Slide deck shared with Design Thinking Seattle meetup in April '18.

1. Design Thinking Seattle

2. Members
Like You!

4. 6 Word memoirs

5. Wolf eats pigs, bricks trump sticks!

6. 6 Word Stories
3 little pigs
Cinderella
Goldilocks
Little Red Riding Hood
Beauty and the Beast
Little Mermaid
Lion King

7. Our goals for this meetup
Community ImpactSkill building

8. Our goals for this evening
UNDERSTAND structures
for storytelling
SHARE stories with
each other
PRACTICE our storytelling
skills

12. Hears message from
Princess Leia.
Luke finds Obi-Wan Kenobi
Meets Han Solo
Luke lives on Tatooine
Helps destroy the Death
Star but Solo is captured.
Empire strikes back.
Goes into hiding.
Trains with Yoda to
become a JediFights Darth Vader, loses
his hand, nearly succumbs
to the Dark Side
Leads successful
rebellion.
Rescues Leia and Solo

13. The Story Spine

16. Story Spine
Once upon a time there was _____________
Every day________
One day_______
Because of that ________
Because of that _________
Until finally______________
And ever since that day ___________

17. Story Spine
Once upon a time there was a little girl named Dorothy who was carried by tornado to the magical land of Oz.
Every day, she journeyed toward the Emerald City in order to ask the Great and Powerful Wizard of Oz to help
her get home.
But one day, she got to Oz and she met the Wizard.
Because of that, the Wizard told Dorothy that he would only help her get home if she killed the Wicked Witch
of the West.
Because of that, Dorothy encountered many dangers and was finally successful in destroying the witch.
Because of that, the Wizard agreed to take Dorothy home in his hot-air balloon.
Until finally, on the day of their departure, Dorothy ran after her dog, Toto, and missed the balloon.
And ever since then, Dorothy learned that she always had the power to get home on her own, which she did.

18. Pro Tip:
Connect the Dots

19. Warmup Activity
Form into groups of ~7
Use the Story Spine to tell a story
one line at a time, going around
the circle
Once upon a time there was
_____________
Every day________
One day_______
Because of that ________
Because of that _________
Until Finally______________
And ever since that day
___________

20. Applying the Story Spine
A story/presentation you
want to share
Choose a book/movie and
retell it using the story
spine
Product/Service you are
pitching

21. Story Spine
Once upon a time there was _____________
Every day________
One day_______
Because of that ________
Because of that _________
Until finally______________
And ever since that day ___________

22. Presentation
Structure

23. Nancy Duarte on Presentation Structure

24. Structure of a compelling presentation

25. WHAT IS
WHAT COULD BE
NEW
BLISS

34. Your Turn
Create an outline for a
presentation that leverages the
“WHAT IS/WHAT COULD
BE/NEW BLISS” structure
Practice telling the story- we’ll ask
for a few brave volunteers to
share with the group at the end!

35. Possible Presentation Topics
Why should we use Cryptocurrency?
Making the case for autonomous cars
Raise support for space travel/colonization
Universal Income: The future? (or not?)
Convincing your team/organization to work in a new way
Pitching your business/service/startup
Convincing a partner to make a lifestyle change/purchase

36. Storytelling in Action

37. Taking it Home
Group discussion

38. Books & Resources

39. Step 1 Step 2

40. Members
Like You!