
Business Storytelling
LENGTH
2 days

PEOPLE
12 max

OBJECTIVE
Learn storytelling techniques for various type of presentations (e.g., informative, decision making, workshop, etc.), how to create a presentation step-by-step, what to do as a prework before slide production, and how to tell a data/argument driven business story. Learn how to do all by considering expectations of executives.

PROFILE
Professionals, from any business unit and having manager-plus tenure, that frequently create informative and decision-making presentations for executives as part of their job.

STRUCTURE
30%
Lecture
40%
Exercise
30%
Simulation

RESOURCES
Business storytelling guide (templates and examples to be used in business storytelling).

TOOLS



CONTENT
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Difference between good and bad slide loops
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Difference between cinematic and business storytelling
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8 steps of creating presentations with business storytelling
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Audience analysis, presentation objectives, and countdown plan frameworks
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How to craft a presentation story
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Storytelling with Situation-Complication-Resolution framework
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How to write a presentation storyline
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Story flows: Answer-first and Answer-last
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Analog slide creation
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Storyboarding
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Slide layouts for business storytelling and supporting elements
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How to use supplementary slide types (cover, agenda, objectives, next steps)
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Appendix preparation and management
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How to write an executive summary, how to use it
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Business storytelling simulation: Participants pick one of their old presentations and improve it based on business storytelling learnings, followed by a discussion and feedback session
