Story Skills
Training
Building the connective threads that weave culture, elevate leaders, and cultivate memorability
Retellable stories are designed for memorability, and our trainings are designed to build the moments that your team will remember next month and next year.
You’ll learn not only how you connect more deeply, but to listen, as we maneuver between deep technique and enlightening collaboration. You'll discover how, in story, depicting challenge becomes power, how change works in context, and how the personal can be universal. As we spend the afternoon focusing on illuminated moments that convey meaning, you'll find that a little bit of real connection goes a long way.
Built on Jay’s work as an entrepreneur, improvisational artist and storyteller who has helped to build the stage presence for of hundreds of CEOs around the world, these interactive experiences will give you stories, messages, and insights you’ll talk about for years to come.
“This work helps you discover yourself and integrate, actualizing the threads of your life. More than this, it has helped me refine the way in which I can tell a story that allows people to put themselves in the story and see a path to the future.”
What makes this transformational:
Beyond Surface-Level Skills: Break down story and drop into techniques that change that thing you thought you knew.
Culture-First Approach: Bubble up the meta stories of your team and build the connective tissue that cultivates belonging and collaboration
Science-Backed Depth: Leverage neuroscience and the proven Journey Curve framework to make your insights not just heard, but retold
Tangible Applications: Link the stories you tell to new messages and scenarios as you iterate.
The experience you’ll have:
Master a Universal Framework: Become seasoned in the Journey Curve framework that works across any context, from boardrooms to keynotes to pitches
Build Retellable Moments: Scan your life and leadership, and map moments together into exchangeable bytes of transformation.
See Each Other Differently: Be heard and recognized far beyond roles and titles
Elevate any Stage: Develop authentic confidence that comes from knowing your stories matter, and knowing how to share them
“I’m in a whole different place as a communicator as a result of this work. The personal stories took me to a place I rarely went to, and now find myself visiting frequently.”
What leaders walk away with:
Immediate Impact: Stories ready-to-use in your next pitch, presentation, social campaign or team meeting
Lasting Transformation: A new way of seeing teachable moments everywhere, and turning everyday moments into insights into connection, motivation, and innovation
Cultural Tools: Your greater culture story is made of stories—and once you start shaping them and sharing them, you unlock connection points that are the true foundation of your team
Leadership Presence: The building blocks of authentic retelling that make people lean in and ask deeper questions when you speak
“Working with Jay helped me see that the stories and anecdotes I used to keep to myself can be a connective force inside and outside of our company. Our work together gave me a method for organizing and shaping my insights that makes prep for meetings and talks much easier - and more enjoyable.”
Some Clients We’ve Trained
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![Steve Spivak]()
“The team was just blown away with what you did for us. Hopefully the start of a great journey towards becoming powerful storytellers.”
—Steve Spivak, Vice President of Sales, Tauck Travel
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![Adam Ward]()
“I loved it! Your storytelling workshops changed the way we think about and approach our stories. Equally surprising was the amount of connectedness we built as a team.”
—Adam Ward, Former Director of University Recruiting, Facebook
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![Ben Renda]()
“You guys were great. We walked away much better at telling stories and with a greater understanding of how our stories drive our mission. I look forward to working with you again soon!”
—Ben Renda, Former Head of Global Scaled Services, YouTube
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![Erica Friedman]()
“Totally successful. Very well received. I'm impressed and grateful that the story we've developed still holds up 100%.”
—Erica Friedman, Director of Communications & Change Management, Abbott
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![Jennifer Krill]()
“Through their story coaching and workshop, You helped our conference participants feel more focused and connected. As we developed and shared our impact stories, we saw our challenges more clearly, and our solutions more readily. We felt the strength of our movement come alive.”
—Jennifer Krill, Executive Director, Earthworks
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![Jill Epner Willett]()
“Your storytelling clinic received rave reviews. ”
—Jill Epner Willett, Former Director of Community Engagement at BALLE
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![Elizabeth Ü]()
“I was blown away by how useful the storytelling workshop was, and how powerful, in such a brief period of time. He gave us some really simple, really effective tools and I immediately saw how I might be able to re-cast my own story to make my presentation — and funder pitches — much more successful.”
—Elizabeth Ü, Founder & Former Executive Director, Finance for Food
