Storytelling to Increase your Impact with Expert Communicator Shari Graydon (Online) – 3 spots left!

Date: April 22, 24 & 26, 2024
Time: 12-1:15 PM Eastern 

Homework will be assigned and due before the second session. 

Our workshops are open to women and gender-diverse individuals only.

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Picture this: you’re at a conference, an industry event or maybe even a stand-up show.

You’re listening to story after story, but by the following day, you usually only remember one. 

What made it different? And how can you harness the impact that stories deliver?

We’re all wired for stories, but those who can tell stories in ways that truly engage, who deliver a message that echoes long after it’s spoken? 

That’s a superpower –whether your mission is to change minds, motivate colleagues or drive sales.

Increase your effectiveness as a communicator, and learn how to write and tell stories in any context to CAPTIVATE,  EDUCATE, and PERSUADE your audiences to take action.

Ready to become a master storyteller?

Learn how to:

  • Identify, collect and remember relevant stories for the people you want to reach
  • Craft and refine your stories to balance telling details with crisp concision and emotional resonance 
  • Integrate stories into your professional context (client meetings, presentations, media interviews….)
  • Deliver them well, with animation and pauses to engage and motivate others

The course includes:

  • An advance workshop survey inviting participants to consider the professional contexts in which they want to use stories more deliberately, and to identify a story likely to be useful;
  • Three one-hour and 15-minute online sessions spaced to provide an opportunity to reflect on and apply strategies shared;
  • Session 1 unpacks why stories are so effective and provide concrete takeaways to help participants identify, shape and deliver them for professional purposes;
  • Sessions 2 & 3 give each participant the opportunity to share a story of their choice, receive individual feedback and learn from others (this will involve some homework).

Facilitator Shari Graydon is the Catalyst of Informed Opinions, an award-winning author, women’s advocate and keynote speaker with over 30 years of experience combining storytelling and research to engage and enlighten audiences. Through Informed Opinions’ communication skills and public speaking workshops, she’s trained thousands of women and gender-diverse individuals to use stories to share their knowledge in accessible and engaging ways. Her highly-rated, inspirational keynotes are sought after by a wide range of audiences and often generate repeat requests and client referrals.  

 

Here’s what past participants have said: 

“I was introduced to powerful and impactful storytelling by Shari Graydon in 2017,  it transformed how I communicated my projects.” 

“A good introduction to a concept that’s hard for people in my field — with the chance for real practice.”

“Because I’ve never used story-telling in this way, it has me thinking differently about how it can be used.”

 

We’re a charitable non-profit that offers pricing on a sliding scale.

Receive up to 50% off if you’re an employee of a non-governmental organization with 10 or fewer employees, self-employed, a student or retired.

To maximize engagement, our workshops are limited to 10 participants. Enroll now to reserve your spot! 



 

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Thanks to our generous partner Vancity, we’re pleased to be able to offer a limited number of full and partial bursaries to people from equity-deserving communities experiencing financial barriers to accessing our training. Please note that Vancity’s bursaries prioritize Black, Indigenous and/or trans people. We encourage women of colour, women living with a disability and/or non-binary and gender diverse folks to also apply and we will accommodate them as spaces permit. Please click here to apply.

 

 

Have questions about this workshop? Email us at info@informedopinions.org 

Informed Opinions is a charitable organization committed to amplifying the voices of women and gender-diverse people for the benefit of all. Workshop revenues are invested in future training, research and resources. 

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