Title of your module
How To Tell a Story
Entry Level
In the previous modules, the participants have learned how to create and adapt a 2-minute story that is relevant to their training topic.
Content
- Checklist: 10 Tips for Telling a Story
- Story clips from TED talks
- Video recordings of stories told by different people
Activities
1. Interactive Lecture: Mastering the Checklist
- Distribute the checklist.
- Play a video of a person telling story.
- Ask the participants to apply the checklist items to your story.
- Discuss the rating of each item from the checklist.
2. Application Activity: Storytelling Exchange
- Listen to a story told by someone else. Evaluate it using the checklist.
- Tell your story, applying the guidelines from the checklist.
- Receive feedback from your partner.
Test
- Tell a story and have a friend record it.
- Evaluate the story using the checklist.
- Submit the video and your evaluation.
Activity + Content
- The checklist contains key storytelling principles. This is the major content source. It is aligned with the activity as the tool for evaluating different stories.
- The checklist also provides guidance to the participants as they plan their presentation.
Activity + Content + Test
- The test activity is similar to the learning activities.
- The test performance is evaluated by the checklist.