We offer storytelling skills training days for organisations and storytelling skills workshops for delegates at conferences. We offer storytelling skills training for teachers, whatever age you teach, from early years to secondary and colleges. We know that this country needs more storytellers and we want to train them, if you would like to learn storytelling skills directly from Richard O’Neill;whether for personal development,or for part or full-time employment,then get in touch using our contact page as we will be running courses in the near future. 

The benefits of storytelling

Storytelling skills are not only useful for being able to keep one or more children interested or quiet for a while! Many people in education know what benefits storytelling has for: learning; firing imaginations; and getting children interested in reading. But the benefits of storytelling go far beyond this: Storytelling skills are, as many people have found, a fantastic thing to have in both social and working environments. Giving a presentation and being interviewed just two situations where you have to not only express yourself and your individuality; but to also get your message across to others. You have to make them listen to you in the short-term and also to remember what you have said in the long-term.  In their social lives; many people experience difficulty in expressing themselves properly. With friends or especially with new people, telling a joke or just being able to introduce themselves can be a real chore. When you are telling a story, you are using all of yourself: mind, body, imagination, and your true enthusiasm. You are communicating with others on a deeper and, much better level.