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Discover the art of captivating storytelling through immersive workshops in NYC, where participants can learn narrative techniques, character development, and the power of compelling storytelling.

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Influence in Communication

Melini Group @ 416 3rd Ave, New York, NY

Discover the secrets to delivering impactful and persuasive communication that moves your audience. Enhance your public speaking skills and learn the key techniques and tools to strengthen your influence and leadership abilities. Join us at the Melini Group for an interactive course designed to transform your communication skills.

(8) All levels 18 and older

Art of the Interview

DCTV @ 87 Lafayette St, New York, NY

Learn how to conduct engaging and ethical interviews in the Art of the Interview workshop at DCTV. Gain valuable tips on building connections, encouraging candid responses, and navigating technical considerations. Enhance your interviewing skills and start your own remote interview-based podcast.

(237) Intermediate 18 and older
$200

3 sessions

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Improv Intensive for Professionals and Educators

The Engaging Educator @ 244 W 54th St, New York, NY

Remember how we said our classes are like going to the gym for your brain? In this 3-week class, we’ll practice what we preach, focusing in on flexing the skills that make us a bigger, faster and stronger US. Improv is all about communication, and we understand the importance of creating a safe space to work listening skills, focus, public speaking, presence, flexibility, and confidence. We’ll zoom in on the idea of building a team, remaining...

(401) All levels 18 and older
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$109

3 sessions

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Persuasive Presentation Skills - Half Day

Melini Group @ Home Base @ Raise New York , New York, NY

How do you develop and deliver impactful, persuasive, and powerful presentations to your audience? What are the key techniques and tools that should be used to transform your audience? Why are presentation skills critical to your ability to influence and lead? This open skills course spans the entire life-cycle of presentation development and delivery. Exercises range from the initial construction stage to the psychological challenges...

(8) All levels 18 and older
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$300
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6-Session Storytelling for Business Workshop

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The Story Studio @ 50 Broadway 4th Fl, New York, NY

Story Studio Storytelling for Business workshops demystify the storytelling process and provide a forum for employees to become clear, confident, engaging communicators. This personalized 6-session class will explore in depth the art of storytelling for business. It is ideal for participants who are looking to advance their careers by applying storytelling techniques to their work. Participants will each focus on their own business and/or career...

(67) All levels 18 and older
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$350

6 sessions

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Represent: Tell Your Story the Way You Want 3Wk Series

The Engaging Educator @ 520 8th Ave, New York, NY

Are you interviewing for a new job, networking your new idea, or connecting at conferences and meetings, and the mere thought about your elevator pitch gives you anxiety? Experts say you’ve got under 90 seconds to convince your listener to continue to listen – so you don’t have a second to spare with those nerves! Why don’t you improve your pitch with Improv? This three-week class will focus on Personal and Creative Pitches through Storytelling...

(401) All levels 18 and older
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$119

3 sessions

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Telling Your Story: Writing Skills for Designers

New York School of Interior Design @ 170 E 70th St, New York, NY

In today's fast-paced, globalized world of 140 character messages and sound bites, many of us rely on texting and email to communicate our professionalism, personality, thoughts, and concerns. Every word carries meaning and every sentence we send into the world -- either electronically or print -- needs to be an effective and compelling blend of fact, detail, color, and emotion. Through structured in-class exercises, this course will give students...

(176) All levels 18 and older
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$225

5 sessions

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Storytelling Fundamentals

Be Social Change @ 601 W 26th St, New York, NY

Storytelling is an essential skill in today’s working world that will help you grow your career, networking, and impact. But what makes a story stand out, and engage the listener? In this highly interactive workshop, you will learn tips and tricks to make your stories fun, engaging, and interesting as well as have a chance to workshop the beginnings of a story with personalized feedback! Build Skills in: Storytelling, Narrative Arc, Communication,...

