STORYTELL-A-THON AT MICROSOFT

Powering Up Careers through Storytelling

Bring Storytell-A-Thon to Microsoft and experience how WeXL harnesses the power of storytelling to help diverse people of all ages eXceL in their career paths. This program is an opportunity for Microsoft employees to share their professional journeys and inspire rising talent within the organization and beyond.

WeXL is looking for one Microsoft leader who is willing to be vulnerable in front of their peers and volunteer their professional and personal story during a 1.5-hour workshop on Teams, which will be streamed live to Microsoft employees. After the workshop, participants will be encouraged to submit and share their stories to WeXL within the month of the event. For those who can’t attend the live workshop, a recording will be available.

Workshop Participants Will Gain:

  1. Hands-on Instruction on how to apply the narrative construct of the “Hero’s Journey” to your professional story and emotionally engage your audience

  2. Ability to submit your story to WeXL to be showcased on our platform

  3. Instruction on how to communicate your story in whatever medium you feel is best: visual, auditory, written, or verbal

  4. Volunteer credit for your time taking the workshop and sharing your story to our community within the month of October

  5. Deeper understanding of how storytelling helps each and everyone eXceL in their career paths

If you’re interested in the WeXL Storytell-A-Thon at Microsoft, please contact John Gilles: john.gilles@microsoft.com.

Why is storytelling so powerful?

  • Storytelling helps you be memorable. Facts are approximately 22 times more likely to be remembered if they are part of a story. (Actual Minds, Possible Worlds)

  • Storytelling inspires people to like you. According to research by Dr. Robert Cialdini, people prefer to say yes to those they relate to with 18% better results for both parties: a win-win.

  • Storytelling communicates your purpose. Successfully communicating your company values can increase profit performance 750 times than those who don’t . (Corporate Culture and Performance)

 

Source: https://business.linkedin.com/en-uk/marketing-solutions/blog/posts/content-marketing/2020/Six-reasons-why-stories-are-more-effective-than-statistics

If you’re interested in the WeXL Storytell-A-Thon at Microsoft, please contact John Gilles: john.gilles@microsoft.com.