Storytelling Theory and Practice

[@storybox1]

Thank you for this Brian. I found it very useful in my work as a storyteller, it helped me to see the process of engagement in an tangible way. I also enjoyed your telling.

[@CoachTurbojoy]

This video is very helpful to people who want to teach others to become better storytellers. Many good storytellers learn how to become great ones intuitively. This presentation helps speed up the process by describing the elements of developing audience rapport. Thank you, Prof. Sturm!

[@RicardoGreen2008]

The 3 stories tales that you tell in your lecture-demonstration connect well with the theory you present in practice, particulary well told with great feeling with the last story, "The Stonecutter." I too like using this story with college-level public speaking students as well as with students whose native languages are not English, and look forward to further lecture-demonstrations by Professor Brian Sturm. Thanks you for your great presentation!

[@DebiDavis]

Voila - a perfect example of truth cloaked in story. Until I read your comment (pointing out the truth), I was able to imagine the cloud being the more powerful. Speaking of powerful, THAT's powerful storytelling.

[@AlmostHohn]

Lots to learn from this lecture, especially if you're learning to become a story teller. I would quote the very last line of this speech, but I don't want to give it away. So, I'll just leave a teaser: "The stone cutter learned the most powerful thing of all ..."

[@dreamstarusa]

Brilliant! thank you. Can you do a presentation about how to integrate storytelling with normal daily conversations?

[@sara46762]

thank you very much Prof. Sturm for your 45 minute really wonderful presentation,,, nice storytelling atmosphere and nice lecture...

[@deepthiman1]

Wonderful lecture and a great storyteller. Thank you.

[@goodman528]

Very good lecture, thanks for putting it on youtube!

[@eshipBMCC]

I like this. It's fascinating too that Story, in the context of today, might find an audience. This video doesn't have an audience. How much of an audience or platform does a story need? The TED Talk about the "Magical Science of Storytelling" which showed up as related here on YT has 2.7M views.

[@leticialefevre]

I like so much. I´m from Brasil and my english isn´t so good, but I could understed everthing. I love it. Great teacher. This video is fantastic, it gave me a good idea about storytellins. Thanks.

[@pumkinpi2]

One important tool in communication is making information interesting. It is certainly an important part of story telling. Perhaps he could polish this skill.

[@forestwilson1698]

Wow! I was watching this after the US elections and it certainly made my eyes open to the effects of story versus the truth.

[@cgortz89]

Great lecture! Really interesting stuff about storytelling. I loved the models! Thanks!

[@charlieursell8999]

Great video - interesting models of Story telling and listening: thanks!

[@brkataur]

Genius clip, I am really impressed. I have watched the movie "The man from the earth" like with the different eyes after this clip, like good story.

[@sundeepv80]

you explained the storytelling concept so beautiful. I love this!

[@1m1a]

45 minutes well spent... thank you!

[@rdthrthth]

wow i really liked the 3 short stories he told, very immersive.

[@iamnewmexico5399]

wow... Great Video and great Teaching ! Good Stuff

[@MIBstudios-N-Juliana]

This is GREAT but I was falling to sleep 1/2 way into it. I will take a nap (as I am old and tired) and then revisit "the rest of this story":-)

[@crankcuffin]

If you listen he tells not one but three stories that show how powerful the medium is

[@Cnazca]

I was having a look , and I think It's a very interesting exposition .

[@jamesandchante]

Thank you for sharing this video lecture! It's very informative for teachers and writers (I hoping to become both).

[@Tropicaliak]

those were really cool stories told...I am interested how fan fiction relates to all of this (even though I don't read or write it myself, I think it's very interesting.)

[@danecustance2734]

I loved the last story, great presentation.

[@ahyaribnusatrio9119]

thanks prof. to your information, it's can help me to finished my thesis

[@mcwolfus]

I personally have been talking shite all my life, and that has kept many people enthralled. I will post an instructional video soon.

[@stevebaryakovgindi]

Excellent, helped me to understand storytelling

[@MrComment999]

This was an amazing lecture. Thank you.

[@TheXtremeAsian]

I'm gonna get an A+ tomorrow! Highschool communications class........

