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Everything You Wanted to Know About Story for Training | Rance Greene

THE SCENARIO SECRETS PODCAST

Today I'm talking to Story Designer and Author, Rance Greene.

ABOUT: Rance formed needastory.com for those who struggle with storytelling at work. His methodology—Story Design—gives leaders and talent development professionals a systematic and creative way for discovering who their audience is and how to persuade them to take action on new ideas. Rance is the author of Instructional Story Design, a practical guide for developing stories that train. He coaches, teaches, speaks and writes often on the benefits of stories to connect people to one another.

Here are some of the questions we get into:

1. Tell us your story, how did you get here and become a Story Designer for L&D?

2. What is your definition of a story?

3. How does one use story to reinforce learning? Where does it fit? Does it replace content?

4. Can you tell us your philosophy on storytelling?

5. You've worked with many people on crafting their stories, or refining their stories... where do you see people usually mess up when they're first getting started?

6. How can they avoid those pitfalls?

7. Other than reading your awesome book, what advice would you have for someone who wants to introduce storytelling into their learning ecosystem?

To learn more about Rance's work: https://needastory.com/ids

To learn more Interactive Storytelling: https://scenariosecrets.com/

To talk about joining my coaching program: https://calendly.com/elearningsecrets/45m-call

ABOUT:

Anna Sabramowicz is an instructional designer and coach. She fell into the profession after losing her last year of university funding to be a chemistry and english teacher. She’s worked and consulted in both academia and corporate environments for over a decade. Stakeholders include adidas, Thomas & Betts, Sony, Michelin, Rubbermaid, Emerson, VIHA, RRC, Queen’s

University, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Save the Children, Norwegian Refugee Council, and the Tanzanian Government.

She runs a coaching program with her partner, Ryan Martin. It helps Instructional Designers unleash their creative superpowers and develop immersive learning experiences with Storyline 360, using her Narrative Scenario Dynamics framework.

Anna developed Broken Co-Worker - an immersive anti-harassment elearning experience which was awarded an Articulate Guru Award, she earned the League of Innovation award through Apprenticeship Manitoba for first Online Electrical Carpentry elearning Program. She’s also earned a Best in Show and Audience Award at the eACH Toronto for creating a Code Orange Emergency learning experience for Vancouver Island Health Authority.

You can find Anna on LinkedIn or on watch her instructional videos on YouTube