Telling Stories Visually - Executive communication • Storytelling • Visual influence

Turn business presentations into stories leaders remember.

Designed for corporate leaders, marketing teams, and business professionals, Telling Stories Visually helps participants shape stronger narratives, use data with meaning, build cleaner slides, and present with confidence in high-stakes rooms

1-Day

From story structure and data storytelling to design and delivery.

5 Modules

Built as a learning journey, not a one-off event.

ROI-Led

Executive communication Storytelling • Visual influence

Why leaders sign up

1. Present strategy, data and stakeholder updates with more clarity and persuasion.
2. Help teams shift from information-heavy slides to message-led communication.
3. Equip presenters to handle executive rooms, questions and pressure with confidence.
4.Blend business storytelling with visual thinking for stronger influence

Storytelling is now a leadership capability.

Thought leadership and corporate learning sources increasingly position storytelling, executive presence and data-backed narrative as essential skills for influence, engagement and action across business contexts.

01.

2026

ATD frames 2026 as a year in which leadership storytelling becomes central to influence and engagement in an AI-driven communication environment.

02.

Data + story

Recent leadership commentary emphasizes that data explains what is happening, while narrative explains why it matters and what comes next.

03.

Search-led relevance

Google’s own Trends training positions Trends data as a storytelling tool, reinforcing market interest in using search behavior to frame timely business narratives.

What participants will learn.

The workshop proposal covers storytelling, data-led narratives, slide visualisation, and high-impact delivery, all anchored in the needs of professionals presenting to stakeholders.

Chapter 01:

The lay of the land

State of presentations today.

Learning from the best and worst presentations.

How audiences process information.

What makes a presentation impactful.

Chapter 02:

Story & storytelling

What a story is and how it works in business.

Audience assessment and plot structure.

Building blocks of a story.

The four themes in business stories.

Chapter 03:

Adding data to stories

Why we visualise.

Exploratory versus explanatory visualisation.

Using the right data in the right narrative moments.

Five fundamentals of data visualisation.

Chapter 04:

Visualising slides

Signal-to-noise ratio and slide clarity.

The Big 4 principles for slide design.

Picture-superiority effect.

Animations, transitions, metaphors and analogies.

Chapter 05:

Delivering for impact

Understanding speaking anxiety and glossophobia.

The confidence equation.

Voice, gestures and body language.

Handling questions with poise.

Who this is for

Corporate leaders and high-potential managers.

Marketing and stakeholder-facing teams.

Professionals who present strategy, data or recommendations.

Business teams that want stronger executive communication.

Designed as a process, not an event.

Pre-work
Read, listen, think

Participants ease into the program before the live session and build readiness for deeper practice.

Workshop
Facilitator-led session

A structured adult-learning approach combines concepts, examples, activities and real application.

Self-learning
Exercises and resources

Participants continue practicing through curated material and observation-based learning.

Peer learning
Story circles

Structured conversations help teams refine storytelling habits, learn from experience and build shared capability.

Methodology

Hands-on, experiential, learner-centred.

The facilitation model follows an adult-learning continuum that moves participants through awareness, knowledge acquisition, skills observation, and skill practice with integration.

This design helps teams understand both the why and the how, which is especially important for capability-led corporate programs.

Tom Peters,

“Presentation excellence is never accidental.”

Bring this workshop to your leaders and teams.

If your organization wants sharper storytelling, stronger presentations, and more persuasive stakeholder communication, this program can be customized for your audience and business context.

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