In this highly interactive workshop you’ll collaborate with leading storytelling experts and scholars to take a deeper and broader look at the power of storytelling in organizations. You’ll apply cutting edge ideas to your own organization and move you far beyond the customary approaches of using stories in keynote presentations and training classes. And you’ll have an opportunity to experience and experiment with critical concepts of storytelling – and story listening – drawn from research and practice including:

• How really listening to the stories of others reveals layers of knowledge that normally pass us by;
• How storytelling can become the engine of creative strategy development and performance improvement for your organization;
• How the stories that matter are often spontaneous and can be the least polished.

DELIVERABLES

During the workshop participants will:

• Identify current organizational challenges that will benefit from a storytelling approach during a pre-conference call with one of the STORI Institute consultants;
• Assess your story-based communication competencies;
• Work with tools for gathering and eliciting stories in your organization;
• Practice analyzing stories to better understand what people are experiencing in your organization;
• Develop an action plan for using stories in their organization;
• Participate in a coaching session with STORI Institute consultants.

STORI is a leading coalition of professional narrative practitioners. Led by Dr. David Boje, a pioneering thinker in organizational communication, the workshop brings together seven STORI founders, each of whom is a recognized expert in storytelling and organizational development. Now the STORI founders have combined their talents to create this original, engaging and practical organizational storytelling workshop designed especially for you and your needs.

DETAILS

Dates: Saturday, March 31 and Sunday, April 1, 2007  
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Location:Imperial Palace Hotel & Casino, 3535 Las Vegas Blvd. South Las Vegas, NV 89109

Participation in the workshop is limited to 40.

Cost: $1,200 per person; $975 per person for groups of two or more from the same organization

For more information on the workshop and to reserve your place contact David Boje email: dboje@peaceaware.com

Phone: 505-532-1693
Fax: 505-646-1372

Room Reservations:

Imperial Palace Hotel & Casino
3535 Las Vegas Blvd.
South Las Vegas, NV 89109

www.imperialpalace.com

Phone: 800-351-7400 ext. 2 or 702-794-3286 
Fax: 702-794-3368

For more information on the STORI Institute and workshop leaders go to: http://www.storyemergence.org

Thanks for your interest. We look forward to your responses.

David Boje (dialog@peaceaware.com)

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“I need stories. If there’s no story, it’s too complicated to explain to over 2,000 team members."

"Story telling gives managers the 'ah ha' they need to manage effectively."

"If it can’t be told in a story, it can’t be managed effectively. And if you hear a story being told in the company cafeteria by a front line worker, promote the manager that initiated that story!"

"Our company is made up of lots of stories.  We’ve found that 'stories' get told and retold and become the fabric of an organization.  'Policies' lay unread in the company handbook or training manual." 

From Stew Leonard Jr. of Stew Leonard Dairy (David Boje calls this the Disneyland of Dairy Stores; Stew Jr. was David's student at UCLA).