Storytelling Workshop

The ability to tell compelling stories about yourself, your company, and your products is an essential skill in life and business. In this workshop, you will learn how to effectively structure stories, implement simple techniques to make your stories more appealing, and practice telling engaging stories when you don’t have the opportunity to rehearse in advance. Debra Schifrin, HBS alumna and Lecturer at Stanford Graduate School of Business, will share with you the storytelling techniques she developed as a National Public Radio reporter and an improv theater performer and teacher. Enjoy getting to know your fellow alumni through sharing stories!

**Instructor Bio**

**Debra Schifrin** (HBS 2007) is a Corporate Consultant and Lecturer in Management at Stanford Graduate School of Business, where she co-created and teaches the school’s first and only improv-based MBA management course, Spontaneous Management. As a consultant, she designs and leads innovative, improv-based training sessions for businesses on leadership, communications, collaboration, and storytelling. Her clients come from across the world in multiple sectors including high tech, artificial intelligence, consulting, medical, edtech, consumer goods companies, investment banking, private equity, and top-tier universities. Clients include Bain & Company, Box, DoorDash, Yelp, Guild, Atlassian, and Leadership Now (founded by HBS alumni). Debra is an experienced improv teacher and performer. Before coming to Stanford, she spent a decade as a reporter, director, and producer for National Public Radio and Marketplace, where she reported her stories and commentaries on-air for millions of listeners nationwide. www.linkedin.com/in/debraschifrin

**Event Schedule**

6:30 pm: Socializing

7 pm – 9 pm: Storytelling Workshop

9:00 pm – 9:30 pm: Socializing

**Location:**

Shriram 108
443 Via Ortega, Stanford, CA 94305

Google Map Link:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/iyK1z3yFrZ43v6UR8

We have arranged for a new location for the workshop on the first floor of the Shriram Center at Stanford. This facility has a space on the first floor that is easy to access and use. The building is also adjacent to the Via Ortega parking structure, which is easily accessible for visitor parking.

http://maps.stanford.edu/ada/building-ada.cfm?FACIL_ID=04-060

http://maps.stanford.edu/ada/pdf/ADAMAP04-060.pdf

It is right next to a Garage: https://campus-map.stanford.edu/?id=04-060
with visitor parking