Alice is bored. She knows her stuff, sure, but she’s about to give this presentation for the third time this month; the words taste stale in her mouth. She knows she has a message to deliver, but knows better that her ultimate goal is to inspire, to convince, to connect. If she fails at this, her message will not stick.

And she’s not the only one bored. As she looks out at her audience, she sees the blue glow of smartphone screens dotting the crowd. These people are busy, they have other things to do and they’ve seen thousands of slide shows. She takes a deep breath, clicks to her first slide and thinks, “There has to be a better way.”

There is. My training programs will show you how to use storytelling to deliver your message effectively and efficiently in almost any business context. Take a look.

I am a storyteller and a Moth StorySLAM winner. You can often find me telling tales around New York. More often, you’ll find me in the audience at one of the many storytelling shows in the city, listening to friends and strangers as they open these little windows into their lives.

But writers need day jobs. Even these guys.

For nearly a decade, I’ve been a communications consultant, focused on internal comms. Consulting forces you to do a little bit of everything. I’ve written software and I’ve written newsletters. I’ve ghostwritten articles and I’ve produced videos, all in the name of helping big companies talk to their employees.

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