The Art of Storytelling: From Parents to Professionals

Overview

Course No. 9313

Enhance your storytelling abilities with professional techniques to craft and deliver memorable tales. This course is a blend of practical storytelling methods and an intellectual exploration of narrative history. Learn to build dynamic tension, connect with your audience, and use body language effectively. Gain insights into using stories in various scenarios, from bedtime tales to professional presentations.

Video Lesson List

1. Telling a Good Story

Understand the significance of storytelling across cultures and the unique aspects of storytelling compared to other forms of performance. Introduction to the “storytelling triangle.”

32 min

2. The Storytelling Triangle

Analyze the relationship between you, the story, and the audience. Learn why certain stories draw you in.

31 min

3. Connecting with Your Story

Explore the variety of stories available and practical resources for finding them. Assess intellectual and emotional connections with stories.

37 min

4. Connecting with Your Audience

Focus on the physical and social contexts of your relationship with the audience and how stories bring people together.

29 min

5. Telling Family Stories

Examine the hidden meanings in family stories and how they capture attention through interactive exercises.

31 min

6. The Powerful Telling of Fairy Tales

Understand the psychology behind fairy tales and why their themes resonate with both children and adults.

34 min

7. Myth and the Hero’s Journey

Learn about the hero’s journey structure and how it can be applied to storytelling for deeper resonance.

30 min

8. Tensive Conflict and Meaning

Engage in exercises to let go of inhibitions and immerse yourself in the narrative, exploring “tensiveness” in stories.

31 min

9. Giving Yourself Permission to Tell

Perform stretching exercises to overcome storytelling barriers and embrace playing with the story.

29 min

10. Visualization and Memory

Use visualization techniques to add depth to your story’s characters and events, and learn memory techniques without rote memorization.

31 min

11. Discovering Point of View

Understand how the narrator’s perspective shapes the story and learn to narrate from different character viewpoints.

32 min

12. Developing Complex Characters

Experiment with gestures and postures to develop memorable characters and gain insight into character complexity.

32 min

13. Plot and Story Structures

Explore different story structures and learn to sequence your story for maximum impact.

30 min

14. Emotional Arc and Empathy

Build empathy in storytelling and learn how to create an emotional entry point for your audience.

31 min

15. Varying the Narrator’s Perspective

Integrate storytelling elements through exercises and learn to personify negative forces in your protagonist’s journey.

32 min

16. Vocal Intonation

Focus on using vocal intonation to evoke the story’s “sensorium” with warm-up techniques and performance exercises.

30 min

17. Preparing to Perform

Synthesize storytelling elements through writing and performance exercises, including creating a story outline and script.

32 min

18. Putting Performance Anxiety to Good Use

Understand the physiology of performance anxiety and learn to channel nervous energy positively.

30 min

19. Adapting to Different Audiences

Consider how storytelling varies between informal and formal settings and what different audiences need.

32 min

20. Invitation to the Audience-Mindset

Learn how to capture and maintain your audience’s attention with on-ramps and off-ramps.

33 min

21. Keeping Your Audience’s Attention

Discover techniques to keep your audience engaged, including audience participation and handling interruptions.

33 min

22. Remember Your Stories-The Power of Orality

Conclude with considerations for audience engagement and the cultural impact of oral storytelling.

33 min