Communicate your ideas through storytelling and design

To help share your ideas more effectively, and ultimately engage with your audience, this course covers numerous tools and ideas you can use and implement. These include storyboards, mind maps, images and storytelling.

This free online course is one of the many available through Google’s Digital Skills for Africa, a Google initiative in conjunction with various training partners, which aims to train young people in digital skills.

In Digital Skills For Africa you will find free training both face-to-face and online, which will help you to expand knowledge on topics that interest you, information that will allow you to optimise the way you present yourself for a job, and resources to start your own entrepreneurial project.

How it works

Enroll in a course - Select a course from a large catalog of learning materials, that is best suited to your goals.

Track your progress - Use the “My Learning Page” to monitor your progress.

Complete module quizzes - The course contains video tutorials and opportunities to test your knowledge with quizzes.

  • Course Duration: Approx. 1 hr
  • Course Price: Free
  • Level: Beginner

Who is this course for? This course is for anyone who wants to learn the storytelling tools and techniques you can use to capture your audience’s attention.

What you will get? Aside from access to a wealth of knowledge from Google industry experts, this course includes video tutorials, easy-to-implement tips, and end of topic assessments. You’ll also have unlimited access to the training.

Some of the skills you’ll learn

Communication skills - Engage with our audience more efficiently by effectively sharing ideas and messages.

Creativity - Use your creativity to solve business problems and market effectively by creating unique strategies and harnessing strong ideas.

Lessons included

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