{"product_id":"story-power-secrets-to-creating-crafting-and-telling-memorable-stories-verbal-communication-presentations-relationships-how-9781642501971","title":"Story Power: Secrets to Creating, Crafting, and Telling Memorable Stories (Verbal Communication, Presentations, Relationships, How","description":"\u003cb\u003eVerbal Communication Through Telling Stories\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...learn how to bring your own stories to life on the page, on the stage, around a campfire, or a dinner table.\" --\u003cb\u003eMary Jo McConahay\u003c\/b\u003e, award-winning journalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner 2020 Indie Book Award for Non-Fiction Writing\/Publishing\u003cbr\u003eCIBA I\u0026amp;I (Instructional \u0026amp; Insightful) Non-Fiction Awards Finalist\u003cbr\u003e#1 New Release in Writing Researching \u0026amp; Publishing Guides\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe art of telling stories has been around as long as humans. And in today's noisy, techy, automated world, storytelling is not only prevalent―it's vital. Whether you're interested in enlivening verbal communication, building your business brand, making presentations, sharing family wisdom, or performing on stage, \u003cem\u003eStory Power\u003c\/em\u003e shows you how to make use of a good story.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTell your story.\u003c\/b\u003e Telling stories is the most effective verbal communication―if you know how to use it. \u003cem\u003eStory Power\u003c\/em\u003e provides techniques for creating and framing personal stories alongside effective tips for telling them in any setting. Plus, this book models stories with unique storytelling examples, exercises, and prompts, as well as storytelling techniques for delivery in a spontaneous, authentic style.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLearn from the verbal communication experts. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cem\u003eStory Power\u003c\/em\u003e is an engaging, lively guide to the art of telling stories from author and librarian Kate Farrell, a seasoned storyteller and founder of the Word Weaving Storytelling Project. In \u003cem\u003eStory Power\u003c\/em\u003e, more than twenty skillful contributors with a range of diverse voices share their secrets to creating, crafting, and telling tales.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this book discover: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to share your own coming-of-age stories and family folklore\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe importance of a personal branding story and storytelling marketing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeven Steps to Storytelling, along with helpful tools, organizers, and media options\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooklovers who have read \u003cem\u003eStoryworthy\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Storyteller's Secret\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLong Story Short\u003c\/em\u003e, or the classic \u003cem\u003eHow to Win Friends \u0026amp; Influence People\u003c\/em\u003e, will find \u003cem\u003eStory Power \u003c\/em\u003eto be a great read.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFarrell, Kate:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eKate Farrell, MLS, is a graduate of the School of Library and Information Studies, UC Berkeley. She has been a language arts classroom teacher (pre-school and grades kindergarten through 12th), author, librarian, university lecturer, and storyteller in Northern California since 1966. She founded the Word Weaving Storytelling Project, in collaboration with the California State Department of Education funded by grants from Zellerbach Family Fund, San Francisco, 1979-1991, to train educators at all levels, and published numerous educational materials.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShe is author of \u003ci\u003eWord Weaving: A Storytelling Workbook\u003c\/i\u003e, 1980; co-author of a monograph, \u003ci\u003eEffects of Storytelling: An Ancient Art for Modern Classrooms\u003c\/i\u003e, 1982; author of \u003ci\u003eWord Weaving: A Teaching Sourcebook\u003c\/i\u003e, 1984; producer and co-author of a training videotape, \"Word Weaving: The Art of Storytelling,\" 1983, distributed by the University of California, Berkeley; and author of the professional book, \u003ci\u003eStorytelling: A Guide for Teachers\u003c\/i\u003e, Scholastic, 1991. She is also senior author of Storytelling in Our Multicultural World, an oral language development program for early childhood education, published by Zaner-Bloser Educational Publishers, 1994.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFarrell has edited and appeared in numerous anthologies of personal narratives. She is author of the fabulist novella, \u003ci\u003eStrange Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e, and a collection of short stories, \u003ci\u003eWoman Wonder Tales\u003c\/i\u003e. http: \/\/katefarrell.net\/\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShe currently offers storytelling workshops to writers in CWC branches and Mechanics Institute Library and the San Francisco Public Library and hosts a weekly storytelling blog: http: \/\/www.storytellingforeveryone.net\/\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlbert, Susan Wittig:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Susan Wittig Albert is the award-winning, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLoving Eleanor\u003c\/i\u003e (2016), about the intimate friendship of Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok; and \u003ci\u003eA Wilder Rose\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), about Rose Wilder Lane and the writing of the Little House books. Her award-winning fiction also includes mysteries in the China Bayles series, the Darling Dahlias, the Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter, and a series of Victorian-Edwardian mysteries she has written with her husband, Bill Albert, under the pseudonym of Robin Paige. She has written two memoirs: \u003ci\u003eAn Extraordinary Year of Ordinary Days\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTogether, Alone: A Memoir of Marriage and Place\u003c\/i\u003e, published by the University of Texas Press. Susan Albert is founder of the Story Circle Network, an international not-for-profit membership organization made up of thousands of women who want to document their lives and explore their personal stories through journaling, memoir, autobiography, personal essays, poetry, fiction, nonfiction, drama, and mixed-media, based in Austin, Texas. Susan Wittig Albert is a member of the Texas Institute of Letters and lives in the rugged Texas Hill Country, in the small town of Bertram, just northwest of Austin.","brand":"Mango","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50434584314130,"sku":"9781642501971","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f0afd2f5-4e95-4c79-8c82-5aa4a4c32bb8.jpg?v=1729604753","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/story-power-secrets-to-creating-crafting-and-telling-memorable-stories-verbal-communication-presentations-relationships-how-9781642501971","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}