Storytelling Training

Learn to use metaphors and stories to engage attention, inspire action and be a more persuasive leader, trainer, salesperson, coach, fundraiser or speaker.

If you’re looking for a master storytelling coach and trainer who can teach your people how to tell THEIR stories in a more effective and engaging manner, you’ve come to the right place. This is not theory based education, this is practical application.

• Do you want to write a persuasive speech?
• Do you want to get your point across in an engaging and entertaining manner?
• Do you want to sell more of your product or service?
• Do you want to influence and inspire people to achieve better results?
• Are you stuck in PowerPoint purgatory and want a way out?

There’s a big difference between conceptual training and training that changes people’s behavior. Conceptual training is intellectual in nature and provides important information. I specialize in experiential training that gets people up on their feet practicing new skills and techniques.

Skill Building Training

• A combination of knowledge transfer and experiential learning
• Includes auditory, visual and kinesthetic stimulation
• Is highly interactive and participatory
• Challenges people to step out of their comfort zones
• Gets people up on their feet and physically involved
• Is fast moving and fun

The ideal group size for skill building training is 12 – 25 people. The smaller the group the more each person learns. While I prefer smaller groups, I will work within the parameters of your meeting.

What you can expect:

•     Group participation
•     Comfort zones will be challenged
•     Everyone will be on their feet multiple times
•     An interactive workbook with workbook exercises
•     Some individual coaching from the front of the room
•     High energy and lots of laughter and fun
•     Practical application and immediate results
•     A wonderful team building event

Training Formats

• 90 minutes
• 1/2 day sessions
• Full-day sessions
• Multiple day sessions
• Storytelling Retreats – two and one-half day intensive for 4 – 6 people
• Customized format to meet your individual needs

What sets The Story Theater Method for storytelling in business apart?

Great stories are more like a movie than a report. Like a good movie, they are crafted to stimulate an emotional as well as a logical response. They are engaging and effective because they activate the listener’s imagination. You haven’t really connected with your audience until you’ve told a story.

Just telling a story however is not enough. You’ve got to know what you’re doing to be effective. If it’s the wrong story, told in a rambling, all-over-the-place manner, without a strategic point that is well branded, it can be a waste of everyone’s time.

Corporate Storytelling in Business is Serious Business – It Gets Results!

My form of storytelling for business professionals is a blend of the practical and the theatrical. As a result of utilizing my unique Story Theater Method, speakers, trainers, leaders, salespeople, entrepreneurs, fundraisers and business professionals at all levels give more interesting and memorable presentations. They make something happen!

I will challenge your people. I will speak the truth. As a result, your leaders will learn to inspire and motivate when they speak. Your salespeople will sell more and your managers will communicate more effectively.

• Corporate training – leadership, train-the-trainer, coaching
• Keynote speaking – The Power to Persuade – The Magic of Story
• Storytelling Retreats – advanced presentation skills and storytelling intensive for 4 people

Call Deborah Merriman to check Doug’s availability and fees at 1-719-310-8586.