YOU WILL LEARN:
- Why it is okay to share personal stories
- How to create an effective story structure to produce a desired outcome
- Where and when to use your stories to influence and impact others, goals and organizations
- How neuroscience and storytelling are a powerful tool to create impact and influence
SO YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:
- Help your team be more invested in your vision/common goal
- Create a mini-story that you can use in your daily work
- Effectively manage your vulnerability and judgments about yourself and how others perceive you when you tell a story
Enroll in Storytelling in Leadership
Date and Time
Thu. Dec. 12, 2024, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Fees
$299 per person
Location
Boise State University, Ron and Linda Yanke Research Park
Benefits of attending Storytelling in Leadership
Storytelling is the key to creating teams who share a common vision, client retention/acquisition, meditating conflicts and negotiations. It is also the way of separating yourself from other people and positioning yourself as the trusted go-to leader in your field.
By learning how to work with story, you will be able to better obtain buy-in from your team, connect with clients, secure contracts or increase sales.
Who should attend
This course is designed for professionals, team members, entrepreneurs and business owners. It is also for individuals who want to use storytelling as a tool in their professional business.
Presenters
Carol Barkes, CPM
Carol Barkes, CPM, is a lively and engaging neuroscience-based conflict and communication thought leader, best-selling author, sought-after keynote speaker and consultant with a wide variety of results-producing experience. Notably, Barkes directed Idaho’s largest Fourth District Court mediation program for many years and serves as an ADR Advisor to FEMA. She also served as an adjunct professor at several universities and provides training, consultation, facilitation, coaching and mediation for many of the world’s most notable organizations such as the American Bar Association, Amazon, U.S. Air Force, HP and Micron. She has also had the honor of speaking at the United Nations.
Described by Fox News TV as “the TOP Neuroscience and Conflict Resolution expert in the United States.” Barkes has been featured as a media spokesperson on a multitude of outlets including NBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, iHeart Radio and PBS and will be providing a TEDx talk in September.
She was also a professional firefighter in the San Francisco Bay Area. When she is not off speaking and teaching neuroscience to improve communication and teams around the world, Barkes enjoys spending time with her family and friends, scuba diving, traveling, hiking, cooking and laughing.
Izdihar Jamil, Ph.D.
Izdihar Jamil, Ph.D. is a #1 international bestselling author of “Speak With Influence,” a TV show host and a visibility expert. Jamil has appeared on Forbes, Fox TV and TED.com. She helps leaders to be seen, heard and chosen as the go-to experts in their field with proven, predictable and effective visibility methods. She’s also the curator for TEDxHuntingtonBeach. Jamil is featured in the book “Heroes, Leaders and Legends” with Oprah, Jack Canfield and Deepak Chopra. She lives in California with her husband and children and loves baking and reading.