T he Create Your Personal Stories: Touching Hearts, Changing Minds workshop, led by Dr. Joel Ying and area storyteller Mary Lou Williams, will take place from 7 to 8 p.m., August 17, at the North Collier Government Center, in Naples. Sponsored by the Toastmaster Academy, which advances public speaking skills, free event highlights the art of crafting and telling personal stories, an essential skill for effective public speaking and reaching listeners’ emotions.

Attendees will learn techniques to uncover and select the most suitable personal tales, along with the use of logic, facts, feelings and more in preparing and delivering stories. Participants will create a personal story and tell it, and the event will conclude with a storytelling presentation.

Location: 2335 Orange Blossom Dr. For more information, call 239-200-6796 or email [email protected]. Also visit TheMoth.org.