Are you telling the right story?
A great story captures attention, stirs emotion, and inspires action. It gives us confidence that you are what you say you are.
My practical, strategic, fun, unique, positive, and original programs, coaching, and consulting are changing the way people communicate and connect.
Stories matter now more than ever. Let me help you harness the power and passion of your stories.
Let’s talk about workshops, speaker prep, and story banks.
The right story can open any door.
build storytelling & writing skills
AI won't solve your communications challenges. Building your team's creative confidence and story skills will!
My fun, practical, and extremely useful workshops will teach your team "all things story" and change the way you communicate at work.
What makes me unique? Everyone learns in a slightly different way and I have a large storehouse of lessons, exercises, and wisdom drawn from theatre, creative writing, entrepreneurship, leadership, social impact, and my own imagination.
My focus is always on you and your team, equiping you with the strategies & skills to be a better writer, content creator, speaker, storyteller, presenter, and leader.
prep presentations & pitches
Presentations begin the moment you walk into the room. I'll help you tell the right story and use all you've got to make a personal connection from the start.
A great speaker knows the power of images, involving the audience, using their bodies, and making the audience believe. Powerful presenters also know that talking "at" the audience isn't the same as talking "with" them.
Consider me your "theatre director," helping individuals, small teams, or groups prepare for upcoming presentations and pitch events for audiences large and small.
grow a story bank
Stories must be fine-tuned to uncover the right words and images to build positive relationships. I'll guide you in strengthening the narrative and using the same story in different forms.
But when the storyteller and the audience are always changing, it means the stories must change too. That's where building a "story bank" comes in.
Collecting stories to stay on brand means your leaders, sales people, and team motivators don't need to reinvent the wheel. Instead, they can have easy access to the perfect choice of story--one they can put their own spin on.
"The best storytellers are the ones who create conversations."
Jill's Philosophy #1
Why think in story?
What’s the difference between writing a term paper vs. showing an exploding paper-mache volcano?
A thought essay is good; but learning how a volcano works by experiencing one (at a safe distance) is so much better.
That’s one of the powers of a well-told story. While we may not have lava flowing at our feet, we can still experience it in a way. This is because our brains put us into the stories we hear…as if the action were happening to us.
I love sharing the science of stories…the how and why of using them at work to build relationships and make change happen.
Learning is doing. Writing is thinking.
Storytelling is already in your DNA
Jill's Philosophy #3
Creative Confidence shouldn't be
hard to come by
What’s creative confidence?
It’s the belief in yourself to be a creator, to feel comfortable experimenting and writing messy first drafts, and the knowledge that creativity and storytelling are a part of our human DNA.
How do you get some?
In my workshops and coaching you’ll learn craft and strategies from the worlds of fiction, poetry, graphic novels, movies, advertising, business…anywhere a great story is told.
The more you know, the easier it is to build stories. The trick is learning to write a messy draft, and then edit it into a final masterpiece.
Learning is doing. Writing is thinking.
It's time to become a great storyteller at work.
Looking to train a large team?
No matter what your business is or what you need to communicate, you have to cut through the noise to get your audience’s attention. The answer? A well-told story and a creative approach.
I lead storytelling workshops to teams large and small, teaching them the essential story craft and skills they need to find their creative confidence and become strong communicators.
Whether you have a whole day or just enough time for a retreat/conference kick-off, I’ll work with you to develop a story training program to create powerful moments of learning and team building.
How will you make your stories more powerful and persuasive?
We can show you the way.
Tell me the stories you’d like to be telling and I’ll share how I can help.