Business Storytelling

Storytelling is a powerful way to share business communications, bring data to life and share ideas. Storytelling can enhance the understanding and retention of information. Your story needs to appeal to the heart as well as the head so that it impacts people in multiple ways simultaneously. With so much ‘data’ readily available our story needs to cut through and have a physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.

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It's more than just a course.

This is a learning journey, suitable for individuals and teams.

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Excite

On-demand digital learning playlist

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Engage

Live session delivered virtually or in-person

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Embed

Digital learning playlists | Coaching session (optional)

Learning Journeys

For our learning journeys we use our proven excite, engage, embed method to ensure the learning experience is engaging and the learning is sustained. The full details of the programme are shown below.

Course Code: OV-BST

  • This is available for individuals, groups and teams

  • half-day live session delivered virtually or in-person | 30-minute coaching session (optional extra for teams)

  • Part of our Core Library

Transform dull facts and information into compelling and persuasive content through the power of storytelling. You will learn how stories connect people with each other and with the information that‘s being presented, enabling you to make a strong impression on any audience and inspire them to action. Using typical business examples, you will have the opportunity to craft a meaningful narrative and consider how visuals can strengthen the message.
 

  • What is business storytelling?
  • Clarifying what your story is about
  • Appealing to the head and the heart
  • Three ingredients for successful storytelling
  • Seven plot structures to a good story
     

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

  • Explain how storytelling enhances understanding and retention of information
  • Describe how to create a compelling story, merging three key elements
  • Develop narrative and visual examples to reinforce a message
     

 

For groups & teams

Live session delivered virtually or in-person. Up to 15 people per programme.

From £3000 (+VAT)

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Bitesize Sessions

Available for delivery to groups and teams, our bite-size learning sessions are short bursts of knowledge covering the what, why, and how of a topic, and delivered at pace. Expert-led sessions can be delivered virtually, face-to-face, or you can choose a combination, and they can be run either standalone or up to three sessions in a day.

Business Storytelling

Business Storytelling

Course Code: VILT-BS

  • 90-minute live session delivered virtually or in-person (Perfect for use as part of a blended learning programme)

  • This is available for groups and teams

  • Part of our Core Library

Transform dull facts and information into compelling and persuasive content through the power of storytelling. You will learn how stories connect people with each other and with the information that‘s being presented, enabling you to make a strong impression on any audience and inspire them to action. Using typical business examples, you will have the opportunity to craft a meaningful narrative and consider how visuals can strengthen the message.
 

By the end of this session you will be able to:

  • Explain how storytelling enhances understanding and retention of information
  • Describe how to create a compelling story, merging three key elements
  • Develop narrative and visual examples to reinforce a message
     
  • What is business storytelling?
  • Clarifying what your story is about
  • Appealing to the head and the heart
  • Three ingredients for successful storytelling
  • Seven plot structures to a good story
     
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Bitesize Sessions

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Use our building blocks approach to create a customised programme to suit your specific needs and context, at the pace you need. 
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Consider what blocks you want to customise (to make it your own)

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Review any additional technology and support services we can help you with (to bring the truly bring the learning experience to life)

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The building blocks menu of options

To help achieve the pace and agility you need, we encourage you to make use of what we already have (our core library) and make it your own. There’s no need to ‘recreate the wheel’ - build from what we have ‘ready to go’ and then customise what you need to.

Choose from across our range of 100+ core topic areas.

Online self-study:
  • Fluidbooks
  • Infographics (standard and HTML)
  • Thrive in Five
  • Videos/animations
  • Quizzes & assessments
  • Podcasts
  • Digital flip cards
  • HTML microsites
  • Digital adventures
  • Applying what you have learned - action learning prompts/exercises
  • All assets under a topic/collection
Live expert-led:
  • Pre-built team experience (learning journey)
  • Live workshops - virtual or in-person training (1 x half-day live session in a day; 2 x half-day live session in a day)
  • Bitesize (1 x 90-min bite-size session in a day; 2 x 90-min bite-size session in a day; 3 x 90-min bite-size session in a day)
  • Run-it-yourself
  • Coaching – per hour (Follow-up; Learning programme; Transitioning together; Team effectiveness; Career coaching; Leadership & executive; Skills performance coaching)
  • Group facilitation sessions (1 x 3hr in a day; 2 x 3hr in a day
  • Leadership lab session (1 x 3hr in a day; 2 x 3hr in a day)
  • Virtual delivery platform licence
Personalisation for live events:
  • Add your logo
  • Tailored
  • Branded
  • Fully customised
Bespoke content creation:
  • Fluidbooks
  • Infographics (standard and HTML)
  • Thrive in Five
  • Videos/animations
  • Quizzes & assessments
  • Podcasts with bespoke or your content
  • Digital flip cards
  • HTML microsites
  • Digital adventures
  • Digital badges/certificates
  • Live expert-led bite-size or workshop session
Bespoke printed communication/learning assets:
  • Handouts
  • Z-cards
  • Zappar AR for Z-card
  • Action learning prompts/exercises
  • Bespoke Hub annual subscription fee (per user)
  • Hub implementation
  • Subscription (open) hub
  • Booker portal
  • Delivery – Virtual or in-person facilitator; virtual producer
  • Faculty management
  • Delegate management
  • Instructional design
  • Specialist instructional design
  • Learning journey curation
  • Logistics support
  • Project management
  • Customer success management
  • Branding & creative communication
  • Graphic design
  • Translations services
  • Proofing/QA
  • Data insights & engagement
  • Consultancy
  • Supplier management
  • Managed Learning Services
The building blocks menu of options

Our approach

Successful learning programmes don’t just happen by accident: Our 4E learning journey model ensures maximum transformational power (and it’s informed by decades of adult learning best practices and proven real-life hybrid learning effectiveness).

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