elevate your storytelling
a residential business storytelling retreat
Dates: 29-30 Nov - 01Dec (Weekend, residential retreat). (2.5 days)
Where: Olde Bangalore Resort, Devanahalli (Near Bangalore Airport).
Facilitators: Ameen Haque, Tanya Mathur Bhattacharya
Once you are in business, storytelling is also your business. Further, good stories happen to those who can tell them. Look around and you will find that leaders, in any field, are also great communicators. This means, that good communication and storytelling have become pre-requisites for leadership roles. If you are an entrepreneur, you already know this that all fundraising is storytelling.
A lot of people do good work but when they talk about their work, their narration falls flat and fails to inspire. This workshop aims to correct that by helping people improve their storytelling.
Learn how to engage, inspire and move your audiences with your story.
who should attend
Business leaders, people managers, change makers, entrepreneurs, business coaches, trainers, team leaders, anyone who wants to learn how to apply the tools of storytelling at their workplace.
the course outline
1. How to get the most precious commodity in the world: people’s attention
2. How to inspire and move people with your story
3. Well begun is half done: great ways to begin a story
4. The art of saying more with less: brevity
5. Data storytelling techniques: how to connect the dots and stitch a narrative using numbers
6. Simplify the complex: those who know, simplify, those who don’t, complicate
7. What is executive presence and how to leverage it for influence
8 Personal brand narrative
9 Build your bank of stories using personal, business and life stories.
Please note
a) We do not provide a day wise break up as conversations are fluid however all of the above topics get covered. And more.
b)This is a residential retreat, which means that there will be some interesting work with stories and narratives in the evenings as well. So do not plan trips to Bangalore city or catch up meetings with your friends in the city while attending the workshop. When at the workshop, be fully there once there.
c) The workshop starts on the 29th Nov at 11:30 AM. So please plan to reach the resort by 10:30 AM so that you are good for a fresh start. We will end the workshop on the 01st Dec at 11:30 AM. You can plan your return accordingly.
essentials guide
Venue: The Olde Bangalore is a resort near Devanahalli, close to the Bangalore International Airport.
Time: From 11:30 AM on 29th Nov to 11:30 AM on 01st Dec.
Accommodation: Olde Bangalore has single and twin accommodation in luxury tents. You can opt for either. Let us know in advance.
Fee: INR 63,000/- for single occupation. INR 45,000- for twin occupation.
The fee covers the cost of the workshop, residence, all meals, workshop materials.
It does not cover the costs of any laundry, additional beverages, transportation to and from the resort.
The resort is easily accessible from the Bangalore airport and is 30 mins drive away.
Plan your travel
Plan to arrive at Olde Bangalore by 10:30 AM on the 29th Nov. We will wind up by 11:30 AM on the 01st Dec.
This is a residential retreat so there will be interesting narrative games, story learning and story sharing in the evenings. Please do not plan any trip to Bangalore city or meetings while at the retreat. Be fully there once there.
wish to attend?
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Facilitators
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Ameen Haque is the founder of Storywallahs and believes good stories happen to those who can tell them. He considers himself a story monk i.e. both a student as well as a practitioner and teacher of storytelling. CEO’ s, change makers and business leaders from across the world have turned to him for help with their stories. He has studied business administration and followed that up with a course in advertising & media planning from MICA. Formerly a Vice President at Ogilvy & Mather, Ameen has over 20 years of experience in advertising, marketing, consulting and theatre. His work is deeply influenced by his experiences in communications, both as a marketer and as an actor. He learned storytelling while creating campaigns for some of the biggest brands, helping start-up founders raise funds and while telling stories to those with the lowest attention spans - children. When not studying or teaching storytelling, he loves climbing hills and playing table tennis.
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Tanya is a story seeker, a story spotter and a story teller. She looks at the world through a story lens and lives to inspire others to do the same. She has facilitation experience of almost 20 years. She has worked with two major corporates during her career as an L&D resource managing sizeable teams spread across Indian states. She has also held a business partnership role in the Indian office of an international training firm that's headquartered in Netherlands. Tanya finds inspiration in Muriel Ruckeyser's quote, "The universe is made of stories, not of atoms." And that's exactly why she facilitates workshops and coaches corporate leaders, people managers and individual contributors to enable them to tell a better version of their work story, data story, product/service story, personal branding story, and innovation pitch story. She works closely with not just corporates, but also with social sector organisations and startups. She believes everyone has a story to tell and they should be able to tell it in a way that highlights the impact they and their work creates.
