Storytelling for Persuasion and Transformation

Teacher

PERSUADE ANY AUDIENCE EFFECTIVELY AND AUTHENTICALLY

Persuasion isn’t about finding hacks to fool your audience, it’s about understanding their problems, their way of seeing the world and empowering them to pursue the things that will fulfill their desires.

MANAGE YOUR ANXIETY AND OTHER EMOTIONS

Let go of stage fright or the need to control your audience. Worry less about who or what could sabotage your presentation. Learn the effective strategy of Downloading and Zooming Out and develop a healthier relationship with your fears and insecurities.

CRAFT SHORT AND MEMORABLE PERSUASIVE STORIES

Learn how to apply simple story structures and concepts to WOW! your audience and make your message land effectively in their minds. With a simple pitch deck of stories you will manage to make any idea or product relatable and desirable for your audience.

USE STORIES TO FACILITATE A MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCE

You will learn to apply “The Hero’s Journey” model in the leadership or customer experience of those we want to persuade. The end point of a good story is behavioral change, whether we’re talking about becoming better professionals or about buying and properly using the products you sell.

Are you looking to help people become better versions of themselves? Do you want to help your team or colleagues perform and improve? Do you wish to have an impact on our audience every time you walk on stage?

If so, then you’ve come to the right place. Storytelling is the best way to connect with your audience, engage them emotionally and help them change their behavior for the better. Stories break barriers, open people up and help us discover new ways of doing things. And that is what I want to teach today.

My name is Alex Glod. When I started off my career as a trainer, I never thought I would have something original to offer my students, I always relied on material and inspiration from others. But in time I learned to integrate my personal stories into my classes and they became the most valuable asset I had to offer. Thanks to my personal stories I grew a strong personal brand, I stood out from the crowd and I’ve had the chance to speak at 3 TEDx events, train thousands of people across Europe and Asia and teach over 28.000 students on Udemy.

During this course I would like to teach you all that I’ve learned about Storytelling and help you make a difference in the lives of the people around you, whether they are your colleagues, customers or students.

You will have access to over 3 hours of video content and several useful resources. You will experience the course as a live training participant, you will see other students taking part in the experience and you will also get to share your stories in the Q&A section.

WHAT YOU WILL GET OUT OF THIS COURSE!

Over 33 lectures and 3.5 hours of content!
How Stories can Persuade and Impact your Audience
How to Deal with Your Own Anxiety and Insecurities on Stage
How to Craft Short Persuasive Stories
How to Tell Stories with Passion and Conviction by Effectively Using Body Language and Voice Modulations
How to Help Your Customers and Colleagues Transform into Better Versions of Themselves
Practical assignments at the end of every section

WHO THIS COURSE IS FOR

Teachers and Trainers who want to engage with their students on an emotional level and inspire more passion for learning
Public Speakers who want to build a strong personal brand and make Storytelling a part of their practice
Leaders who want to inspire their teams to action and build a strong sense of community
Toastmasters who want to expand their skill set and amaze their audience in every public speech
YouTubers and Influencers who want to use personal stories in the content they create online

TESTIMONIALS FROM OUR UDEMY STUDENTS

I feel like the platform of this training including the live, small class in a type of home feel Environment really added to the experience. I appreciated the flip board as well. The content was new, interesting and has created a desire to learn more. Thank you!
– David Camarena

Excelent course on how to convay your message to your audience. The length was just right, long enough to teach you how to use and do story telling in your speech or presentation and yet went into enough detail so you could learn the art of “story telling”. I enjoyed the instructor and the presentation a virtual course made me feel like I was there in the class. I am looking to take some of the other classes Alex has he is great to learn from, Thanks.
– Donald Scrima

It was an awesome experience and intellectually stimulating. This has prompted me to think about story telling in my line of work and frame them better! Going to be practicing these concepts from my next task onward.
– Kolitha Bandara

Storytelling is a powerful method to impact, persuade and transform people and your personal stories are your most precious treasure. Join me now on this learning adventure and let’s share that treasure with the world!

Course Features

Lectures 35
Quizzes 0
Duration 3.5 hours
Skill level All Levels
Language English
Students 3013
Certificate No
Assessments Yes

Welcome to the Course!
6
- Lecture1.1
  Why Storytelling Matters 04 min
- Lecture1.2
  Course Objectives and Principles 06 min
- Lecture1.3
  Why Are We Here? 02 min
- Lecture1.4
  Meet The Instructor 04 min
- Lecture1.5
  Meet The Students Of The Course 17 min
- Lecture1.6
  Why We Would Love to Get to Know You As Well 01 min
Storytelling, Persuasion and Managing Our Emotions
10
- Lecture2.1
  Why Stories Are So Important to Persuasion 08 min
- Lecture2.2
  How Persuasive Stories Work 06 min
- Lecture2.3
  How to Prepare to Persuade Your Audience 04 min
- Lecture2.4
  An Useful Example of Preparing to Persuade and Audience 06 min
- Lecture2.5
  Exercise #1 – Prepare to Persuade Your Audience 01 min
- Lecture2.6
  Why We Fear Rejection So Much 02 min
- Lecture2.7
  How to Manage Your Anxiety 12 min
- Lecture2.8
  How to Manage Your Upset or Resentment Towards Difficult People 13 min
- Lecture2.9
  How to Manage Your Excitement 10 min
- Lecture2.10
  How To Accept and Recover from Rejection 06 min
The Storytelling Toolkit
13
- Lecture3.1
  Introduction to The Storytelling Toolkit 02 min
- Lecture3.2
  The Power of Analogy and Allegory 08 min
- Lecture3.3
  The Story of Their Potential Future 05 min
- Lecture3.4
  The Personal Story 07 min
- Lecture3.5
  The Power of Your Voice 07 min
- Lecture3.6
  The Dynamic Flow of a Story 03 min
- Lecture3.7
  How To Effectively Interact with Your Audience 04 min
- Lecture3.8
  Exercise #2 – Craft Your Persuasive Story 02 min
- Lecture3.9
  Storytellers in Action – Iulia Sorescu 08 min
- Lecture3.10
  Storytellers in Action – Colin Whitfield 05 min
- Lecture3.11
  Storytellers in Action – Ariel Chiș 08 min
- Lecture3.12
  Storytellers in Action – Luiza Dăncescu 08 min
- Lecture3.13
  Closing Section #3 01 min
Storytelling for Transformative Leaders & Entrepreneurs
4
- Lecture4.1
  The Hero’s Journey 04 min
- Lecture4.2
  Transformational Leadership 08 min
- Lecture4.3
  Transformational Customer Strategy 08 min
- Lecture4.4
  How To Facilitate Behavioral Change 06 min
Next Steps In Your Journey + Questions & Answers
2
- Lecture5.1
  Next Steps 11 min
- Lecture5.2
  Questions & Answers 13 min

Alex Glod

Alex Glod is a Storyteller, Trainer and TEDx Speaker at TEDx University of Piraeus 2015, TEDx Bacău 2015 and TEDx Calea Domneasca 2018.

In the past 8 years, he has trained over 2800 people in Public Speaking, Storytelling and Leadership in countries from both Europe and Asia and has taught over 27.000 students online students. Alex advocates for a human approach in Marketing, Leadership and Education and teaches leaders, entrepreneurs and educators to use personal stories to connect authentically with their audiences.

"Every business has lots of stories to share and discover: its own history of challenges and achievements, the stories of its employees, as well as the stories of its customers. Building on these stories fosters a healthy company culture and earns the trust and respect of its customers. Very much looking forward to meet you and to unravel these stories together."