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Craft Compelling Narratives: Impactful Storytelling

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Craft Compelling Narratives: Impactful Storytelling

LearningMate

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Beginner level

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2 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Beginner level

Recommended experience

2 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Translate complex research into a persuasive narrative structured to influence executive-level business decisions and drive action.

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March 2026

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There are 2 modules in this course

This module focuses on the foundational principle of all effective communication: knowing your audience so you can use storytelling as a strategic business skill, using narrative to communicate clear insights and influence decision-making. Effective narratives do more than inform—they shape priorities, influence funding decisions, and drive action. You will learn to move beyond data points to build a narrative that resonates with your stakeholders' specific interests and decision-making criteria. Using real-world examples like Spotify Wrapped, you will learn to identify the core insights from your research that connect directly to business impact and structure them into a logical story arc.

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1 video2 readings2 assignments

In this module, you will learn to evaluate the quality of and refine your narrative by focusing on its structure, sequence, and flow. You will explore how the order of your arguments can make or break your message, using the Airbnb pitch deck as a model for success and the Challenger disaster as a cautionary tale. You will get hands-on practice re-sequencing a disorganized presentation to ensure your story is clear, coherent, persuasive, and achieves its strategic objectives by using internal and external narrative structural elements to achieve a flow of ideas that effectively engages the audience and helps them understand the key point of the presentation in a professional, persuasive, and compelling manner.

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2 videos2 readings2 assignments

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