In June 2009 Shawn went to London to present Anecdote's workshops on storytelling for leaders and how to make your strategy stick with stories. On that visit he had the pleasure in meeting Kevin Bishop from The Royal Bank of Scotland. Kevin was doing terrific work in influencing change at the bank and we were so impressed that we have convinced Kevin, a kiwi living abroad, to come to Australia and present a one-off workshop with us on influencing change and inciting action using the natural power of stories.

It's been two years since we've stopped running public workshops in Australia. Our focus these days is on running in-house events for our clients. So this is a rare opportunity to learn some valuable narrative-based techniques to engage employees in your change initiatives.

The day will be divided into three parts:

  1. How to create your strategic story of the change that help everyone understand why itÍs happening and inspiring them to be part of the process.
  2. Ways to engage employees in the change process to make sense of whatÍs happening now as a springboard for new initiatives.
  3. How to design influencing initiatives that are sustainable and effective.

To help us plan for the event can you please just email us now indicating whether you think you will come.

We will be limiting the number of people at the workshop to 20 people on a first to book basis.

Looking forward to seeing you at the workshop

Shawn Callahan
Mark Schenk
Kevin Bishop

Here ’s a little about us. We are a specialist consulting firm that helps you harness the natural power of stories to bring your strategy to life. We help you tell your strategic story and then engage your employees in the strategic process so everyone has a hand in creating it. The result is a strategy everyone understands in concrete, specific terms where the level of commitment to its achievement is vastly increased.

You can read our ideas at www.anecdote.com, and according to Technorati.com our blog is the most highly regarded in the world on business narrative, and on change management it is among the top ten. We're based in Melbourne and Canberra, and we conduct projects throughout Australia and Asia Pacific. Our clients list which includes companies and government organisations, such as IBM, Cadbury Schweppes, The Treasury, Australian Army, BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Thiess, AstraZeneca and National Australia Bank.

  


Melbourne: 25 February
Sydney: 4 March
Cost: $1,495 per person

$995 if you book before 30th December 2009

All sessions: 8.30am-5.00pm in a convenient location.

This workshop is an opportunity to explore how to best use narrative techniques to effect major organisational change.

And because we know that learning is ineffective with someone just up front talking at you, we’ve designed the workshop with lots of practical activities. Nothing like getting your hands dirty.




To reserve a place just reply to this email ­ with your contact details and choice of city ­ and letting us know that you're keen to come along. Kind regards ­ Shawn Callahan, Mark Schenk and the Anecdote team.