Storytelling workshops for business
For business leaders, managers, entrepreneurs, sales teams and professionals who want to communicate ideas, messages and experiences in a more engaging and memorable way.
- Half or full days
- Online or in person
- Your own stories
The problem
Why storytelling matters in business
Many business presentations are filled with facts, figures and information but fail to engage the people listening.
A message may be accurate and important, yet quickly forgotten.
People often rely heavily on slides, data or lengthy explanations without considering how to make their message meaningful to an audience.
Storytelling helps bring ideas to life, create understanding and make messages more memorable.
What storytelling training explores
The Human Voice Studio teaches storytelling as a practical communication skill, not simply as a presentation technique. Participants explore:
- Finding stories in everyday professional experiences
- Understanding what makes a story worth telling
- Structuring a story with a clear beginning, development and ending
- Using detail, emotion and contrast to engage an audience
- Connecting a story to a specific message or purpose
- Using voice, pace, pauses and body language to bring stories to life
- Adapting stories to different audiences and situations
- Knowing when a story adds value and when it doesn't
Find the stories you already have
Through interactive exercises, participants discover stories from their own experiences, practise shaping them and experiment with different ways of delivering them.
Natural, not a performance.
Half-day and full-day workshops
- Length
- Half or full daysWorkshops can be delivered as half-day or full-day sessions, online or in person.
- Programmes
- Part of something longerStorytelling can also form part of a longer presentation, pitching or leadership communication programme.
- For
- Anyone who presents or pitchesParticularly valuable for people who regularly present, pitch, lead meetings or need to inspire and influence others.
What participants leave with
Stories that support their message
Ideas that engage listeners
Storytelling in their own natural style
The aim is not to turn everyone into a performer, but to help people use storytelling naturally and purposefully in their own communication style.
Led by Kirsten de Bouter Shillam
Speaker, communication strategist and founder of The Human Voice Studio. Kirsten trained in theatre and performance before moving into business, psychology and coaching, and has spent more than 30 years helping individuals, teams and organisations across Europe communicate with greater clarity, confidence and impact.
She has worked with companies, schools and organisations, and has been a TEDx speaker, organiser and speaker coach. Sessions run in English, and Kirsten is also fluent in Dutch and Spanish.
- 30+ years' experience
- BSc Psychology
- PCC Coach
- TEDx speaker & coach
- Trained in performance
Storytelling workshops, answered
What is a storytelling workshop for business?
A practical session that teaches storytelling as a communication skill, not simply as a presentation technique. Participants discover stories from their own experiences, practise shaping them and experiment with different ways of delivering them.
Who is it for?
Business leaders, managers, entrepreneurs, sales teams and professionals who want to communicate ideas, messages and experiences in a more engaging and memorable way. Particularly valuable for people who regularly present, pitch, lead meetings or need to inspire and influence others.
Do I need to be a natural storyteller?
No. The aim is not to turn everyone into a performer, but to help people use storytelling naturally and purposefully in their own communication style.
What does storytelling training cover?
Finding stories in everyday professional experiences, what makes a story worth telling, structure, detail, emotion and contrast, connecting a story to a message, using voice, pace, pauses and body language, adapting stories to different audiences, and knowing when a story adds value and when it doesn't.
How long is a workshop?
Workshops can be delivered as half-day or full-day sessions, online or in person.
Can it be part of a longer programme?
Yes. Storytelling can also form part of a longer presentation, pitching or leadership communication programme.
How do we book?
Contact The Human Voice Studio to discuss a storytelling workshop for your team or organisation.
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Bring storytelling to your team
Contact The Human Voice Studio to discuss a storytelling workshop for your team or organisation.
