Here are some excerpts from real-life samples of my work. Each of them highlights a different aspect of our approach, and all of them combine to provide a more complete picture to our results and their benefits.

Storytorial with Dramatization

These are slides from an e-learning course that infused the learning content within an ongoing dramatization, making the training as a whole both more effective and more memorable.

This course trains support engineers on a remote-access software application. The entire training takes place inside a drama: a support enginner uses the software to help a distrustful, problematic customer.

The final result was an enjoyable experience for the learners as they were entertained by the story and assimilated the training content quickly. Even more importantly than learning how to use the software, the students learned how to bring about complete customer satisfaction.

Interactive Storytelling

Part of the same e-learning course mentioned above, this lesson puts the learner in the seat of the support technician. As the learner, you now have to be the one to deal with the problematic customer and help resolve his issue.

Through simulations, you would practice what you learned in the previous lessons and use the remote access software to help the customer.	You also have to deal with the customer, who interrupts your procedures with questions expressing his impatience and distrust.

You may be able to operate the software, but can you handle the customer? This interactive lesson makes sure that you learn how to do both. It clearly demonstrates the great effectiveness of role-playing and interactive storytelling in e-learning.

Showcasing the Story

Within the content, the learning topic sometimes inherently contains a story that we can highlight in order to deliver the content more effectively. That was the case in this lesson created for the Vatican Museums.

Everyone goes to the Sistine Chapel to view Michaelangelo's masterpieces all over the ceiling and on the front wall. All the other walls are adorned with great paintings by other Renaissance masters, but these are usually ignored by visitors. The main objective of this lesson was to communicate the value and enjoyment of the Sistine Chapel artwork that was not painted by Michaelangelo. This lesson focuses on one of those paintings.

The painting itself illustrates several stories, and the e-learning accomplished its objective by drawing the viewer into these narratives.

Whenever the learning content itself contains some kind of story, it's an opportunity to engage the learner more strongly. In showcasing this story, we made the e-learning both fun and enlightening.

You can view this lesson, "Temptatio Moisi," by clicking HERE.

Mini-Stories with Visual Language

You don't have to present an entire drama in order to take advantage of the storytelling approach. In this e-learning lesson about travel budgeting, we presented instances of mini-stories.

These mini-stories were short instances of different characters that represented some of the ideas that we wanted to communicate.	This lesson also demonstrates our multi-sensory approach to learning, relying on visual language, audio and interactivity to impactfully deliver the learning content.

You can view this lesson, "Budgeting a Trip to Rome," by clicking HERE.

Holistic Storytelling Approach

Our philosophy is that every training has a story to tell. Therefore, storytelling in training does not mean simply to insert invented stories into training; it means finding the story of the training itself.

This e-learning lesson on slow computers doesn't include any dramas or characters, yet it tells the story of the training (in this case, the story of the slow computer) and gives the learning content its maximum impact.

We include dramatic vehicles and narrative flow within the e-learning lesson, employing a very visual language to communicate technical content to a non-technical audience..

You can view the lesson "My Computer's Too Slow!" by clicking HERE.

What We Can Do For You

If we can take remote access software, Renaissance painting, travel budgeting and computer optimization and make them into engaging stories that train effectively, then we can also turn your content into stories that will captivate and educate your learners. See the services that we offer and contact us for more information.