, mother and survivor’s daily adventures as she pushed herself to try something new for every single day – an effort to get her life “unstuck,” as her daughter put it. In December 2014, she left her role at NBC10 News in Philadelphia and 40-year career in broadcast news to dare audiences across the country and to help launch the next generation of communicators at Temple University.  You can connect with Lu Ann in the following ways: Email [email protected] Website:https://luanncahn.com/ Instagram: luann_cahn LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luanncahn/      To learn more about Dr. Laura Sicola and how mastering influence can impact your success go to https://www.speakingtoinfluence.com/quickstart and download the quick start guide for mastering the three C’s of influence. You can connect with Laura in the following ways: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drlaurasicola LinkedIn Business Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vocal-impact-productions/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWri2F_hhGQpMcD97DctJwA Facebook: Vocal Impact Productions Twitter: @Laura Sicola  Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/vocalimpactproductions Instagram: @VocalImpactProductionsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.