The Power of Storytelling
Looking for FUN yet impactful virtual team building? Our Storytelling PLAYshop helps teams enhance communication through powerful & relevant stories. Smiles are included!
Too often we focus on convincing instead of connecting. Storytelling is a universal language that can turn boring professional messages into emotionally engaging experiences that will boost credibility.
Our virtual Business Storytelling PLAYshop is the ultimate 'modern marketing' training! Through it's immersive games and content, teams will learn the power of storytelling & how to add it into their everyday communication. Participants will learn the skills and strategies to exert authentic influence, motivation and engagement with all key stakeholders.
Objective: The science behind telling better stories to connect and engage more effectively with others.
For Teams That Are
- Client - facing (sales, etc) or leadership-driven
- Reliant on effective communication
- Sell aspirational products/services or are in a high-relationship business
Skills Used For
- Enhancing sales/marketing through relationship building & storytelling
- Getting clear & concise on important messages or complex ideas
- Creating emotional engagement & buy-in with key stakeholders
Storytelling PLAYshop Outline
Intro: Guess That Tune (Pre-Game), FOP Intro, How We’ll Learn, Aha’s Woohoo’s & Huh’s.
Opening Activity: A Story. Broken Stories (Story Swap). Why Is Storytelling Important?
Big Idea: Stories are universally impactful!
KEY SKILL 1:
Positivity for Possibility
Content: Benefits - broader perspective, challenges, contagion (Why) . Negativity Bias and Positivity Ratios. (How)
Sample Games: How can you apply the positivity ratios to prime your audience into a positive mindset?
Discussion: How can you apply the positivity ratios to prime your audience into a positive mindset?
KEY SKILL 2:
Thinking About the Audience
Content: Identifying the CCI’s (capacities, concerns and interests) of your audience, & how those are different from the speaker’s CCI’s
Sample Games: Changing Places/Near-Far, Interesting Email, My Story, Quintriplets (common/differences)
Discussion: If I were them…(If you were your audience, what would be your capacities, concerns, and interests?). Relevant stories?
KEY SKILL 3:
Getting Audience to Listen
Content: Framing: Tell people why and how they should listen to what you’re about to say. Uncertainty makes it difficult/impossible to focus.
Sample Games: Story Half Life, Headlines, Swedish Storytelling, The Translator, Snapshotz, Improv PPT
Discussion: Framing/Doorbell Tool. What is your story’s ‘Why’ or headline? Listener's barriers to remove?
KEY SKILL 4:
Helping Audience Understand
Content: Speaker brain vs audience brain. How to make it “real” for the audience using sense experience and relevant examples
Sample Games: 3 Corner Story, Show & Tell, WGAA (TV Informercials), Rumors
Discussion: ‘Wish You Were Here’ - Describe your sense experience/relevant examples. Where/when can you use storytelling @ work?
Playful Finale: Epic Storytelling Speech
Wrap Up: All Playshops include a Recap, Takeaways, and HomePlay!
Pricing*
1 Hour (Recess Only)
Groups up to 50 People +$25/additional Person
- Applicable to Recess Only
- PLAYful Finale!
2 Hours
Groups up to 50 People +$30/additional Person
- 1 Condensed Theme
- 4-6 Group Games
- 1 PLAYful Finale
BEST VALUE
3-4 Hours
Groups up to 50 People +$40-50/additional Person
- 1 Standard/Robust Theme
- 7-10 Group Games
- 1 PLAYful Finale
*Discount for large groups (100+), startups, schools, social enterprises, and non-profits. Let's chat and figure out your needs.
**Customization, travel costs, or location rentals are extra. Reinforcement programs available at $1000/hr.