Well-traveled keynote speakers have a tendency to complain about the trials and tribulations of life on the road. You know, trivial things like dirty bed sheets, a poor Wi-Fi connection, blue cheese on your salad (even though you asked for none).

However, a few speakers have overcome so much more than mundane travel misfortunes. Some speakers, such as Hall of Fame keynote speaker Captain Charlie Plumb, have overcome real-world challenges that are almost unimaginable for the rest of us.

Captain Charlie Plumb is a Former Fighter Pilot, six-year prisoner of war and a Keynote Speaker who was ejected from his plane behind enemy lines and spent six long years in a Vietnamese prisoner of war camp. Hear his life-changing story about a man who had a very special role to play in that fateful flight as legendary speaker, Charlie Plumb, takes the stage on this episode of Standing Ovation.

Find out about:

• Hear Captain Charlie Plumb’s ‘Packing Parachutes’ story
• How to take your stories and apply them to your presentation
• What holds speakers back from believing in their stories
• Why it’s important to move the action along in a story and make it as concise as possible
• How Charlie keeps his story fresh - even after 35 years of telling it!
• Tips for tying your story back to the audience
• Why Charlie became a keynote speaker
• How Charlie integrates new stories into his presentations

Connect with Captain Charlie Plumb:

• Website
• Twitter
• Facebook
• LinkedIn

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