Book Summary
We could sit for hours and listen to some people tell stories. Others seem to ruin the simplest joke. The difference is obvious, but there are just a few steps that separate one group from the other. A person only has to learn a few basic techniques.

Learn those techniques and it will give you an edge in your home, profession, and ministry. It will enrich your professional career and enhance your personal life.

This book shows how to create and tell great stories without memorizing them. Follow the simple instruction and you will find that it will reduce your fear of public speaking. Every chapter has fun activities to help you practice what is taught. Many people use these to teach their children to be better communicators.

- The Art of Storytelling provides a system to make storytelling easier and ultimately change the way a person communicates to others.

- This book teaches procedures, improves skills, and increases the reader’s ability to impact others through public speaking.

- If you are an experienced communicator, this book will sharpen your communication skills to a new intensity.

- A great book for parents, business people, Sunday school teachers, librarians, pastors, schoolteachers, missionaries, grandparents, attorneys, and caregivers.

This book will increase your ability to communicate effectively.


CONTENTS

Prologue: A Personal Word
Chapter 1 A New World and Its Story

Fourteen Steps to Preparing an Unforgettable Story
Chapter 2 Where Do You Find Your Stories? (Step 1)
Chapter 3 Let Them Walk in Your Shoes (Steps 2,3, & 4)
Chapter 4 Make It Unforgettable (Steps 5,6, & 7)
Chapter 5 Knowing When to Ramble (Steps 8 & 9)
Chapter 6 The Finishing Touches (Steps 10, 11, & 12)
Chapter 7 The Last Ingredient (Steps 13 &14)

Seven Tools for Presenting an Unforgettable Story
Chapter 8 You Have to See It (Tool 1)
Chapter 9 Committing Your Body (Tools 2 & 3)
Chapter 10 Talking: Not Talking (Tools 4 & 5)
Chapter 11 Turning Weakness into Strength (Tools 6 & 7)

Four Places to Give an Unforgettable Story
Chapter 12 Storytelling and the Family
Chapter 13 Storytelling and the Church
Chapter 14 Storytelling and Education
Chapter 15 Organizing a Storytelling Event

Appendix 1 Adapting an Adult Short Story
Appendix 2 Five Starter Stories
Appendix 3 Storytelling Resources

Whether you are a Parent, a Teacher, or a Preacher - You need this book.