[@soukaina4722]

Thank you very much for this wonderful lecture. This comment was posted in 2022

[@LodeNachtergaele]

the audio and video seems to be out of sync, I downloaded the mp4 but also in that file the lipsynchronisation is terrible, it's a pity because it is a very interesting lecture

[@joshpeters813]

This is brilliant

[@takamine98]

useful and helpful. thanks professor.

[@denisebedford4641]

This is a good lecture if you are interested in the traditional view of story. It would be a bit more useful to knowledge science professionals if it spoke to knowledge rather than information, and to the core concept of springboard stories.

[@VicMourahimself]

A true born storyteller.

[@tophatsparrow]

Very good lecture! Thanks for that :)

[@SusanCox]

brilliant content...would love to work on some delivery nuances with him!!!

[@AlmostHohn]

@zenblack11 Have you ever heard of Toastmasters? It's a speech club and they focus on feedback. You can tell your story there and every member writes down on a piece of paper what you did well and gives suggestions for improvement.

[@VanessaEden]

very interesting video! thank you best regards from germany Vanessa Eden

[@salistorymaker]

i love the story of Truth and Story and I totally got it :O)

[@puregirl22]

The last story was my favorite! :)

[@KingKelechiMusic]

awesome. thanks

[@AliceCombes]

Really great lesson, thank you!

[@chasnleo]

wonderful! I love it.

[@billybobjoe5039]

Nice job brian!

[@joesopeters]

great lecture, maybe my manager should use it

[@watcher9828]

Loved this!

[@3rdaxis609]

thank you

[@jmm1233]

same could be applied to tv and movie

[@kevinallenpartners]

Interesting lecture. Storytelling is a dramatic recounting of events and ideas designed to engage, motivate and inspire. It's a fine art which truly connects you to your audience. Kevin Allen @kapitchman

[@jbrowsingj]

Great video, but it seems to be unsynced by about 5 seconds. I kind of takes away from the impact of his stories when you see the wrong expressions, but I think it might just be me. Anybody else seeing this?

[@AsterixSlashStar]

"includes" is spelled wrong in the description.

[@BeechSundowner]

Good video!

[@MrScottydabody]

good job

[@gdsworldvlogs7294]

Love it!

[@kateyvette25]

Thank You!

[@champagnesexdaddy8747]

Interactive students hollla at mee lmaoo

[@late95]

we did one of these at school

[@foghorn51rater]

@SuperChocolatePain The two Beautiful Women <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="255">4:15</a> "What happens when you really listen" <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1020">17:00</a>

[@Pianobluespiano]

Great video:)

[@chadwyatt2009]

Where can I get the story listening trance diagram?

[@zlabiroth]

very nice

[@brenoribeiro2007]

That makes it two of us! #Brasil

[@patricksalvadori7119]

Why not just tell a story and show people how powerful the medium is. It doesn't require such a dully lecture to promote its virtues!

[@SuperChocolatePain]

Someone post the time of the beginning of each story please

[@Left4TeamFortress2]

Hello Brain. Is there anyway we could get a .png file of the Storylistening Experience and the Storylistening Trance? If you can thanks.

[@briansturm511]

You can find an overview of the Storylistening Trance model (one of the ones I reference in the video, including a description) at: www.jstor.org/stable/542104?seq=1. The Storylistening Experience model (which covers the entire storylistening experience, not just the trance-like moment) is explained and modeled here: ils.unc.edu/~sturm/storytelling/storyexperience.pdf I hope this helps. Brian Sturm

[@kindgirl7637]

i have questions on you. 1. how to develope my confident since i'm affraid that the audience doesn't get the point on my story because my pronounciation is not really good and i'm wary that they missunderstanding on my story? 2. is there any problem with the speaker who has a strong accent when they will deliver their story ? thanks for the answer

[@senobagaskoro4397]

I can answer no. 2, the accent using in a story telling is quite important, considering people will mostly hear your stories when you can convince them, i see your domain is probably around south east asia, i can bet your audiences are asian. For my own experience as a storyteller, asians are usually being convinced by storytellers accent ( which can prob describe that the storyteller is fluent in English and pretty experience with English stuffs ). At other certain points, different accents in a story are quiet powerful, for example, when you try to tell a story as a narrator, you can try a more deep, english accent. When you tell a story as a funny person, you can try more of light american accent. So, yeah, accent is quite useful for a storyteller. Btw, i'm also from southeast asia (indonesia).