(245) All levels 18 and older
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6-Session Level 1 Storytelling Workshop

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The Story Studio @ 50 Broadway 4th Fl, New York, NY

The Story Studio’s 6-session Level 1 storytelling workshop provides students with an encouraging, constructive environment in which to practice storytelling each week and receive feedback from their instructor and peers.  Exercises in class focus on classic story structuring, building suspense, eliciting emotion, recreating drama, digging deeper into a story’s meaning, and using your voice and body to add levels to your listeners’ experience,...

(67) All levels 18 and older
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$350

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Storytelling For Stand Up Comics

Jeff Lawrence/Laughing Buddha Comedy @ 244 W 54th , New York, NY

Storytelling is an art form that has entertained and informed over centuries and cultures. You can now learn this effective tool and incorporate it's tenets into your stand up act. Storytelling For Stand Up Comics: Translate your life story into an original five minute comedy set Develop characters from storytelling that are rich, funny, and unique Take risks as a comic, actor, and writer, resulting in unbridled confidence Learn the difference...

(1) All levels 16 and older
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$300

5 sessions

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Storytelling for Leaders Bundle

The Story Source @ 175 Varick St, New York, NY

This is a discounted package of courses frequently purchased together. Click into each course to learn more about its curriculum and the available dates & times. To sign up for this discounted package, select a start date, which will be the date for the first class in the package. After you register, contact the school to schedule the remaining class(es). === Wouldn’t it feel great to navigate small talk towards more meaningful topics? Excite...

(298) All levels 18 and older
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$120
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Telling Your Story: How to Catch an Editor's Eye

New York School of Interior Design @ 170 E 70th St, New York, NY

Every project, and every client, has a story. And every compelling story, like every great design, consistently contains similar elements: drama, history, color, detail, context, facts, quotes and anecdotes. Before your work can be published, every reporter, freelance and staff, needs to sell your story to their editors. As a career journalist writing for The New York Times and many top publications in the U.S., Canada and Europe, Ms. Kelly can...

(176) All levels 18 and older
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$225

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Storytelling Intensive: Dive to Craft & Tell Your Story

The Engaging Educator @ 244 W 54th St, New York, NY

Storytelling Intensive: 3 Week Dive to Craft, Refine and Tell Your Story This is a coed class ‘Storytelling remains basic: it’s just a campfire, the human connection that says you’re not alone’ – Shonda Rhimes Marketing, brand development, education, dates, networking, grants, pitches – what do these things have in common? A story makes it stronger. Crafting arcs, refining flow and focus, and the techniques around storytelling are...

(401) All levels 18 and older
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$119

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El Arte De La Entrevista (Spanish Speaking)

DCTV @ 87 Lafayette St, New York, NY

La entrevista es la columna vertebral de la narración en la no ficción. En este dinámico taller, aprenda cómo preparar y ejecutar entrevistas con confianza. Desde la preproducción hasta la iluminación y el audio, El Arte De La Entrevista, lo prepara para administrar la logística técnica de una entrevista frente a la cámara mientras garantiza la comodidad de su entrevistado. Aprenda a mantener una conexión respetuosa con su sujeto y obtenga...

(237) Intermediate 18 and older
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$200

2 sessions

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Storytelling for Business People Bootcamp

General Assembly @ 10 E 21st St, New York, NY

These days, the Internet is abuzz about storytelling. You may have a great idea or creative business solution, but if you can’t tell a compelling story then your message may get lost. This class will help you understand how to uncover and share compelling stories with a range of audiences to achieve specific business goals, from funding for an idea to developing a clever campaign strategy. In this workshop, we’ll delve into specific ways to...

(2637) All levels 18 and older

Storytelling for Business People

Input Lofts (formerly WECREATE) @ 58 E 11th St, New York, NY

By the end of class, each student will have at least two stories to take away and a deeper understanding of the role of storytelling in business. Do you need an amazing story to tell at meetings or during a presentation? Are you trying to launch or brand a product and want an enticing hook? Does your mission statement need an overhaul? In this two-hour workshop, we’ll look into the many ways you can incorporate personal stories into your business...

