Selling Yourself with Story

There are loads of times when we have to explain who we are and what we do; in job interviews, meetings, presentations or even just socially. Many of us undersell ourselves and our achievements, or struggle to fit it all into one cohesive narrative.

Well, what if we became an expert storyteller?

In this half-day workshop, I'll be teaching you storytelling tools to tell creative and compelling stories about you and your work. We'll be covering what we mean by storytelling, how to structure like a storyteller, and how to create a compelling character out of yourself to make yourself the hero of your own story. It’s an instant formula for making your tale more memorable, engaging and impactful.

You'll leave this workshop with the skeleton structure of your career story that can be used at job interviews, presentations and networking events, along with a handful of storytelling tools that can be applied to all sorts of writing and presenting in the future.

There’s no prior experience of creative writing or presenting required - this workshop is for everyone.

Testimonials

This was a really practical, extremely useful session which took us step-by-step through creating stories about our work. The practical method used by Anna was extremely useful. This was something that worked straightaway and which was built up during the session. It resulted in a practical outcome on the day, but can also be easily transposed to future presentations, both in public engagement/communication of our research as well as generally within research presentations and teaching.
Participant from a storytelling workshop at the University of Warwick