Here are 3 interesting but veryyyy boring facts:
Did you know that the distance from Earth to the Sun is approximately 150 million kilometres?
Did you know that Alaska covers about 1.72 million square kilometres, making it the largest U.S. state?
Did you know that light travels at about 299,792 kilometres per second (186,282 miles per second)?
If I shared these facts with you in a speech, you’d probably forget them in the next 30 minutes. Because as impactful as words can be, we’re visual creatures. If we can’t see it, we probably won’t remember it.
That’s why it’s our job as 1% persuasive speakers to turn facts into pictures in the minds of our audience.
Here’s how you do it:
Did you know that if you drove a car at 100 km/hour straight from Earth to the Sun, it would take approximately 171 years to reach your destination?
Did you know that it takes about 4.45 Alaskas to cover the entire land area of the contiguous United States (excluding Alaska)? And that if Alaska were a country, it’d be the 17th largest in the world!
Did you know that in just one second, light could circle Earth 7.5 times?
Do you see what we did here?
Facts come alive when we create mental pictures for our audience. Hence the following lesson:
It’s not just about what you say, it’s how you make them see it.
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