[@kindgirl7637]

+seno bagaskoro thanks for the suggestions. i'm from indonesia and i will be a teacher.

[@senobagaskoro4397]

trisna yanti it's always a pleasure to help, especially helping those who dedicate their life to education like you do. Glad i could help. Good luck !

[@isaaca6445]

Did you hear the penny drop @<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1577">26:17</a>?

[@itsmedontusee]

@defdeezy Mayby you are projecting yourself on to the person who you thinks is projecting onto another person. So you might be projecting a projection or I might be projecting right now.

[@HorribleMuttonChops]

Totally.

[@shane8109]

Neat contest

[@danprater001]

Probably should be retitled to "The listener experience" or something like that, because there's little to no storytelling theory or tips for storytelling practice here. His summary is a simple argument that "data" (apparently of all kinds) should be presented in story form.

[@TheHamedkibria]

love it

[@cheesecake4648]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="480">8:00</a> What the story says is: don't tell the truth, hide yourself behind a mask.

[@MabelSaenh99]

very useful,

[@Unknown-artist77]

bo nie ma napisów ;P chyba z 4 godziny oglądałem bo nie mogłem wytrzymalbym calego naraz

[@awa418]

tnx for dis

[@bahadurvaibhav]

the audio is lagging

[@zenblack11]

Hey do you have skype? I want to practice my story telling with someone that i dont know, so they could honestly tell me if im good at it or not

[@NaljorJinpa]

Brilliant information and good presentation.. But also very interesting that the Professor is a poor storyteller.. more like talking to first graders. The reasons for this go beyond the confines of the story and engage the other element of storytelling.. Character and individual character traits.

[@ChrisOrillia]

@missusoomuch cool story bro

[@yrene64]

@Alpha1Bravo1Charlie1 Maybe, if you listened you'd find out...

[@geodave227]

Zuzu's petals!

[@cheese841]

@MrBrtzy SAME!!!! omg weird peter ;)

[@horikitamakia]

am i the only one who thinks the opening music is kinda disturbing?

[@danprater001]

This can be skipped in favor of Ira Glass "how to tell a story". Ira's is faster to the point. This guy talks about the listener's experience all the way until like 20min.

[@NightmareCourtPictures]

This is a good lecture. But in all honesty the instructor was not that good storyteller. Lupe Fiasco in his MIT lecture on Rap Theory…THAT is a good example of how to tell a good story. Real storytelling has a quality to it that sounds human, and not rehearsed or melodramatic. This guys storytelling is overly dramatic and the emphasis he places on somewhat random moments of the story make it easy to tune out and get lost into what is actually important about it. Just some constructive criticism, cheers,

[@Alpha1Bravo1Charlie1]

I think u totally missed the point... in fact, u missed several points. He breaks down storytelling to explain why it's effective and what makes it 'work.' There is nothing wrong with that at all.

[@defdeezy]

i think you're projecting yourself onto him.

[@LaRoucheisright]

tshnvr: Why would anyone take the time to make such a statement?

[@minotaur55]

gets out of sync around 20 min

[@SamuelFaict.Filmmaker]

Why do the technical aspect of those storytelling video's always suck.

[@Andyc140]

i hate when my collars do that..

[@professordrabhijitsayamber2299]

Om shanti k good day please find attached

[@gcmcknight]

This was extremely difficult to listen to. The monotone voice was very boring and the core concepts over 45 minutes could have been reduced to 5 or 6 minutes

[@PolarVisionChannel]

Could use a better intro...

[@operring1]

Who Makes this it put us school children through hell 45 min vid we have to watch... please think of us poor school kids before uploading vids.

[@SamuelDaram]

What a dull speaker. This man is the opposite of Robert McKee.