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Drawing for Story is a workshop developed by myself and Luke Watson. It’s designed to introduce you to sketching storyboards as a way of communicating. You could also describe it the way Lori did.

Quote from Lori, who attended Drawing for Story: I'm a corporate nerd and I want to tell a non-corporate nerd story.

Prior to the workshop, we ask participants to come up with a communication challenge they want to work on. What is something you've been trying to explain but are having difficulty with?

We give you some tools to help you turn your story from vague to a visual storyboard.

Some people have done sketchnoting classes (learning to quickly take visual notes), and we see this workshop as being a natural follow-on from that. Alternatively, it suits people who haven't done much drawing in a while (or ever), but enjoy the practice and are willing to give it a go!

It'll help anyone who's trying to tell a story or advocate for humans, inside or outside an organisation. We've had corporate people, doctors, educators and parents come along, enjoy themselves and take away something useful.

We usually run a half day workshop. 8 to 12 people is a good number -- though with extra facilitators we've run it with 90!

We can run it with your whole team, but we’ve found it works best when each of the participants has their own, different communication challenge (diverse groups are best)!

Drawing of a group of people taking the Drawing for Story workshop.

Some comments from participants:

"With each new drawing I am slowly getting better so thank you for today and for all your help previously as it's really opening up my way of thinking."

"Breaking down the story - this wasn't just great for the activity we completed. It's something I can utilize when trying to communicate any message."

"I found this class super useful in helping me think through a problem and articulate the solution."

"Having to tie an emotion to each part of my story made me actually assess how my business problem was affecting people emotionally."

"One of the surprises for me was how it helped team members understand each others’ stories throughout the day. This was really valuable in building closer connections. I was also really impressed with what we created together; focusing on our audience and the story we need to tell is such a powerful yet simple concept to hold on to."

Bring Drawing for Story to your workplace.
If you’re interested in getting some people together and having a Drawing for Story workshop, drop us a line!

Here's a PDF that'll tell you a bit more about the workshop.
About Drawing for Story
A large group sitting at one large table, drawing.

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