Working with imaginative journeys and the mystery and magic of metaphor, the author has developed the art of therapeutic storytelling for children's challenging behaviour.

Directed primarily toward college/university students, this text also provides practical content for anyone who has to make presentations. A brief, professional, reader-friendly guide to creating effective presentations. Many people avoid giving presentations or simply suffer through them. Guide to Presentations, with its clear, concise, and practical information, helps readers understand how to prepare and practice in order to make presentations far less troubling.

"George W. Burns examines the healing value of using metaphors in therapy and provides 101 inspirational story ideas that therapists can adapt to share with clients for effecting change. He explains how to tell stories that engage the client, how to make them metaphoric, and where to find sources for such tales. Burns also shows readers how to build stories from personal experiences or their own imagination to use in session, making this thoughtful book an especially creative therapeutic tool."--BOOK JACKET.

Storytelling! Make YOUR MESSAGE STICK in the Minds and Imaginations of Your Clients, Customers or Family! Find, Create, and Tell Your Great Stories Without Having to be a Professional Storyteller. When you order Sean's workbook right now, you will soon be communicating with clarity to adults, teens, and children. Imagine Yourself In One of These Scenes: You stand on the stage or platform using business storytelling and every eye is glued on you, all ears eager to catch your next sentence. Perhaps you are a classroom teacher or librarian and you feel a sense of pride and accomplishment as students say to you, "Thanks! You are the best teacher!" Not only that, but they always master the content you teach them. Their test scores could prove it. Maybe you are a preacher or medical professional and your message, framed in the power of story, could change lives every day. You are a parent and your children say, "No, not the book. Tell me one of your stories!" We want to help make these scenarios come true for you with our workbook! Now, right in your home or office, you could master the art of oral storytelling for all groups! Grow your bottom line, increase customer, staff, or volunteer retention + even communicate better with your family when you... all possible when you use your new power of storytelling. You can master your message to your audience, inviting them into a powerful experience, unlike any other speaker they've heard. You can tell a great story. Grab hold of the attention of your audience and keep them riveted to your message. Corporate gatherings, schools, churches, sales, and special events all benefit from the must-know skill of oral storytelling. *Execs, trainers, sales and HR staff: Enliven your work with powerful stories. *Librarians and teachers: Go beyond reading to creating important events. *Students of all levels: Propel past the presentations of other students. *Parents: Mesmerize your own children with stories of your life. Forget what you think you know about storytelling- this has nothing to do with reading books to children. Storytelling is a powerful art form that has grown up way past the porch swing and glasses of lemonade. Now, you can grasp this skill that has been used for centuries and apply it to your unique audiences using this excellent workbook. Your audiences will want NEED to hear your message when you use storytelling techniques effectively. In the workbook's pages of fun, entertaining exercises and teachings you'll learn things such as: How EVERYONE has a story to tell. How to apply ESSENTIAL skills- even if you've NEVER told a story before. How to dig through your experiences to discover your HIDDEN STORIES! How to NEVER lose a story when you practice INTENTIONALITY. How to use EPISODIC telling and give up memorizing stories. How to say words so that you PAINT PICTURES in your listener's mind. ...and more than we can list here. Your host on your journey into the POWERFUL SKILLS of storytelling is K. Sean Buvala ...a master storyteller and teacher with decades of (and current) real-life development of this training kit. An award-winning storyteller recognized by his national peers as a leader in the art of storytelling, Sean takes you through the basics of learning to tell stories using the same techniques he has used to teach thousands of new storytellers in live training events since 1986! Thousands of hours of experience (and thousands of dollars of research and training) have gone into this practical, no-nonsense workbook. Dive in and learn a new skill today.

Unlock the Power of Storytelling and Ignite Your Child's Imagination!With "Storytelling 101," you'll empower yourself to create unforgettable storytelling experiences, nurturing your child's love for stories and unlocking their imagination's full potential. Join countless parents who have already experienced the transformative power of storytelling in their children's lives.Inside this book, you'll learn: The profound importance of storytelling for children's cognitive and emotional development. How storytelling nurtures creativity, imagination, and critical thinking skills. Practical techniques for developing engaging characters, compelling plots, and captivating settings. Strategies for fostering your child's storytelling skills and encouraging their unique voice. Tips for reading aloud effectively and making storytime a memorable experience. How to create storytelling events at home or in the community for shared enjoyment. Ways to use storytelling as a vehicle for teaching valuable life lessons and instilling positive values. The proven benefits of storytelling for your child's overall development. Get your copy of "Storytelling 101: A Parent's Guide to Crafting Magical Tales" and embark on an extraordinary storytelling adventure with your child!

Must-read for managers on a powerful branding tool of the future. Up-to-date cases from the business world, plenty of illustrations and easy-to-use tools. Recommended by managers of top international firms. Covers both the internal and external benefits of storytelling for a business company. Danish version sold more than 2000 copies.

Don’t restrict your creative property to one media channel. Make the essential leap to transmedia! From film to television to games and beyond, Storytelling Across Worlds gives you the tools to weave a narrative universe across multiple platforms and meet the insatiable demand of today’s audience for its favorite creative property. This, the first primer in the field for both producers and writers, teaches you how to: * Employ film, television, games, novels, comics, and the web to build rich and immersive transmedia narratives * Create writing and production bibles for transmedia property * Monetize your stories across separate media channels * Manage transmedia brands, marketing, and rights * Work effectively with writers and producers in different areas of production * Engage audiences with transmedia storytelling Up-to-date examples of current transmedia and cross-media properties accompany each chapter and highlight this hot but sure-to-be enduring topic in modern media.

Transmedia storytelling, developing a narrative across multiple platforms to expand learning and engagement, works because it encourages learners to be resourceful, and is social, mobile, accessible, and re-playable. This Infoline will: Provide a framework for good storytelling techniques. Explain what transmedia storytelling is, and why and how it is effective. Help you find a practical and valuable “story structure” for learning design challenges. Describe the trainer’s role in transmedia storytelling. This Infoline comes with tips for designing transmedia learning based on the traditional storytelling framework, and provides examples of effective transmedia storytelling in the business and learning environments.

For the last 150 years, advertising has created a consumer culture in the United States, shaping every facet of American life—from what we eat and drink to the clothes we wear and the cars we drive. In the United States, advertising has carved out an essential place in American culture, and advertising messages undoubtedly play a significant role in determining how people interpret the world around them. This three-volume set examines the myriad ways that advertising has influenced many aspects of 20th-century American society, such as popular culture, politics, and the economy. Advertising not only played a critical role in selling goods to an eager public, but it also served to establish the now world-renowned consumer culture of our country and fuel the notion of "the American dream." The collection spotlights the most important advertising campaigns, brands, and companies in American history, from the late 1800s to modern day. Each fact-driven essay provides insight and in-depth analysis that general readers will find fascinating as well as historical details and contextual nuance students and researchers will greatly appreciate. These volumes demonstrate why advertising is absolutely necessary, not only for companies behind the messaging, but also in defining what it means to be an American.