Story living

Develop tools and techniques to gather gems of insight from your journey that inform who you are and why your work matters. Begin a process that will last through the course and further to find new meaning in the acts and experiences you've taken for granted.

Story is the human way of reflecting change in the natural world. We'll lean into story framing techniques that help you more naturally find, shape and share stories. We'll discover that "What goes down, must come up," and look around to improve impact and memorability in the various ways we tell stories today.

Through stories old and new, we'll dive into how we frame change in our world. We'll look at the essential dreams you've catalyzed and the ones you've left behind, and we'll consider the ones you're working towards now. This will give your purpose renewed direction, and your renewed stories greater power.

Like travelers, we go through our lives, gathering insights and objects, taking what we feel is needed, and leaving behind what we can't carry. But when it comes to insights, we often leave behind important things because we don't know how they fit. In this session, we'll look at the gems we've gathered, and the ones we've left behind that might serve us today to fill in our greater constellation and provide a new path forward.

Purpose comes from the old French proposer, to propose. It is very much about intent and how you navigate, on a daily basis, towards your most true accomplishments. Using the story tools we've developed, we'll bend time and step into a future moment when your current goals have been realized, and tell the story from this future place.

Metaphor comes from the word metapherien, 'to carry over.' We'll explore thought leadership framing for keynotes, podcasts, and interviews using a metaphor-building practice that will help you more easily shape your stories and help audience members follow your lead into a new world.