Presentations & Workshops

The Story & Impact Audit

A health check for your storytelling.

We assess your existing narrative content and provide a practical roadmap to sharpen your impact.

    • A comprehensive review of your existing story assets 

    • Analysis of your narrative alignment with your strategic goals.

    • A report with key findings and actionable recommendations.

    • A presentation of our findings to your team or board.

    • Organisations feeling their message isn't landing with clarity or impact.

    • Teams preparing for a strategic review or brand refresh.

    • Leaders wanting a story-driven approach to improve their communications.

The Narrative Strategy Workshop

Build your story from the ground up.

This co-creative process helps you shape a clear, strategic narrative framework aligned to your mission and built to power future campaigns.

    • A pre-workshop discovery session to align on your objectives.

    • A facilitated half day workshop to unpack your impact goals and how storytelling can help you realise them.

    • Development of a ‘Story Blueprint’ outlining your strategy and narrative architecture, using our proven framework.

    • A presentation of the blueprint to your team.

    • Organisations launching a new project, campaign, or program.

    • Teams needing to align their members around a single, powerful story.

    • Those who need strategic clarity before investing in content creation.

The Power of Purposeful Storytelling: A Keynote Presentation

More than a talk, it's a storytelling reset.

Unpack the science and strategy behind story that moves people, sparking ideas, shifting perspectives, and inspiring action.

    • A dynamic 45-60 minute keynote presentation delivered by Jonathon Dutton.

    • An engaging Q&A session to allow for deeper audience interaction.

    • Customisation of the presentation to align with your event's theme or audience.

    • Conferences and sector-leading events.

    • Board meetings and leadership retreats.

    • Team professional development days to inspire creative and strategic thinking.

From Spark to Strategy: A Narrative Workshop for Teams

From inspired to aligned.

This interactive session turns storytelling insight into action. Starting with a keynote, then guiding your team to co-create a practical story strategy using our proven framework.

  • This is a unified experience, structured in two parts:

    Part 1: The Spark (Inspiration - Approx. 30 mins) 

    Part 2: The Blueprint (Application - Approx. 1.5 hours) 

    Through a series of guided exercises and collaborative frameworks, we work with your team to:

    • Define the primary goal of your story strategy.

    • Identify and understand your key audience.

    • Identify your key messages and takeaways for your audience.

    • Outline a foundational Story Blueprint with actionable next steps.

    • Teams kicking off a new project, campaign, or annual planning cycle.

    • Marketing, communications, or fundraising departments seeking to align their messaging.

    • Leadership groups wanting to define or refresh the organisation's core narrative.

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