The Art of Storytelling: From Parents to Professionals

Overview

Master the craft of storytelling to enhance your personal anecdotes, bedtime stories, and professional presentations.

Course No. 9313

This 24-lecture course reveals the techniques professional storytellers use to create and deliver compelling narratives. You’ll learn how to:

• Find and select powerful stories from personal experiences or classic tales

• Develop dynamic characters and build tension

• Use body language and vocal techniques to connect with audiences

• Adapt stories for different listeners (children, colleagues, clients)

• Handle performance anxiety and unexpected interruptions

Whether you’re a teacher, parent, coach, or business professional, these lessons will transform how you communicate through stories.

Video Lectures

1. Telling a Good Story (32 min)

2. The Storytelling Triangle (31 min)

3. Connecting with Your Story (37 min)

4. Connecting with Your Audience (29 min)

5. Telling Family Stories (31 min)

• The Powerful Telling of Fairy Tales (34 min)

7. Myth and the Hero’s Journey (31 min)

8. Tensive Conflict and Meaning (31 min)

9. Giving Yourself Permission to Tell (29 min)

10. Visualization and Memory (31 min)

11. Discovering Point of View (30 min)

12. The Artful Manipulation of Time and Focus (31 min)

13. Narrator-Bridging Characters and Audience (32 min)

14. Developing Complex Characters (32 min)

15. Plot and Story Structures (30 min)

16. Emotional Arc and Empathy (31 min)

17. Varying the Narrator’s Perspective (32 min)

18. Vocal Intonation (30 min)

19. Preparing to Perform (32 min)

20. Putting Performance Anxiety to Good Use (30 min)

21. Adapting to Different Audiences (32 min)

22. Invitation to the Audience-Mindset (33 min)

23. Keeping Your Audience’s Attention (33 min)

24. Remember Your Stories-The Power of Orality (33 min)