Have you ever wondered why more people aren’t convinced about the benefit of your service, the importance of your organization’s mandate or even your great record of results? The answer is not as complicated as we might think.

If you want people to believe in your service or solution learning to tell them a story that they can identify as their own is your springboard to engagement.

In the latest Storyworks Review

Storytelling Within An Organization: Igniting Change Through Listening
We have been struggling for ways to meaningfully engage homeless young people in their journey to improve their lives. One social innovator is quietly revolutionizing how we support creating a positive future for street-involved youth.

The Reunion: Narrative as a tool for civic action
Cities are faced with addressing increasingly complex challenges in a time of revenue scarcity. Find out how one City is using narrative to engage its citizens in finding solutions to create a sustainable community.

Also in this issue learn how storytelling has impacted the process of healing for Residential School Survivors.

Read about the first ever Appreciative Inquiry Storython from Diana Whitney.

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If you are someone who knows that stories can shift perspectives and ignite engagement in the process of change you have landed in the right place.

We are hard-wired to make sense of the world through narrative. People don’t believe in your service or solution because of its merit alone or because you tell them you are right. People engage with your service and participate in your solution because they believe the story inextricably attached to it.

If you are still wondering how narrative can help you please sign up for a free subscription to our online quarterly journal The Storyworks Review. Start to learn how to flex your storytelling muscles now.