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Storytelling for Adult Educators: The one Technique no-one is Talking About
Webinar overview
This highly rated National VET Conference session is now available as a 90-minute webinar!
Everyone loves a good story, but when it comes to telling one, many people believe they are not great storytellers.
Effective stories have been shown to dramatically improve retention, emotional connection and engagement in the classroom and other settings. Educators can use storytelling to improve retention of facts, enhance emotional buy-in or drive home a key message. Regardless of the reason for telling a story, in education, your stories need to be clear, engaging and drive home a key point or lesson. In this session, Tony will share the two frameworks he uses for curating effective stories and once you learn them, you’ll see them used anytime a good story is told.
Specifically, together we will:
- Explore three foundational elements to make a story engaging.
- Identify the additional elements to make your stories relevant, memorable and, importantly, related to your content.
- Explore how you can build a library of stories that you can draw on in your training practice.
Join this session to build your confidence in using this powerful technique to enhance student learning and engagement.
Key topics covered
- The role of storytelling in adult learning and engagement.
- Three foundational elements of an effective story.
- A key framework, supporting each of the above foundational elements, to make stories engaging, memorable stories and relevant.
- Where to get started with storytelling, and how to build your story library.
Please note* To protect the integrity of the session, the use of AI notetakers or any third-party recording tools is not permitted. Click here if you would like to find out more.
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Date & Time
Wednesday 3rd March 2027
11:00am - 12:30pm (AEST: QLD)
Other timezones:
12:00pm - 1:30pm (AEDT: NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS)
11:30am - 1:00pm (ACDT: SA)
10:30am - 12:00pm (ACST: NT)
9:00am - 10:30am (AWST: WA)
Who should attend
This practical webinar is for educators looking to incorporate storytelling into their educational practice. The session is aimed at beginners (I don’t have any stories to tell), through to those that have stories but find people ‘drifting off’ when they tell them.
What to expect
Post-event, you will be provided with the following resources:
- PowerPoint
- Recording of the webinar
- Additional electronic resources
- Electronic Statement of Attendance
Presenters
Tony Kirton
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Tony Kirton is a facilitator and instructional designer with more than a 15 years’ experience in organisational learning and development and VET education.
Known for his engaging and evidence-based approach to online and face to face learning, Tony delivers workshops, webinars and conference presentations with a wide range of public and private sector organisations.
As a facilitator, Tony primarily teaches educators and trainers how to design and deliver engaging and meaningful learning. In the past two years Tony has spent most of his facilitation time working with trainers, managers and senior leaders to improve their facilitation and presentation skills.
As an instructional designer, Tony has overseen and personally designed hundreds of training programs and more than one thousand assessment resources from more than 30 different vocational qualifications.
He holds a Master in Business and Commerce (spec. HR & IR) and two Diplomas in Vocational Training and Learning Design.
Connect with Tony via:
Email: tony@engageld.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tkirton/
Web: https://engagelearninganddevelopment.com/
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Opportunities to interact
- Use a microphone to speak with trainer/attendees
- Raise your 'virtual hand' to engage in discussion
- Share your thoughts via online chat window
- Answer online polls that provide instant group feedback
NB. If you would like to send chat questions to the presenter before the session, please email [email protected].
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