Narrative-based strategic storytelling
This venue is wheelchair accessible.
This event is now fully booked. To be added to the waiting list, please email Sarah Cutress.
Charities are well versed in telling stories externally, but internal storytelling is lagging behind. A powerful tool – storytelling can motivate and generate passion in our people. But how can we use it?
We’ll be exploring the importance of storytelling, discussing how we can ensure our internal audiences are on a clear, focused storytelling journey. We’ll hear case studies from charities successfully using storytelling to engage and communicate change. And we’ll be working together to come up with ideas for building creative storytelling into real-life campaigns.
On the agenda
15.00 - 15.15 | Registration and refreshments |
15.15 - 15.20 | Welcome |
15.20 - 15.40 | Why stories matter and why some stories matter more than others Humans are hardwired for stories. It’s the primary way we make sense of the world. But because we’re hyper-social, emotional and irrational beings, the most effective storytelling is messy, unconscious and organic. How can internal comms organise and make the most of this chaos? Does the answer lie in the Hollywood blockbuster blueprint? Guy Pattison, CEO, Stronger Stories |
15.40 - 16.20 | Quick-fire case study presentations
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16.20 - 18.00 | Practical activity: Internal storytelling in action In small groups, each table will work through a real-life internal campaign (put forward by delegates) coming up with ideas for building creative storytelling into this campaign. Action: If you have an internal campaign you’d like to work through with the group as part of this activity (you get a whole team of internal comms pros working on it – who wouldn’t want that?!) please bring your real-life campaign to the event to propose to your group. Each table will decide in their group what campaign they’d like to work on. The group activity will run as follows:
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About the Internal Comms Group
This networking group is for CharityComms members working as internal communications leads in UK charities and not-for-profits.
Members will be given the opportunity to meet their peers, compare notes on workplace practices and share successes, ideas, challenges and inspiration. The group is designed to encourage networking and peer-to-peer support, sharing issues in a ‘safe’ and relaxed environment.
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