Andrew Wright in the International Storytelling Festival at IHLAS Schools

There is no need on watching Andrew Wright talking for hours to know that he is an amazing storyteller. Only thirty seconds watching the video are enough to notice that he has people skills and that he is capable of making the whole audience be quiet and focus on what he is saying and doing. At least that is what happened to me when I started watching the video. The way he introduces everything, the way he makes things interesting and above all the way he has of telling stories is absolutely breathtaking.

He looks so calm and he takes care of pausing while he is talking and changing the tone of the voice. He puts examples about his own life and tells really moving stories. He makes the audience laugh and you can tell by the look on his face that he is also enjoying the moment. And this is something really important for a storyteller because if you are telling a story that you are not passionate about or that you don’t find interesting, you are going to transmit that attitude to your audience and then no one is going to care about what you are talking about even if you were talking about the most extraordinary thing.  

What I also liked about Andrew Wright is that he interacts with the audience and is amazing how he can tell a story just by using a blackboard or just by using his own body!

The message that I took from this video is not just a lot of tips to know how a story can be told making it motivating for the audience, but also how everything´s got a story.  And in how many ways you can tell something without making it sound boring.

I am going to finish this comment with a phrase that he says in the conference that I really liked. He says “If you want to move people, you must tell them stories”.