(160) All levels 16 and older
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Storytelling

Irish Arts Center @ 244 W 54th St, New York, NY

Learn how to structure and tell a story from personal experience, what separates a story from an anecdote or a joke, and what elements make for a compelling and relatable narrative. Two time Moth GrandSLAMs winner, Brad Lawrence, will help you learn how to structure and tell a true story from personal experience, what separates a story from an anecdote or a joke, and what elements make for a compelling and relatable narrative that absorbs any listener,...

(51) All levels 18 and older
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$175

6 sessions

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Storytelling for Success: Pitch, Present & Persuade

General Assembly @ 10 E 21st St, New York, NY

Want more compelling pitches for investors, customers, and new hires? In this class, you'll learn how storytelling techniques from film and other narrative arts can take your pitches and presentations to the next level. You'll also practice crafting personal stories that quickly establish trust with audiences and colleagues. Takeaways A more compelling pitch for your company/product Storytelling tricks of pitch masters like Steve Jobs and Elon...

(2637) All levels 18 and older

Systems Thinking Meets Storytelling

General Assembly @ 10 E 21st St, New York, NY

You Design it, Develop it, Code it and stage it... but what story is it telling? Is it moving anybody or just providing functional utility? When Code, Art & Copy come together, magic can happen. But to all too many, all that text is just Lorem Ipsum - blocks of copy that get filled in by a content writer once the UX/UI is super clean. But maybe there's a bigger story here? Maybe when storytelling narrative and great human centered design come...

(2637) All levels 18 and older

Storytelling Level I: Beginners

Irish Arts Center @ 244 W 54th St, New York, NY

Learn all about the art of storytelling from two-time MOTH GrandSLAM winner, Brad Lawrence. Two time Moth GrandSLAMs winner, Brad Lawrence, will help you learn how to structure and tell a true story from personal experience, what separates a story from an anecdote or a joke, and what elements make for a compelling and relatable narrative that absorbs any listener, be it a date, a potential employer, or an audience of a thousand.

(51) Beginner 18 and older
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$175

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Reviews for Storytelling Classes in NYC

Storytelling Classes in NYC are rated 4.4 stars based on 4,281 verified reviews from actual CourseHorse.com purchasers.

  • Persuasive Presentation Skills - Half Day

    Reviewed by Sarah Keith on 6/18/2019
    Very useful course. Good to put some of the insights into practice.
  • Influence in Communication

    Reviewed by Chris Anderson on 4/29/2019
    I enjoyed the class very much. The class was very informative, even for a seasoned professional like myself. The instructors were engaged and the content/techniques provided will be used by me and my team going forward.
  • Influence in Communication

    Reviewed by Dara Holzman on 4/28/2019
    The energy of the participants was infectious. This skills workshop was packed with information about the art of persuasion by two masters in the field. This workshop is perfect for anyone that is going out on job interviews, sales presentations or presenting on stage/TV. I loved it!
  • 6-Session Storytelling for Business Workshop

    Reviewed by Adrianne M. on 4/7/2019
    It was a great class. I highly recommend it!
  • Storytelling Fundamentals

    Reviewed by Celeste Rita B. on 7/31/2018
    The Storytelling Fundamentals with Charley Simpson was wonderful. I enjoyed the way she engaged all of us and encouraged our own individualistic styles. I would definitely continue studying with her!
  • Storytelling Fundamentals

    Reviewed by Lina A. on 6/20/2018
    It was a perfect introduction class to storytelling and public speaking. The educator was extremely professional and provided insightful comments to each workshop participant on their approach to storytelling. Would definitely recommend!
  • Improv Intensive for Professionals and Educators

    Anonymous review on 1/18/2018
    Class was great and perfect for building interest in how improv can improve public speaking. It was certainly beginning level which I needed but would be interesting if there were clear paths after to continue the training.
  • Improv Intensive for Professionals and Educators

    Reviewed by Sara Y. on 12/26/2017
    Ifrom this class I learned how to build confidence for presentations. The instructor build a class based on the need of the participants which was really great.
  • Storytelling Fundamentals

    Reviewed by Amy C. on 12/19/2017
    This class was great. The instructor was warm and supportive and her presentation was professional and quite helpful. I had taken another storytelling class which was also quite good but that did not result in my becoming more confident in my extemporaneous storytelling skills. Storytelling Fundamentals accomplished this -- and more!
  • Improv Intensive for Professionals and Educators

    Anonymous review on 11/29/2017
    It was fantastic. The instructor tied the fun of improv to the practicality of the workplace. Highly recommend.

