Udemy - How to destroy your TED talk

What you'll learn
Understand the role of the public intellectual
Use the parts of the engine of story
Shape the substance of your story
Talk like TED
Requirements
None
Description
How to share expert knowledge with a general audience as feature stories, popular bestsellers and TED talks.
How to be a rockstar academic
What turns a mild mannered academic into a raging rockstar? It's a serious question! We live in the age of the rockstar public intellectual. Why are some few thinkers given celebrity and influence? The answer is simple – it's all about the story.
"To launch a rocket to the moon use physics. To speak to the heart of the human soul use story."
Damien Walter, Storytelling for Academics
What is a story?
Storytelling for academics gives you the tools to tell a great story in any media – feature articles, bestsellers and, of course, TED talks. Learn the seven parts of the rhetoric of story and answer the question – what is a story?
About your instructor
Damien Walter
Writer and storyteller. Words in The Guardian, BBC, Wired, Independent, Aeon, OUP. Teaches the Rhetoric of Story and Writing the 21st Century Myth to over 35,000 students worldwide. Host of the Science Fiction podcast.
Some things to know
Former special-forces Librarian running literacy and reading projects in one of the UK's poorest cities.
Homepage

https://www.udemy.com/course/storytelling-for-academics/