UWSSLEC LibGuides: Storytelling: How to be a Storyteller

First Steps To Becoming a Storyteller

First you need to get an idea for a story. If you decide to make one up just make sure that oit is not too long so that it will hold kids' attentions. Otherwise pick out a book and make sure that you really want to tell that story so that way you can get into telling the story to kids.

Second you have to learn the story. The best way to know the story is to read the book many times. Once you know the story pretty well start reading it in your voice, the voice in which you will use when telling it later to an audience.

Do not memorize the story! Memorizing the story can cause you to mess up, make mistakes,and lose your place.

Only you are allowed to judge when you are ready to perform.

Lastly you can tell your story to a selective audience. Since this is your first performance you need a practice run. Once the practice has gone over well, you can start performing in front of some small groups and work your way up to the big times!

How to Create a Story

7 Storytelling Secrets

How to Video

How To Books

Tell along Tales! by Dianne de Las Casas
ISBN: 9781598846355
This book makes the perfect addition to teachers' and librarians' story time selections, containing 25 educational and entertaining tales from around the world as well as proven storytelling techniques. * Provides suggestions on storytelling techniques specific to each tale * Includes spot drawings that enliven each of the stories * A bibliography provides all the details for the story sources
TED Talks Storytelling: 23 Storytelling Techniques from the Best TED Talks by Akash Karia
ISBN: 9781507503003
Publication Date: 2015-01-11
"Every speaker can put these ideas into practice immediately -- and they should!"~ Dr. Richard C. Harris, Certified World Class Speaking Coach "An insightful read"~Dennis Waller, Top 500 Reviewer "Superb communication advice" ~ Larry Nocella MASTER THE ONE THING ALL GREAT TED TALKS HAVE IN COMMON What is the secret to delivering a great TED talk? What is the magic ingredient that makes a TED talk captivating? And more importantly, how can you use those secrets to make your presentations more powerful, dynamic and engaging? To try to answer these questions, I studied over 200 of the best TED talks. I broke each TED talk down in terms of structure, message and delivery. Here's what I discovered. After studying over 200 TED talks, the one commonality among all the great TED talks is that they contain stories. UTILIZE ADVANCED STORYTELLING TECHNIQUES TO INJECT LIFE INTO YOUR PRESENTATIONS Essentially, the best speakers on the TED stage were the ones who had mastered the art of storytelling. They had mastered how to craft and present their stories in a way that allowed them to share their message with the world without seeming like they were lecturing their audience. DISCOVER THE 23 STORYTELLING SECRETS OF THE BEST TED TALKS In this short but powerful guide, you're going to learn how to use stories to make your presentations engaging and entertaining. Using case studies drawn from TED talks by Sir Ken Robinson, Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, Susan Cain, Leslie Morgan Steiner, Mike Rowe and Malcom Gladwell, you'll learn how to craft stories that keep your audience mesmerized. By the time you've finished reading this storytelling manifesto, you will have picked up twenty-three principles on how to create stories that keep your audiences mesmerized. Whether you are giving a TED talk or a corporate presentation, you will be able to apply the principles you pick up in this guide to make your next talk a roaring success! RAVE REVIEWS FROM READERS "No more boring speeches and presentations"~ Douglas L. Coppock "A crisp and no fluff book" ~ Kam Syed "A great book on storytelling" ~ David Bishop "Excellent book for any speaker" ~ Dean Krosecz