Storytelling is an effective technique to accurately put your idea across and increase commitment and motivation. Forget about PowerPoint and statistics. To involve people at the deepest level, you need stories. In this course you'll learn how to tell stories that connect to and inspire your audience. 

This training course teaches you how to persuade others through a well-told story, and lifts your presentation, idea or project to a higher level. We look into how you can present your message and make it stick. You learn how to build up a good story and become an inspirational raconteur. A well-told story allows you to express your vision in a captivating way, to facilitate changes, motivate others and reinforce your organisation’s values.

The program includes the following modules:

• The power of stories. 
• The CAST technique: Content, Audience, Story & Telling.
• Learning and decision making styles: in this part of the course we teach you how to put different signals and elements into your story, but also how to make the right decisions to ensure your story is powerful and visual.
• Narrative structure: a basic structure for stories based on firm foundations.
• Narrative techniques: there are numerous ways to tell your story, such as urgency, the use of narrative elements, creating a tension span, adding a good plot and twists to the story. 
• Creating a presentation plan: in this part of the course you learn how to apply and combine visual elements so that they become clear and convincing. You learn how to keep your audience’s attention throughout your presentation. 
• Practical exercises: using various interactive cases and practical sessions, you immediately put the newly acquired skills into practice.

This training course on storytelling has a very practical approach. Using different storytelling techniques you get to work on your own story. You create a concept and submit it to the trainer’s and other participants’ comments. They allow you to fine-tune your final story to put your ideas across clearly and convincingly.

After attending this training course on storytelling, you will know exactly how to apply the techniques in your own organisation and involve all your co-workers. You will be able to create a broad support base through your story which will allow you to convey your message both within your organisation and outside.

This training course teaches you how to:

• go about presentations differently and really persuade people.
• structure your thoughts and ideas better.
• put changes into context using a convincing story.
• improve your personal communication skills and use them more effectively.
• generate ‘out-of-the-box’ ideas for your presentations.
• start your presentation in a relaxed way.
• anticipate negative feedback in case of change better.
• show a more creative side of yourself.

This training course on storytelling is designed for everyone who wishes to inspire, motivate and persuade co-workers, colleagues or customers. It is an absolute must-do for anyone who wishes to deliver their presentation, idea or project in a fresh and sparkling narrative style without compromising the content or impact. It is an ideal means of presenting your story to your boss, colleagues, customers or external partners.