Storytelling for Persuasion and Transformation (Udemy.com)
Amaze, Persuade and Inspire Your Audience with The Power of Storytelling
Created by: Alex Glod
Last updated March 2021
What you will learn
- How Stories can Persuade and Impact your Audience
- How to Deal with Your Own Anxiety and Fears on Stage
- How to Craft Short Persuasive Stories
- How to Tell Stories with Passion and Conviction
- How to Help Your Customers and Colleagues Transform into Better Versions of Themselves
How it compares
Against the other 503 rated Udemy courses in Teaching & Academics on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 42% of them
- Reviews7,131#21 of 504 by number of reviews
- Length3.6 hoursshorter than 51% of them
- Last updatedMarch 2021earlier than 69% of them
Course Description
Are you looking to help people become better versions of themselves? Do you want to help your team or colleagues perform and improve? Do you wish to have an impact on our audience every time you walk on stage?
If so, then you’ve come to the right place. Storytelling is the best way to connect with your audience, engage them emotionally and help them change their behavior for the better. Stories break barriers, open people up and help us discover new ways of doing things. And that is what I want to teach today.
My name is Alex Glod. When I started off my career as a trainer, I never thought I would have something original to offer my students, I always relied on material and inspiration from others. But in time I learned to integrate my personal stories into my classes and they became the most valuable asset I had to offer. Thanks to my personal stories I grew a strong personal brand, I stood out from the crowd and I’ve had the chance to speak at 3 TEDx events, train thousands of people across Europe and Asia and teach over 15.000 students on Udemy.
During this course I would like to teach you all that I’ve learned about Storytelling and help you make a difference in the lives of the people around you, whether they are your colleagues, customers or students. You will get to learn more about:
How Stories can persuade and impact your audience
How to deal with your own anxiety and fears on stage
How to craft short persuasive stories
How to tell stories with passion and conviction
And how to help your customers or colleagues transform into better versions of themselves
You will have access to over 3 hours of video content and several useful resources. You will experience the course as a live training participant, you will see other students taking part in the experience and you will also get to share your stories in the Q&A section.
Storytelling is a powerful method to impact, persuade and transform people and your personal stories are your most precious treasure. Join me now on this learning adventure and let’s share that treasure with the world!
Instructor Details
- 4.5 Rating
7,131 Reviews
Alex Glod
Alex Glod is a Storyteller, Trainer and TEDx Speaker at TEDx University of Piraeus 2015, TEDx Bacău 2015 and TEDx Calea Domneasca 2018.
In the past 8 years, he has trained over 3800 people in Public Speaking, Storytelling and Leadership in countries from both Europe and Asia and has taught over 46.000 students on Udemy. Alex advocates for a human approach in Marketing, Leadership and Education and teaches leaders, entrepreneurs and educators to use personal stories to connect authentically with their audiences.
"Every business has lots of stories to share and discover: its own history of challenges and achievements, the stories of its employees, as well as the stories of its customers. Building on these stories fosters a healthy company culture and earns the trust and respect of its customers. Very much looking forward to meet you and to unravel these stories together."
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Reviews
By Prakash Tripathy on 9/26/2025
I wanted to take a moment to express my appreciation for the amazing session we had. It was truly informative and provided a lot of insights related to the topic. The examples shared were like icing on the cake, making the session even more engaging and easier to understand. There are plenty of takeaways that I believe will be very beneficial for us moving forward. Thank you once again for this wonderful session.
By Ricardo ÂNGELO on 5/26/2025
It's an amazing course! The flow of the course - with the things that were taught, the way they were delivered and how the complement each other - is great! I recommend this course to anyone, as I'm sure that we all can learn something - if not a lot of things! - here that will help us with our daily life, as well as enable us to achieve better relationships - with others and with ourselves - and reach certain milestones - that could've seen as nigh impossible to achieve before watching the course
By Anonymized User on 2/25/2025
I really like this course. I am not sure I have retained everything by listening to it once. But, I found a lot of advice in the closing slides that Like writing journal that I have been reminded many times. I do tell impromptu stories to my kids without any issues and can decide on small or long based on how I like. But struggle with C-level executives. I just realize thats more because I probably don't understand their mindsets and objectives well.
By Tricia Culberth on 7/20/2023
I really enjoyed this course. The instructor is very engaging, and has a personable style. The information was wide-ranging, and went far beyond storytelling to self-awareness, motivation, personal and professional transformation, and practical tips to be a better performer as a storyteller. The format was great too, with the live participants adding to the experience.
By Sandra Berry on 4/7/2021
I really enjoyed this. The course referred to some resources (the tongue twisters for example) that I can’t find. It would also be really nice if there were other resources available to download like some of the flip charts or a step-by-step guide to start a story (first: what do you know about your audience? Second: what pill do you want them to swallow? Etc). Overall very insightful and would recommend it to others
By Drew P Sandage on 11/15/2020
Yes, the content is very relevant to not only my professional life, but personal as well.
By Jabulani Baloyi on 11/15/2020
Good quality , audible also
By Josu Martnez Vargas on 11/15/2020
Great and inspirational!
By David C Nardino on 11/15/2020
I find this very interesting when speaking, there are many ways to tell a better story.
By Esme Bot on 11/15/2020
Ik vind de cursus een beetje droog. Meer kortere opdrachten tussendoor, zou het prettiger maken.
By Hunter Reiter on 11/15/2020
Very good in depth learning experience
By Manohar Grandhi on 11/15/2020
Loved this course and the best thing was the way Alex explained the concept of why stories exist. I loved the analog he created and I specifically loved the personal story example.
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Overall Score : 90 / 100









