Presenting
Connecting Through Story
Delivery Options
- Webinar: Virtual, 60 Minutes
- Speaker Sessions: In-Person, 60 minutes
Our digital world is busy, and it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by information. How can we cut through the noise and communicate effectively? The short answer: storytelling. Research tells us people learn by relating a story to their own experience. Stories bring people together, build relationships, and create context.
Learn how stories put life into your communications, giving you a much better chance of keeping your audiences engaged.
Who should attend
This 60-minute session is for people who want to translate complex material, stand out with an audience, gain credibility, or just help others understand and remember something.
We can support a maximum of 40 participants in this session.
What you will learn
- identify types of stories and know when to use them
- draw stories from your own experience to create a personal story bank
- use a 3-step process and a storytelling template to craft an engaging story
What to expect
This session is fast-paced and enjoyable. You leave with a storytelling job aid, a personal story bank and a solid understanding of when and how to use stories.
Course outlines
Webinar: Virtual, 60 Minutes
Download course outline
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Speaker Sessions: In-Person, 60 minutes
Download course outline
PDF, 64 KB
Webinars and speaker series FAQs
Your manager or training department will schedule it directly with Wavelength. We occasionally offer public open-enrollment webinars to individuals so you can sign up for a session yourself.
Our course administration team works with your training coordinator to confirm participant numbers and rosters, as well as participant materials and logistics. The team also answers questions and troubleshoots any issues.
About two weeks before your session is scheduled to begin, you receive an email with information about how to join, including login details for virtual sessions and logistical details for in-person sessions. You receive an email explaining what to expect and how to prepare. If you’re using digital participant materials, you also receive these with your email. If you’re using print materials, you receive these when you arrive for your session.
You spend your time learning. Our webinars and speaker sessions are interactive, so you have plenty of opportunities to try out new skills and share ideas as you learn.
Yes! You receive a copy of the PPT for future reference. You may also receive additional materials to use during or after your session.
Typically, there’s no prework for webinars and speaker sessions. If you receive digital materials with your pre-course email, we ask you to have these downloaded and saved to your device to use as you need during the session. Otherwise, just bring yourself and come ready to engage and learn!
We don’t ask participants to turn video on for webinars.
For webinars, you need a computer, preferably with camera and microphone capabilities, with your digital materials downloaded and saved. Although it’s possible to join virtual sessions on other devices, we recommend a computer for an optimal learning experience.
For in-person speaker sessions, bring a laptop if you’re using digital materials, and a pen and notebook if you wish to take notes by hand.
Delivery methods
Webinar, Virtual
Webinars are perfect if you’re looking for a cost-effective way to entertain, inspire and educate a large group virtually, and you have 60- to 90-minutes. Participants are remote and they can be anywhere in the world, so webinars are ideal if you want to bring together teams from different regions.
Speaker Sessions, In-Person
If you’re looking for a speaker to entertain, inspire and educate a large group at an offsite, conference or lunch and learn in a 60- to 90-minute time slot, a speaker session is for you. We can accommodate a large group, so it’s cost effective.
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