Lead With Your Story: Storytelling for Executive Presence

​So, what you do you do for a living?

​It is the first question every person asks, and most people answer it with a job title. Your job title proves what you have done. Your story decides whether they remember you.

​We are hosting an interactive professional storytelling workshop designed for rising star executives, directors, and managers, career seekers, media and panel speakers, and founders preparing for the rooms where presence decides the outcome.

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​What you will get from this workshop

• ​Learn the neuroscience of storytelling.

• ​Story structure- What makes a story captivating

• ​A framework that's easy to remember (C.R.O.W)

• ​The power of senses

• ​Story prompts (You'll begin working on one of your own stories in this workshop)

• ​Live coaching

​Schedule

​Check-in: 4 PM
Professional Storytelling Workshop: 4:30 to 6:30 PM
Open Networking (Snacks & Beverage Provided): 6:30 to 7:30 PM

​About your instructor

• ​Melissa Reaves, Founder and CEO of Story Fruition

• ​Author of The Storyteller’s Mind Movie

• ​Host of The Storytellers Mind Movie Makers podcast

• ​Founder of MISSY AI, one of the world’s first storytelling coaching AI apps

• ​Founders Live pitch coach since 2020

• ​Pitch coach for Seattle U’s Harriet Stephenson Business Plan Competition since 2018

• ​Speech coach for the Seattle Sports Commission’s Sports Star Awards since 2024

• ​Professional improviser at Unexpected Productions since 2015

​Presented by Young Professionals Nexus and Story Fruition.