Most managers and executives have been trained to "cut to the chase" and simply lay out the bullet points. While conceptual communication is important, harnessing the power of narrative can reduce resistance and help your message travel much longer distances. Persuading and inspiring, storytelling engages the non-linear parts of people’s minds and stimulates them to become active participants in imagining your message. As listeners and consumers engage your story, they claim ownership of its meaning - increasing buy-in, retention and motivation.
Contributing author to Wake Me Up When the Data Is Over: How Organizations Are Using Stories to Drive Results, ReNual CEO Alicia Korten has given keynote addresses and conducted workshops and retreats on organizational storytelling for the American Bar Association Leadership Institute, Smithsonian Associates Program, Levi Strauss & Co. and others. Click the live links for more information on these events.
Wake Me Up!
Entertaining and informative, this offering is an introduction to how companies and others can use stories to drive results and build brands. Through real life examples communicated through audio and video clips, audiences see how companies are engaging this powerful tool, and facilitated dialogue helps them to apply lessons to their own organizations.
Stories, Values and Leadership
In this signature keynote, Korten takes corporate audiences and executives from the rainforests of Latin America to the boardroom to show the power of stories to transmit and identify values. Funny and uplifting, this presentation helps listeners to connect to their core values and find ways to communicate these values to teams, constituents and the public.
Stories and High-Impact Communities
ReNual offers a one or two day retreat using stories to weave together new communities and help leaders build the skills to inpspire and strengthen their organizations. A combination of power point presentations, journaling, skits and story sharing, participants will leave with concrete tools for using stories to manifest organizational values, lead their organizations and develop new relationships.
“The Renual facilitator's perspective and guidance on storytelling enabled us to transcend our paradigms for communicating with each other. Telling stories that shape people's understanding of business issues is liberating.”
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