
Explore how stories shape our brains, build trust and empathy, and learn practical steps to craft engaging personal stories for any public speaking situation.
Discover why storytelling matters: understand stories to enjoy them, tell better stories, and communicate more clearly so others understand and engage.
Before we launch into how to tell stories, you will need to understand the basics of a story. By understanding how a story functions, you will be able to use stories more effectively in your own storytelling.
Understand how strong characters help your personal storytelling.
Understand how setting helps your personal storytelling.
Understand how plot helps your personal storytelling.
Understand how conflict helps your personal storytelling.
Understand how resolution helps your personal storytelling.
Pick a story and fill in this personal story plot line sheet.
Now that you have learned the basics of a story, you can now build on that foundation to continue to create engaging stories. In this next section, you will learn some of the more advanced elements of storytelling.
Understand how imagery helps your personal storytelling.
Understand how similes help your personal storytelling.
Understand how analogies help your personal storytelling.
Understand how metaphors help your personal storytelling.
Understand how the heroic journey helps your personal storytelling.
Explore folklore and fairy tales as distinct storytelling traditions. Learn how fairy tales convey universal truths through symbolism, magic, and moral endings rooted in oral history.
Introduction to some of the themes found in The Magic Mirror (Snow White)
Learn the themes of Little Red Riding Hood and how you can apply them to your own storytelling.
An introduction to some of the themes in Little Red Riding Hood.
Discover how Beauty and the Beast explores virtue, selflessness, and the rewards of goodness through Beauty, her father, the sisters, and the Beast.
An introduction to some of the themes in Beauty and the Beast.
Explore what creativity is by weighing colorful lights, particles of light, and randomness against breaking the box to gain a new perspective and think outside the box.
Learn the five essentials for crafting your story by knowing your purpose, constraints, audience, desired outcome, and your story to lay the foundation before you start writing.
Define general and specific purposes for storytelling: inform, persuade, entertain. Narrow broad aims into goals; decide among six informative speech types and address who, what, when, where, why, and how.
Know your five constraints—topic, audience, occasion, setting, and speaker—and align your message with your purpose by narrowing topics and tailoring your storytelling for the moment.
Research your audience by understanding what this place is about and what they expect, then greet them and use call-and-response questions to engage.
Learn to tailor your talk by researching the audience, greeting and connecting with attendees, inviting thoughtful questions, and knowing the room layout to optimize delivery.
Master five steps to craft your personal story: build a story bank, create a detail storm cloud, write the action story for the main point, and write for all seasons.
Build a story bank for master storytelling by collecting 20 emotional leads from photos and daily observations, then craft engaging openings for your speeches.
Craft your personal action story by starting with high-stakes action, cutting out early descriptive details, and imagining your life like a James Bond scene where you are the action hero.
Create a long version packed with details, time it, then cut to a short version for all seasons and any situation; master storytelling across time constraints.
Now that you have a good foundation for building your own stories, let's look at some practical storytelling tips. These simple yet helpful tips will give you an edge to connect and engage better with your audience.
Master pace in storytelling by slowing down, stretching vowels, marking up your speech for emphasis, recording yourself, listening to good speakers, and using rhythm to convey emotion.
Encourage students to write an honest review to help others learn storytelling, share constructive feedback, and explain why the class is worth taking.
Storytelling is 4Xs more effective for engaging your audience than just stating facts and figures.
Engage your professional audience or captivate your listeners in small social situations.
Recognize your own natural storytelling abilities and learn to use your stories to leave a lasting impression. Discover that you don't need to be a TED Talks speaker to communicate well. Gain confidence to give that speech, do that presentation, or just not have so many of those "awkward" moments while mingling with friends and family.
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Here is how you will master storytelling in this practical, action-ready course!
YOU WILL
Cultures throughout history have harnessed the power of stories as a way to communicate life's most interesting and meaningful aspects.
Even the progressive study of brain science attests to the fact that storytelling engages a listeners brain 4Xs more effectively than just stating facts and figures. That means that storytellers have 4Xs the advantage to engage their audiences and be remembered. That's 4Xs the advantage in the boardroom or the living room. Whether you are interviewing for a job, or heading out on an awkward first date, there is almost a 100% certainty that you will communicate information about yourself through stories.
So if we are made for stories, and stories can benefit us in almost every area of our lives, why not learn how to tell the very best stories possible?
In this comprehensive yet easy-to-follow class, let me show you the SIMPLE ACTIONS you need to take to make your own personal stories more engaging, more intriguing, and more memorable.
Through a variety of structured and engaging lessons, you will uncover your own storytelling abilities and learn to captivate any audience in any speaking situation.
Transform your stories now with this painless and action-ready class.
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