Wake Me Up When the Data Is Over: Using Stories to Drive
Results
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Please note this event is on a Wednesday!
Special Guest Speaker : Lori Silverman
What projects have you been asked to undertake?
How to reduce turnover?
How to keep employees engaged?
How to align people around the organization's long-range strategy? How to implement needed changes in a short period of time?
Gain key insights and practices from over 70 organizations around the world that are using stories to address these issues—and much more. In this interactive workshop, you’ll learn:
How stories differ from anecdotes, examples, best practices and case studies.
Why stories are more effective than data-driven approaches to sharing information.
How to structure a story to influence the behaviors of others.
How to elicit stories from others and appropriately listen to them.
Specific examples of story use applied to employee retention and engagement, organizational change, and strategy deployment.
How to infuse a story-based culture into your organization.
Lori Silverman is a business strategist, keynote speaker, and author, and the owner of Partners for Progress, a management consulting firm. Since 1991, Lori has worked with organizations in 15 different industries on creating viable long-term strategies to increase their success. She has appeared on more than 50 radio and television shows to talk about using stories to achieve tangible business results and has authored numerous articles and books including Critical SHIFT and Stories Trainers Tell. Her latest book, Wake Me Up When the Data Is Over: How Organizations Use Stories to Drive Results, debuted in the top one hundred books on Amazon in October 2006.
For more information contact:
GMA SHRM Management Team
2830 Agriculture Dr.
Madison, WI 53718
(608) 204-9814
fax (608) 204-9818 chapteradmin@gmashrm.org
