Pair this with our Organizational Storytelling seminar on Thurs., April 16, 6:30 p.m.

Storytelling plays an important role in enhancing an organization’s ability to develop strong work teams to achieve organizational objectives. In this seminar led by experts in the field of organizational storytelling, participants learn how to use narrative techniques as a business tool to inspire and motivate people to believe in a goal and collaborate with others for the benefit of the organization.

Peter Guber, chair and CEO of Mandalay Entertainment Group, co-host of AMC’s Shootout, and a professor at the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television, shows how to employ the power of the oral narrative to inspire work teams and to overcome resistance.

Tom Stewart, chief marketing and knowledge officer at Booz & Company and former editor of the Harvard Business Review, discusses how obstacles and difficulties that leaders face become the story of the leader’s career and the measure of his or her success.

Steve Denning, author of The Secret Language of Leadership and former head of knowledge management at the World Bank, shows how storytelling helped create and sustain a high-performance team at the World Bank and pinpoints the drivers of high-performance groups.

Madelyn Blair, CEO of Pelerei Inc., an organizational storytelling consulting firm, shows how story exchange brings equilibrium and coherence to groups by releasing obligations, creating gratitude, and building sustainability.

Seth Kahan, storytelling consultant and speaker, shares his framework for creating events that generate enthusiasm and engagement among participants.

Loren Niemi, a community organizer and public policy advocate, discusses how a group of people used storytelling to engage the Minnesota State Legislature to reshape policy to end poverty in Minnesota by 2020.

Susan O’Halloran, a diversity and communications expert, reveals how teams and organizations that aspire to creativity-inspiring contributions are fundamentally story listening and–telling cultures.

Richard Stone, a story analyzer at i.d.e.a.s., an arts and technology company, looks at how story can engage people with ideas and help them foster innovations.

Noa Baum, a storyteller and educator, shows how strategic storytelling can use the paradoxes inherent in complex, diverse groups to turn them into high-performance teams.

John Sadowsky, an executive coach, examines how a CEO dramatically improved his effectiveness as a speaker when he threw away his notes and PowerPoint presentations and learned to tell his personal stories.

Novices are encouraged to enroll in The Basics of Organizational Storytelling to benefit the most from this program.

CODE: 1M2-441

Lunch is from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. A boxed lunch is provided.