Best Storytelling Classes in NYC

People tend to think about storytelling as something related to fiction in books, movies, and television shows. However, storytelling is an integral component for every level of communication, including news, education, marketing, and advertising through using narration. In a nutshell, narratives are the stories people tell that hold information together to help others understand what is being discussed by connecting through shared experiences.

Narration stitches together information into a coherent unit through experiences, testimonies, and anecdotes that give people a sense of what is being discussed, which helps them engage by being able to connect with any subject. There are courses available in New York City that can help students improve on storytelling by being able to more effectively connect with audiences for writing, teaching, marketing, and communicating visually through print, video, or digital media. Therefore, it might be a good idea to enroll in courses that emphasize storytelling to open up new methods of communication.

Why You Should Learn Storytelling in NYC

With being able to communicate at the center of providing information at any level, anyone can benefit from taking courses to improve on skills for storytelling. Becoming a good storyteller can help with virtually any career or activity. Good storytelling involves developing good narrative skills, which means being able to stitch information together into a coherent unit.

Skills in storytelling are crucial for public speaking, editing video, storyboarding, advertising products, and providing public service information. Storytelling helps people connect for not just entertainment but also staying informed.

In-Person Storytelling Classes & Schools in NYC

Storytelling is a crucial element for communicating information in nearly every area of life. While there are plenty of live online classes for picking up methods on improving storytelling skills, some people simply feel more comfortable learning inside a classroom with their instructor standing right there in front of them. For those individuals, there are courses available in New York City for help with improving storytelling.

Anyone interested can attend the American Management Association, located at 1601 Broadway, Sixth Floor in New York City, to enroll in the Business Communication Certificate Program. This course helps students develop skills in storytelling for improving rapport that can influence engaging an audience. Stories allow people to communicate through poise and clarity by creating a bond through common experiences that connect people. 

Upon completing this course, participants will have developed better skills for combining objective facts with subjective input that contributes to building trust with winning over audiences.

This three-session course costs $2,995. 

Prerequisites: This course lists no prerequisites. 

Students receive a certificate at the completion of this program.

While most people may associate storytelling with words and speech, images can also convey information through traffic signals, photographs, and other types of symbols. Comic books and graphic novels have been popular formats for telling stories for decades. In making movies, for example, many directors have used storyboarding for help in translating words from the script to establish a film’s visual composition. Anyone interested can enroll in the Storyboarding for Beg: Graphic + Illustration course available through the Creatively Art Studio Dumbo, located at 98 Water Street in New York City. Creatively Wild is a female owned, art-centric studio located in the Dumbo area of Brooklyn that offers engaging art classes for people of all ages in the community.

Storyboarding involves using sketches and drawing for telling stories in formats like graphic novels and comic books but also provides a visual guide for directors and production staff with storytelling in movies, television, and animation. This course trains students in storyboarding as a tool that connects writing and visuals for communicating through stories for reaching a broad audience. Students will explore using storyboarding as a narrative device for transforming words into images and combining them into an effective method of storytelling. Upon completing this course, students will have knowledge of basic storytelling as well as being able to work with better pacing, page flow, composition, and angles for connecting visually with audiences.

This six-session course costs $80.

Prerequisites: No Prerequisites have been listed for this course.

People who are more visually inclined and like to express themselves through pen and ink can find classes at 92nd Street Y, located at 1395 Lexington Avenue and 92nd Street in New York City, which is a performing arts center that offers classes related to arts and crafts, including the Comics & the Graphic Novel course. This online course provides lessons for creating characters along with illustrating body language and facial expressions through emphasizing storytelling by developing strong storylines for comic books and graphic novels.

This six-session course costs $335.

