Humans are storytellers. For millennia, we have lived, learned and connected through the stories we hear and tell. Long before written language, our forebears wove the narratives defining their existence and lit the path toward something greater.
What if our stories hold the same power - to shape, to guide and to awaken potential for the people we lead, love and wish to inspire?
In Story Craft, we are committed to empowering you as a masterful storyteller.
Along with discovering the creative potential your voice unlocks for your life and lives of so many others, you will learn to craft stories that invite others to envision, and step into, a future beyond the boundaries of what they know. We will illuminate new possibilities and inspire the transformation of any life you touch. Upon completing Story Craft, you’ll gain the tools to enroll others in a new vision, and invite them to walk the path of possibility alongside you.
By the end of this course, you’ll leave with:
Three fully constructed and polished stories that each deliver a unique message
Insights into building stories that leave others feeling moved and inspired
A new network of friends, coaches and ideas to amplify your voice and extend the impact of your stories far beyond yourself.
Your stories are waiting to be told. Let us partner with you to tell them in a way that transforms lives - starting with your own.
WHAT TO EXPECT
DAY 1: The Power of Story & Designing your Personal Origin Story
Stories have the power to shift perspectives and change minds. Learn why and how storytelling is perhaps the most critical skill we can acquire as humans and leaders.
Uncover why people resist new ideas and how stories can remove their hesitations, opposition and objections, replacing them with an open mind and heart.
Design the most important story you can tell… the story of you! Your access to building trust in milliseconds to minutes when you first meet someone so they believe the stories you tell!
Learn a framework for structuring your personal origin story, then work with a coach to transform, polish, practice and perfect your story, so it’s performance ready.
Sharing your personal origin story with other participants to see its impact and gain audience feedback!
DAY 2: Crafting Stories that Move and Inspire
Learn a simple yet powerful framework for creating new, moving stories and for transforming those you already tell to enhance their power and impact.
Design your Story Library and start to “fill the shelves”, so you can tell the right story, at the right time, for the right reason, every time.
Individual and group story coaching to make sure each story is crisp, clean and compelling, amplifying the emotional impact and resonance of each story.
DAY 3: Expand your Story Library
Adopt and adapt stories and expand your existing stories so they can “do more work” for you and your audience.
Identify the four essential story types and when to use which one.
Change the ending, change the impact. See how stories can be told from different perspectives, how they can be molded to meet the moment, and how a single story can serve several situations.
Give away one of your stories so you can hear it shared in another voice. Stories shared are stories that shine!
DAY 4: How to be a Great StoryTELLER
Learn how to Open with Power, use the rule of three, call backs and other story telling devices and elements, so people don’t just feel, but remember, your stories.
Practice storytelling skills to tune your voice to each story: work on pauses, speed, volume, tone, body language, visual punctuation, alliteration, quotes and more.
Practice, polish, perfect, perform. The Stage is Yours - time to share your story!