Limited places may be available for non-guides

About the Workshop

Storytelling is one of our most powerful communication tools and using stories in your guiding is a great way to make your tours engaging, entertaining and memorable. In this workshop you will learn how to select suitable stories, craft them for telling and deliver them in an effective manner.

This workshop is commissioned by Singapore Tourism Board to train Licensed Tourist Guides. In some runs of the course there may be limited places available for aspiring tourist guides, or other interested individuals. Singaporean and Permanent Resident Licensed Guides are subsidised for the Professional Development workshop, but others must pay the full cost of $165.

Workshop Outline

• Introduction, overview and icebreaker
• Demo storytelling
• What is storytelling and how it works as a powerful communication and connection tool
• Understanding and effectively using story architecture
• Understanding the elements that make a story convincing and captivating
• Performance tips and techniques
• Discovering your personal storytelling style
• Selecting effective stories for tourist guiding and integrating stories into existing tours
• How to retell a story without memorising the words. A step-by-step process for internalising story structure and generating details that gives the participants the ability to create their own unique version of the story and the tools to work on any story.
• Understanding the elements of vocal expression and practical vocal expression and vocal energy work.
• Supportive feedback on storytelling strengths and areas to work on via a storytelling skills checklist
• There will be presentations and demonstrations by the presenter and practical exercises for the participants. Storytelling techniques will be taught through engaging practical activities that harness the participants’ natural storytelling abilities and foster the development of their own storytelling style.

Scheduled workshop dates are:

• Thursday 30 June 2016
• Thursday 1 September 2016
• Thursday 20 October 2016
• Thursday 6 December 2016

Timing:  9am to 5pm

Cost:  Singaporean and Permanent Resident Licensed Tourist Guides – $82.50   Others – $165         (UTAP funding of $42.25 funding is available after completing the workshop for NTUC members)

Venue: The Seminar Room, Heritage Place, 21 Tan Quee Lan St, #02-08, Singapore, 188108

For enquiries and registration please contact Sheila Wee at sheila@storywise.com.sg