Title: The Craft of Storytelling

Location: US

Company: University of Alaska Fairbanks

About this course:
This self-paced online storytelling course reveals the secrets behind the powerful tool that is storytelling. This four-week learning experience will equip you to tell stories your audiences will love. The power of storytelling is critical for captivating, educating, and influencing your audience whether in public speaking, social media, creative writing, or everyday real-life situations.
Telling great stories is not intuitive for most of us however, which is why so many people struggle with good storytelling. You can quickly unlock the art of storytelling and learn how to tell your own stories, including your personal story, using time-tested techniques that will keep your audience on the edge of their seats.
"The Craft of Storytelling" dives into storytelling tips such as:

Setting the scene

Building a dramatic arc

Empathizing with your audience

Eliminating rabbit trails

Locking the conflict

The "Ice Road Trucker" effect

Employing key delivery techniques

Taught in a fun and conversational way, "The Craft of Storytelling" draws from the instructor's experience telling stories in podcasts, radio, print, documentaries, at parties, and live on stage in front of hundreds of people. Join this free course and learn engaging storytelling techniques and develop communication skills. Become a better storyteller and share your story with the world.

Learners in this course will develop their storytelling skills and learn how to tell a compelling story in a powerful way through multiple techniques.

Finding good stories

Targeting what audiences want in a story

Building the dramatic arc

Using The “Ice Road Trucker” effect

Designing story structures

Locking the conflict

Establishing key elements

Eliminating rabbit trails

Strategizing delivery

Ending your story

Tell captivating stories your audiences will love.

Duration: 4 weeks

Skills:
- Communication
- Creative Writing
- Documentary Films
- Podcasting
- Public Speaking
- Quick Learning
- Social Media
- Storytelling

Curriculum:
- Finding good stories
- Targeting what audiences want in a story
- Building the dramatic arc
- Using The “Ice Road Trucker” effect
- Designing story structures
- Locking the conflict
- Establishing key elements
- Eliminating rabbit trails
- Strategizing delivery

- Ending your story