Wish you could dazzle your colleagues at meetings, wow your
friends when telling them about a recent event or captivate a
group of energetic children? Storytelling maybe the answer!
Learning to be a good storyteller will equip you with the
knowledge, skills and ability to bring a bland chart to life,
help your friends feel what you felt during an ordeal, engage
children and more. Fortunately, I had the opportunity to sit
through a fabulous workshop on storytelling facilitated by Debra
Harris-Branham and Zelda Foxall at the 2012 iYouth Conference.
It was a terrific interactive session on how to be an effective
teller of stories. Below are insights extracted from the
energetic speakers and a handout they distributed. - Find a
story that you love to tell Although you may have a story in
mind, finding one is harder than it sounds. If you don’t know
where to begin, visit your local library and head to the 398
section. There, you will find a wide variety of folktales, fairy
tales and fables. Can’t get to a library?