Prerequisites: This course lists no prerequisites.

Virtual Storytelling Classes & Schools

For people earning a living in a place like New York City who are interested in improving their communication skills, it’s understandable that some might not look forward to getting back out into traffic after a long day at work to find a classroom somewhere. This is why virtual learning offers an appealing option. Live online courses offer hands-on lessons for improving skills in storytelling from expert instructors who can help new students learn how to communicate better by establishing a narrative flow that audiences can relate to.

Virtual learning provides a convenient option for training in organizing information to communicate for personal, social, and professional purposes.

Anyone hoping to improve on skills for telling stories can enroll in online courses at the Columbia Business School, which offers Strategic Storytelling: Maximum Impact in a Digital World. Smartphone technology has turned everybody into a videographer recording everything from mundane everyday activities to world changing visual evidence of abuses of power. With the convenience to record everything readily available for anyone and everyone, many people have developed a passion for recording videos and realize that they have a talent for the medium. The trick is corralling that abundance of content into a coherent narrative, which is where skills with storytelling come in.

This course emphasizes storytelling as essential for communicating the human experience by helping people make sense of the world surrounding them. Since human beings have been speaking or putting symbols together in cave drawing, stitching together a narrative from a pile of words or images has been necessary for people to understand each other. In today’s digitally saturated environment, being able to make sense of information–including words, images, and data–provides solutions for communicating. 

This course provides participants with frameworks, methodologies, and real-world examples that help them improve on communication skills in today’s complicated digital landscape. Upon completing this course, students will have a better understanding of the purpose of storytelling by blending facts and interpretation for engaging audiences in education, entertainment, and advertising. 

This three-session course costs $4,250.

Prerequisites: No prerequisites have been listed for this course.

Podcasting has become one of the most popular methods for storytelling with people who may not have been able to find a voice or avenue before for revealing lives, information, and history. Anyone interested in podcasting can enroll at UC Berkeley Advanced Media Institute for the Podcasting: Telling Stories in Sound online course. This course trains students in key techniques for producing podcasts that includes developing a distinct voice for storytelling. Participants will have access to exclusive resources along with getting feedback while learning how to produce podcasts from the planning stages to uploading.

This five-week course costs $840.

Prerequisites: This beginner-level online course requires no podcasting experience. However, basic computer literacy is needed along with the ability and willingness to learn skills for new software and equipment. 

Anyone interested in using storytelling for marketing as an approach to connecting with potential customers can enroll with the Digital Workshop Center, which offers the Video Marketing Strategy course. This class focuses on applying storytelling techniques in marketing to audiences along with using digital technology for creating and editing content. Through this course, students will gain an understanding of how to use storytelling in video marketing as a method for creating messages that connect with people.

This four-session course costs $895. 

Prerequisites: Participants must be digitally literate, which includes being able to manage computer files.

Young people can enroll at the Art School of SF Bay for the Manga Art Camp (Ages 10-16) virtual camp. A well-known adage states that “A picture is worth a thousand words,” which means that a course that emphasizes drawing images to create stories could help young people with expressing themselves. Manga is a comic book style that originates from Japan and has been popular in the United States for decades. Nowadays, the manga style is especially popular with young people. This art camp provides basic instructions on compositing, coloring, and paneling using the manga approach through emphasizing storytelling and anatomy.

This five-session camp costs $550. 

Prerequisites: This course lists no prerequisites, but participants must be between the ages of ten and 16-years-old.

Private Group Storytelling Classes in NYC

Anyone living in New York City can use CourseHorse for staging private group events that cover a variety of topics. For example, CourseHorse offers storytelling team building events like Storytelling For Business: Presentations to Pitches, which is a workshop that focuses on training groups on different types of storytelling approaches for use in business that include helping people become more compelling speakers. 

Any organization that can’t find the team building event that fits their needs can use CourseHorse’s contact form to book storytelling-related courses for their own private group events. CourseHorse also allows clients to adjust the group size after booking the event if needed. CourseHorse provides customers who have booked events with access to the education provider’s existing network that includes print and digital publishers.

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