Want To Change the World – Tell a Good Story

The following are the links to articles, blog posts, YouTube videos, TED Talks, books, and other resources that I have explored in my pursuit of improving my ability to tell a good story and hopefully change the world.

Why Learning Environments Need to Change

Why do so many prefer passive learning?
Why You Need to Rethink Your Role as an Educator
Why AI Should Scare Some Educators and Not Others

My Why & How I Got to Now

Resonate: Present Visual Stories That Transform Audience

Nancy Duarte’s Guide to Persuasive Presentations – https://www.duarte.com/resonate-book/
This is the link to the free online version of the book that will require you to provide your name and email address to gain access to the book. I have a copy of this book on my bookshelf and on Kindle. If you were to have only one book on presentations this would be it.

Nancy Duarte uncovers the common structure of greatest communicators

If you don’t have time to read the book Resonate – Duarte’s TED talk will provide a great summary of the key elements of the book.

The transformative power of classical music | Benjamin Zander
One of the amazing presentations highlighted in Resonate

Digital Storytelling Cookbook
This is an older, but still relevant, abridged version of the Digital Storytelling Cookbook. A most recent full version can be purchased from the Story Center at https://www.storycenter.org/inventory/digital-storytelling-cookbook

My first Digital Storytelling result:
Not Suited for School But Suited for Learning