Story as Narrative Works
Story is fun, powerful and above all practical. I have personally used it in areas as diverse as helping a professional football team out of a severe slump to creating a National health campaign and even getting the law changed in another country.
The feedback below was not asked for but freely sent in response to the fun and impact the courses have.
University of Leeds Sent: Wed, 6 Nov 2019 15:27
Subject: RE: Invitation to 'Professional Perspectives'
Hi Richard,
Thank you for coming, it was a great lecture and the students enjoyed it immensely. It was a pleasure to have you at PCI!
Dr Alice Borchi lecturer
School of Performance and Cultural Industries
University of Leeds
February 2019Dear Anthony and Richard,
It was great to meet you back in December and we just wanted to say a HUGE thank you for what was a truly fabulous session with the ‘Edgers’ at the ‘Leading with Purpose in a Disrupted World’ module.
The feedback we’ve received from the Edgers and guests has been exceptional. The non-traditional approach to learning which you brought to the event created a real buzz and was incredibly well-received. The feedback suggests that lots of our Edgers will certainly be trying to complain less from now on! Your combined energy and impact has definitely inspired our Edgers to take key learning away with them.
We hope you enjoyed the opportunity to engage with a group of EY high potential managers and we would also personally like to say thank you to you for being so fantastic to work with – taking the time to appreciate the very large audience and nature of the environment they operate in.
It is absolutely our mission to ensure this learning journey is fruitful for all those involved. With this in mind, it is always fantastic to get snippets of feedback from our guests too so please feel free to provide any feedback to help us to continue to build a fantastic learning experience for our Edge community.
Once again, thank you for the support you gave to EY Edge – it is appreciated by the EY Edge team and the Edgers alike!
Kind regards
Amy, Katharine, John, Manjit, Alex and Stacey
The EY Edge TeaM
EY Edge | UK & Ireland Talent Development
Dear Richard,
We would just like to say a huge thank you for your inspirational presentation at the NQT conference last Friday!
Feedback from the attendees has been resoundingly positive with over 50% of the NQT'S noting you as their star of the conference and an outstanding key-note speaker.
The TSA Team
21st June
Hello Richard
Thank you so much for your seminar yesterday. It was excellent! I’ve had such a lot of great feedback from staff – they keep coming to tell me how much they enjoyed it.
We find it a challenge to hold sessions which are interesting and relevant to everyone (Clinicians, Dispensers, Receptionists, Admin e.t.c ) and I felt you really drew them together as a team.
I’m very glad you enjoyed it too – there was lots of positivity here afterwards and I think we’ re in a good position to build on that and really look at how we make our service accessible and welcoming.
I’ve forwarded your kind comments to all staff – it’s giving us a boost slogging away in the heat!
It was lovely to meet you, we may be in touch again as things progress.
Best wishes
Anna Straker Fownhope Medical Centre Hereford
The feedback we had from everyone who was there was that
they found the day really useful (as much from making them feel like they had a
story to be proud of as anything) and so we've asked for two more sessions.
Thanks very much for the course. I hope the rest of the team get as much
out of it as we did
Janet Atherton Director of Public Health
SeftonSocial workers
Richard O'Neill Outstanding!
Raw real and informative
Insightful and enjoyable
Universities
Good practice in encouraging enthusiasm for literacy and storytelling”
- “Inspiring and made me think of how to use stories in my teaching”
- “He highlighted practical and exciting ways to teach which is very beneficial.”
- “Very inspiring”
Head Teachers
Excellent and enjoyable TW
Thank you for such an amazing day GL
Very, very good course and tutor LH
Hello Richard,
I just wanted to say thank you for the training yesterday. It was fantastic. MH Head Teacher
Business owners
Staff are talking to customers much better now, more friendly and direct and we're spending a lot less money on leaflets flyers and adverts It's working. Nice one!. Taylar Roofing Services.
Charities
A very special few days in so many wonderful different ways, thank you! Michelle Lloyd
Programme Manager
MECOPP Edinburgh EH6 5EA
Local authorities
Wanted to thank you so much for the work you have done for us. As you know, the evaluation were superb and the ‘spin-offs’ in terms of suggestions and ideas from participants ( practitioners groups, comms/uTube working group) have been fantastic. Durham County Council
Prisons
On behalf of PPDG & Swinfen Hall - you were an absolute treat and it was a pleasure. The lads loved it!!!
We hope to see you again soon -
Take care ;-)
Regards L Rennocks HMP Swinfen Hall