Purpose-Driven Storytelling for your Business

Overview

The story of your business will be told—whether you tell it or not. In order to avoid customer misunderstanding and market confusion, responsible businesses must learn what makes a story “stick” for an audience. Over the course of this class, Michael and Dave will use a “cooking model” to break storytelling down in a way that leaves business owners and marketers equipped to build their stories one ingredient at a time. Storytelling is the way we create meaning in all aspects of our lives, and this course will help you determine how to use that innate framework to bring life to your organization.

Clarifying your business’ story will help you….

• How to educate potential clients about what differentiates your organization
• Recruit staff with the knowledge of what kind of employees your culture needs
• Establish buy-in from internal stakeholders and develop essential story tools for key personnel
• Make clear decisions about potential new avenues for your business
• Develop dynamic marketing materials that speak to your audience’s needs
• Focus your energy by knowing when to say no to partnerships or projects that are not a good fit for your goals

“Probably the best professional development course I have taken at UW.” – Director of Marketing, Mirus Bio

“Very engaging presentation filled with so much fascinating and useful information.” –Betsy Francoeur, Marketing Content Specialist with Information Technology Professionals

“So much information – loved the neurobiology connection!” Jo Temte, Wishing Tree Studio

“Loved the concept of brand therapy to help start implementing storytelling for branding our company. Loved this “outside the box” class offering! Very thought-provoking and helpful for me to improve our business branding and marketing” – Brenda Fritz, Mobius Holdings, Inc.

Registration

Location: Grainger Hall, UW-Madison

Schedule: 8:30 am- 11:00 am

Date: Tuesday, February 11, 2020

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Fees: $120

Registration policy: Payment will be required at time of registration. You must have either a credit card or valid UW-Madison funding string to be able to register.

Cancellation policy: If you cancel before the program begins, there is a $25 cancellation fee. If you cancel after the program begins you will be charged for the full program fee. To cancel, call registration at 608-262-3909. If there is inclement weather, please call 608-263-2221 for a recorded message after 6:30 am for day classes or after 3:30 pm for night classes.

Disability Statement: Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. Contact the UW-Madison SBDC office at sbdc@bus.wisc.edu to request accommodations.